Partha Dasgupta: Difference between revisions

He was born into a [[Baidya]] Brahmin family in [[Dhaka]], and raised mainly in [[Varanasi]], India, and is the son of the noted economist [[Amiya Kumar Dasgupta]]. He is married to Carol Dasgupta, who is a [[psychotherapist]]. They have three children, Zubeida (who is an educational psychologist), Shamik (a professor of philosophy), and Aisha (who is a demographer and works on the practice of family planning and reproductive health). His father-in-law was the Nobel Laureate [[James Meade]].{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}