Jagdish Bhagwati

Jagdish Bhagwati was born in 1934 in Mumbai and is a naturalized American citizen. He is a University Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University and a senior fellow in international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has made significant contributions to international trade theory and economic development. He received a PhD from MIT in 1967 and has held academic positions at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi School of Economics, and MIT before joining Columbia University in 1980.