A New Reform Paradigm: Festschrift in Honour of Isher Judge Ahluwalia

Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia (1945–2020), one of India’seading policy economists and a recipient of
the Padma Bhushan award, was indeed a woman of substance. Her works spanned public policy,
urban infrastructure and sustainable urbanization. To honour her impeccable achievements in the
field of economic policy, noted economists have come together through a collection of papers titled
A New Reform Paradigm: Festschrift in Honour of Isher Judge Ahluwalia. This book attempts to
develop a blueprint for the reforms required to achieve rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth in
India in a post-pandemic world.
A New Reform Paradigm seeks to bring together reflections by experts on how India has fared on
some of the most critical dimensions of development—how we got here, where we are going from
here and what we can do to change this course for the better. How we traverse the path ahead will be
crucial not just to the aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians but also for future generations. Contributions
have been invited from economists and practitioners who have been closely associated with her at
different points in her illustrious career. These reflections, we hope, will make for a befitting tribute to
an intellectual giant whoeaves behind a vastegacy of scholarly contributions to the Indian economy.