Digambar Bhouraskar

Digambar Bhouraskar worked in the United Nations in New York for thirty-two years (1957-1989). He held several senior positions including  Director of the Development Administration Programme in the Department of Technical Cooperation. He was closely associated with several aspects of UN development aid and was responsible for managing a sizable programme of aid.

He served as Financial Adviser to the Government of Jamaica (1989-1990). He was a Fellow at the Center for Management of Baruch College, CUNY, in New York (1991-1993) and was Adjunct Professor  of Economics at Baruch College (1993-1998). He also served as consultant to UN and UNDP.

Dr Bhouraskar holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bombay. He was also a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University, NJ, USA. He published "United Nations Development Aid: A Study in History and Politics" in 2008 (Academic Foundation, New Delhi).