Dr. R.M. Honavar-An Obituary

Dr. Ramdas M. Honavar, Emeritus Fellow of the School and former Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, passed away on 27 June 2016 after a brief terminal illness in Portugal, where he was living with his daughter, Minal, for the past few years. He had just turned 93 at the time of his demise. As his daughter wrote to us on his demise, "Although physically very debilitated before the terminal illness, he remained avidly interested in currents events and keen to discuss politics, economics and tennis." She further wrote: "Despite the serious nature of his illness and the very high doses of medication he received, his mental faculties remained acute. He remembered the day after the Brexit vote, 3 days before he passed away, to ask me how it had gone and the exact number of votes polled."