Commemorating the fiftieth year of the Institute, several illustrious members of the ‘IEG family’, including present faculty, the former faculty, visiting fellows and Ph.D. students, have come forward to share their thoughts, memories and feelings for their institute—the IEG.

With 36 chapters in six parts, 17 boxes and 26 photographs, this festschrift volume also reflects the evolution of research in social sciences at the IEG during the period 1958-2007.

These recollections and reflections together provide an interesting insight into how the institution was set up and how it has evolved and contributed to research, training, teaching and policymaking.

The small anecdotes throughout the book—in the form of boxes, reflecting informal profiles of some distinguished academics as also aspects of campus life—provide an interesting read.

The book would be of interest not only to economists, sociologists and all those who have been associated with the IEG in some way or the other, but also to the general reader as it makes for an absorbing read.

Aradhya Bhardwaj: Research Officer, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Ashish Bose: Honorary Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; currently Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.

          
Jan Breman: Visiting Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth; currently at Amsterdam School of Social Science of Social Science Research and Fellow, International Institute of Asian Studies.  

Y.V. Chandan: Former Administrative Secretary, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Kanchan Chopra: Director and Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Partha Dasgupta: Visiting Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth (1981); currently Frank Ramsey Professor, University of Cambridge, U.K.

Vikram Dayal: Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; formerly Ph.D. student, Institute of Economic Growth.

 
Ronald Dore: Visiting Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

Ronald Dore: Visiting Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi (1980-1982).

Mridula Goel: Associate Professor, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow.

B.N. Goldar: Professor of Economics and Head, V.K.R.V. Centre for Globalisation, Industry and Trade, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

S.C. Gulati: Professor, Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Indrani Gupta: Professor and Head, Health Policy Research Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

C.H. Hanumantha Rao: Honorary Professor and Chairman, Board of Governors, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

P.K. Jain: Deputy Librarian, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

P.C. Joshi: Former Professor and Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Gopal Kadekodi: Formerly Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and Former Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.

Uma Kapila: Formerly, Ph.D. Student, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and Reader, Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi.

K.L. Krishna: Former Professor, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi.

K. Krishnamurty: Formerly Professor and Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and currently Honorary Professor, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.

Sandhya Kuruganti: Until recently Senior Vice President (Analytics), Citi Bank. Currently, she is an independent management consultant.

Kaushlesh Lal: Formerly Senior Programmer, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, and presently Researcher, United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology, The Netherlands.

T.N. Madan: Honorary Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; earlier Professor of Sociology and Director.

Vandana Madan: Faculty, Janki Devi Mahavidhyalaya, University of Delhi, Delhi.

S.N. Mishra: Former Professor and Director, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Arup Mitra: Professor of Economics and Head, Indian Economic Service Section, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Anirban Mukhopadhyay: Assistant Professor of Management, University of Michigan, USA.

Swapna Mukhopadhyay: Formerly Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and Former Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi.

M.N. Murty: Formerly Professor of Economics, and presently Senior Consultant, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

K. Narayanan: Formerly Ph.D. Student at IEG; presently Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai.

S.K. Ray: Former Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

D.U. Sastry: Former Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Sushil Kumar Sen: Academic Programmes Officer, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Arjun Sengupta: Formerly Reader at IEG; currently Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, and Chairman, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector, Government of India.

N.S. Siddharthan: Formerly Professor and Head V.K.R.V. Rao Centre for Studies in Globalisation, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi and currently Honorary Professor at the Madras School of Economics, Chennai and Honorary Director, Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing.

T.C. Sharma: Former Administrative and Finance Officer, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Sohan Singh: Attendant in the Library, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

R.P. Tyagi: Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.

Patricia Uberoi: Formerly Professor and Head, Social Change and Social Structure, Institute of Economic Growth and currently Honorary Director, Institute of Chinese Studies, CSDS, Delhi.