He has also served as Senior Economic Advisor to United Nations Development Programme from October 1997 to September 1998.
He has been a member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) for multiple Prime Ministers of India: Rajiv Gandhi, V.P.Singh, Chandra Shekhar, P.V.
in civil engineering and a master's degree in economics from MIT, USA.
[2] He has also authored and co-authored more than 15 books in the areas of planning, water resource management, appropriate technology for housing, optimum requirement for fertilizers, energy systems, national and international food policies, trade policies, general equilibrium modeling and natural resources accounting.
[2] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2009, for his contributions to public affairs.