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Kolkata girl equals Amartya MPhil feat at Cambridge KOLKATA: A 23-year-old city girl has become only the third Indian after Amartya Sen and Sir Partho Dasgupta to win one of Cambridge Universitys highest honours, continuing Kolkatas legacy of representing academic brilliance in haloed global circles. Mahima Khanna, a resident of Alipore who works in Mumbai as a trade analyst and is often involved in Planning Commission assignments, has topped the 2010-11 MPhil class of economics at the university and will receive the prestigious Stevenson Prize. Nobel laureate Sen was the first Indian to win the award in 1956. Dasgupta, who won it in 1967, is a Cambridge professor emeritus who was knighted by the queen for his contribution to nutrition and developmental economics. Imagine sharing the roll of honour with the gods in my field of study! Mahima gushes almost in disbelief after being informed of the award recently through an email from the deans office. Her talent and academic accomplishments will take her places, but Mahima wants to work in India. The changing matrices of the Indian economy post liberalization, says the young economist who aspires for a career in the World Bank, are of particular interest to her. My MPhil papers were related to trade liberalization and informality, based on evidences from the manufacturing sector in India. The size of the informal sector in India is growing. The government should patronize it. Indias fiscal deficits and interest rates also interest me, she says. Back |
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