Prabhat Patnaik

Prabhat Patnaik
Prabhat Patnaik in Kollam, 3 February, 2025
Born (1945-09-19) September 19, 1945
Jatni, Odisha
NationalityIndian
SpouseUtsa Patnaik
Academic background
Alma materSt Stephen's College, Delhi
Delhi University
University of Oxford
Academic work
InstitutionsJawaharlal Nehru University
University of Cambridge

Prabhat Patnaik (born September 19, 1945) is an Indian Marxian economist and political commentator. He taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, from 1974 until his retirement in 2010. He was the vice-chairman of Kerala State Planning Board from June 2006 to May 2011.