J. C. Kumarappa

J. C. Kumarappa
Kumarappa in August 1931
Born
Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius Kumarappa

(1892-01-04)4 January 1892
Tanjore, Madras Presidency, British India (now
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died30 January 1960(1960-01-30) (aged 68)
Madurai, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
OccupationEconomist
RelativesBharatan Kumarappa (brother)

J. C. Kumarappa (born Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius) (4 January 1892 – 30 January 1960) was an Indian economist and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi. A pioneer of rural economic development theories, Kumarappa is credited for developing economic theories based on Gandhism – a school of economic thought he coined "Gandhian economics."

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