Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023

• Utsa Patnaik, a renowned economist, has been selected for the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2023.

About Malcolm Adiseshiah Award

• It is one of the most prestigious national awards in India that recognizes and honours the outstanding contributions of social scientists to the field of development studies.
• It was instituted in 2000 by the Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust.
• The award is given annually to an outstanding social scientist selected from nominations received by a specially constituted national jury.
• The award includes a citation and prize money of Rs 2 lakh.
• The Malcolm Adiseshiah award for distinguished contributions to Development Studies carries a cash award of 1 lakh and a citation.
• Malcolm Sathiyanathan Adiseshiah (1910 – 1994), was an Indian development economist and educator.
  • he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1976.