Bhalchandra Laxman Mungekar (born 2 March 1946) is an Indian economist,

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, Social worker and

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member. He specialises in agricultural economics and is an expert on

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Early life

Mungekar was born in Munge village to Laxman Gopal Mungekar and Shewanti Mungekar, in the

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region of Maharashtra.Rajyashabha Bio
/ref> He studied at the Navbharat Vidyalaya at Parel and Siddharth English High School at

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and did B.A, M.A, and Ph.D. in economics from

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. In 1965, he joined

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as a clerk and elevated to the rank of assistant economist.

Career

He has been Vice-Chancellor of the

and has served in the Planning Commission, the Agricultural Price Commission of India. Mungekar has also been the chairman and President of

Indian Institute of Advanced Study The Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) is a research institute located in Shimla, India. It was set up by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 1964 and started functioning from 20 October 1965. History and establishment The ...

, Shimla. And also he has been the chairman of University Grand Commission. He is also a writer, great philosopher and was an economics teacher at

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Personal life

He is influenced from Ambedkarite ideology, and a follower of

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