Background
Das, Rajani Kanta was born on May 9, 1881 in Demra Dacea. India. Son of Chamaru and Nandarani Das.
Das, Rajani Kanta was born on May 9, 1881 in Demra Dacea. India. Son of Chamaru and Nandarani Das.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Ohio State. Master of Science in Agriculture, University of Missouri. Master of Arts in Biology, University of Wisconsin, Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, 1916.
Chemist, 1917-1919; lecturer in economics, Northwestern University, 1919-1920, New York University, 1920-1922. Special agent of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1921-1922. Secretary member (principal economist), International Labor Office, Geneva, Switzerland, 1925-1940.
Chief, Resources Adjustment Section, Foreign Economic Administration and State Department, United States Government, 1942-1946. Economic advisor to Military Government on National Economics Board, Seoul, Korea, 1946-1947. Special lecturer Calcutta U. Readership, 1937, Batna U. Bennili Readership, 1941.
Read treatises on Indian population at World Population Congress, Geneva, 1927, Rome, 1932, Paris, 1937.
Member (principal economist), International Labor Office, Geneva, Switzerland, 1925-1940. Member American Economics Association. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Sonya Ruth Sklar, June 7, 1922.