Padmashree economist Dr. Bibek Debroy passes away: Was the chairman of PM Modi's Economic Advisory Council; All Puranas translated into English

Dr. Bibek Debroy, economist and chairman of Prime Minister Modi's Economic Advisory Council, died on Friday. He was 69 years old.

In a statement issued by AIIMS Delhi, it was said that he was suffering from intestinal infection. He breathed his last at around 7 in the morning.

Padma Shri awardee Debroy has been a member of NITI Aayog. He wrote easy translations of all the Puranas into English for the new generation.

Dr. Debroy's early education took place at Ramakrishna Mission School in Narendrapur, Kolkata. After this, he completed his higher education from Presidency College, Kolkata, Delhi School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge.

PM wrote on X- Debroy left an indelible mark on the intellectual landscape of India

Prime Minister Modi posted on social media and wrote – Dr. Bibek Debroy ji was a brilliant scholar. He was well versed in economics, history, culture, politics, spirituality and other diverse fields. Through his works he left an indelible mark on the intellectual landscape of India. In addition to his contributions to public policy, he also enjoyed working on our ancient texts and making them accessible to young people.

Jairam Ramesh said – Debroy had special skills Jairam Ramesh said that Bibek Debroy was an excellent economist. He worked on various aspects of the Indian economy. He had special skills, due to which people could easily understand difficult economic issues through the articles and books written by him.

Jairam Ramesh wrote that Debroy will be remembered as a true master of Sanskrit. His translations include 10 volumes of Mahabharata, 3 volumes of Ramayana and 3 volumes of Bhagavata Purana. He also translated Bhagavad Gita and Harivansh.

Jairam Ramesh said, 'I knew Bibek Debroy for almost four decades. We used to talk on all kinds of topics. Recently, I sent him two books that I knew he would enjoy. He will always be remembered.

Debroy's academic career started in 1979

There was controversy over an article by Bibek Debroy. Bibek Debroy had written an article on changing the Constitution in the news website The Mint on 14 August 2023. On this, JDU had said that Debroy had written this article at the behest of RSS.

Debroy had written in his article that our current Constitution is largely based on the Government of India Act of 1935. In 2002, a commission set up to review the functioning of the Constitution submitted a report, but it was a half-hearted effort. We must start from first principles, as was the case in the Constituent Assembly debate.

Debroy further wrote in the article – Which constitution does India need for the year 2047? Some amendments to the Constitution will not suffice. Now we must go back to the drawing board and start from first principles. It should be discussed what the words like socialist, secular, democratic, justice, freedom and equality in the Preamble of the Constitution now mean. We have to give the people, ourselves a new constitution.