Isher Judge Ahluwalia was an Indian financial expert, public approach scientist, and teacher. She was Chairperson Emeritus, Board of Governors, at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). She was granted India’s third most elevated non military personnel grant, Padma Bhushan in 2009. She was experiencing mind malignant growth for the past 10 months. She passed on from grade IV glioblastoma on 26 September 2020.

Isher Judge Ahluwalia’s career

Ahluwalia began her profession as an approach market analyst at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, prior to moving over to India.

Unknown Facts About Isher Judge Ahluwalia

• Her most recent book “Breaking Through” was a memoir and spoke about her career that broke many glass ceilings in the economics and public policy space.
• Isher Ahluwalia was married to fellow economist, and former deputy chairman of the Indian Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia. They had two sons, Pawan and Aman Ahluwalia.
• She had also served as the chairperson of the board of the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the chairperson of the Government of India’s High-Powered Committee on Urban Infrastructure Services.

Isher Judge Ahluwalia Biography