People and Institutions that influenced

Mother, who taught him that with all its sham drudgery and broken dreams this is still a beautiful world, strive to be happy
Father, the late Probhas Chandra Mukherjee, who taught him to have a heart as large as sky
Grandfather, Lokendra Nath Mukherjee, who gave his family the idea that religion is a code of conduct in life
Great Grandfather, Rai Bahadur Jadunath Mukherjee, who gave his family the tradition of selfless public service
My Ancestral Home in Hazaribagh, which taught him to think big
Rice University, Houston, taught the value of serious academic pursuit
London School of Economics, taught economics to him, wife (Neela) and son (Taponeel)
Stanford University, which influenced his thinking on economics
Amartya Sen who deeply influenced his interest in food security and hunger of poor people
Prof. Paul Streeten, influenced his thinking on development economics
Robert Chambers, who taught him to believe in the wisdom of the common man
Prof. Walt Whitman Rostow, who taught him how to pursue research