Renowned agricultural economist Abhijit Sen passes away at 72
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Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72. "He suffered a heart attack around 11 PM. We rushed him to the hospital, but it was all over by the time we got there," said Dr Pronab Sen, his brother. He was a member of Planning Commission from 2004 to 2014, when Manmohan Singh was the prime minister.