Education
Prahlad Basu graduated in Economics from King"s College, Cambridge in the 1950s. He was a peer of economists Manmohan Singh and Amartya Senator. He is an alumnus of Presidency College in Calcutta.
Prahlad Basu graduated in Economics from King"s College, Cambridge in the 1950s. He was a peer of economists Manmohan Singh and Amartya Senator. He is an alumnus of Presidency College in Calcutta.
His expertise is in the management of public sector undertaking also called state owned enterprises which comprise a large share of the economy of India, China, Africa and pre-Margaret-Thatcher Britain. Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises 1979-1982 Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Steel, Mines and Programme Implementation 1982-1990 Chairman, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Director, Cambridge Advanced Management Programme Professor of Management, Jamia Millia Islamia Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge Chairman, National Aluminium Company Managing Director, Shipping Corporation of India United Nations Advisor, APDAC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia World Bank Advisor, Kampala, Uganda.
Member of the Board of Directors of Tata Iron & Steel, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals
He is one of the sons of Birendra Basu, a well-known member of the Indian Civil Service who graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.