Jagdish Bhagwati

Focus areas: International trade 

Jagdish Bhagwati , a member of the Columbia faculty since 1980, is a university professor, the highest academic title at Columbia. He is also a Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

He has received several awards, including the Freedom Prize (Switzerland), Thomas Schelling Award (Harvard Kennedy School), the Bernhard Harms Prize (Germany), and the Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy (U.S.). He has been uniquely honored with six festschrifts by his many eminent pupils (including Paul Krugman) and scholars worldwide. He has also received several honorary degrees, including from London School of Economics, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the Free University in Berlin.

A prolific researcher, Bhagwati has published more than 300 articles and 40 volumes, while writing extensively in leading newspapers and magazines as well. Widely regarded as the preeminent international trade economist today, Bhagwati has also made contributions to public finance, immigration, and the new theory of political economy.

Education

• PhD, MIT
• BA, University of Cambridge
• BA, Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai

Honors & Awards

• Freedom Prize
• Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy
• Bernhard Harms Prize
• Thomas Schelling Award 

Cabinet member on leave from SIPA faculty attributes recent success to reforms intended to accelerate development and liberalize regulation of industry.

As multilateral trade organizations draw increased scrutiny, distinguished guests joined Jagdish Bhagwati to discuss an agenda for the future.