Education and its relation to economic growth, poverty, and income distribution, 1989 (11-4-16)

M.A. (Economics) Gold medalist from Andhra University and Ph.D. (Economics of Education) from the Delhi School of Economics; was on the research and teaching faculty of University of Delhi, Indian Institute of Education, University of Virginia and the Hiroshima University (Japan); was also on the research staff of the World Bank. He is also a Visiting Professor in Economics, Sri Sathya Sai University; Hony. Visiting Fellow at Centre for International Cooperation in Education, Hiroshima University; and has authored/edited dozen books and about 300 research papers in the area of economics of education and development studies, published in reputed journals. The honours and awards Prof Tilak received include the prestigious Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award of the UGC in Education for his outstanding scholarly research (1999), Dr. Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for distinguished research contributions to development studies (2003) and Inspirational Teacher of the Year Global Education Award 2012.