Question

who is Gilbert Etienne

Answer 1

Gilbert Etienne, 86, Professor Emeritus of Development Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, who used to write regularly in this journal [his last article—“India: Growing Importance of Fruits and Vegetables”—appeared in Mainstream (April 5, 2014)], passed away on May 21. While mourning his demise we are carrying the following tribute by a close friend of the scholar. —Editor

India has lost a great friend and a scholar who knew this country well and deeply, in the recent passing away of Professor Gilbert Etienne. Though he was a distinguished professor born in prim and proper Switzerland, he loved to crack jokes in Hindi and Urdu. He had spent around 10 years in Asia between 1952 and 2008. Coming from a wealthy family himself and married into an aristocratic family of Switzerland, he lived in a mansion in the best part of Geneva and in summer moved to a magnificent chateau in Neuchatel overlooking the lake Neuchatel. It had a library which was stocked with leather bound rare books from past centuries. Part of the summer he spent with his grandchildren in a mountain chalet.

But his heart was in South Asia. He knew Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh very well and spent a long time in China also. Unfortunately he could not come to India in the last four years and had to twice cancel his visit due to sudden ill health.

Answer 2

Gilbert Etienne is professor emeritus, Instituteof International and Development Studies, Geneva.He studied various aspects like Transport,occupation,production,economic activity,communication etc about village Palampur.Though this is ahypothetical village which doesn't exist in reality but main motive of the study is to introduce everyone withsome basic concepts relating to production.
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