ROLE OF VALUES AND ETHICS IN EDUCATION

An eminent economist, Professor Pandit received his doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, working with Professor Lawrence Klein, Nobel Laureate in Economics. He also taught at reputed universities in the United States and United Kingdom as a visiting Professor. In 1999 he was appointed by the United Nations, New York as Chairman of the Committee on Policy Modelling for Less Developed Countries. He was elected as President of The Indian Econometric Society for 2001-02. He was  also Advisor to the Ministry of Planning, Government of Sri Lanka, during 1989-90.

Recipient of the University Grants Commission Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award in 2004, Professor Pandit has served at the Delhi School of Economics for many years in different capacities including Head, Department of Economics, and Director, Centre for Development Economics.

In August 2008 Bhagawan Baba blessed him to serve as the Eighth Vice Chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. Prior to this, since 2001 he had served to set up the Department of Economics in the same university. He was also one of the four teachers felicitated by Bhagawan Baba in June 2006.

Presented below is an edited transcript of the talk delivered by him in the 'Summer Course in Indian Culture and Spirituality' conducted by Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning on June 10-12, 2011.

 

My loving pranams at the lotus feet of our Beloved Lord, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba with humility. Respected elders, special invitees, distinguished members of the faculty and most dear students – Sairam to you all.