Samar Ranjan Sen ( 28 July 2004) was an Indian agricultural economist who served at the

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as its executive director. He belonged to the

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of 1938 batch.

Biography

Born into an Indian Bengali Baidya Brahmin family. Sen obtained his PhD from the

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in 1946 and later taught at

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before partition. The first member of the Indian Economic Service in 1938, Sen joined the

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in 1948 and served as advisor of the Planning Commission prior to his appointment at the

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. After returning to India, he became a part of

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's green revolution east (1985) and later became a member of the

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. He also established research centers of agriculture in the country.

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