The illustrious son of Orissa, Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, would be allowing his expertise to benefit the people of Kerala very soon as he has accepted invitation of its Government to join Kerala State Planning Commission as Vice-Chairman.
As a Professor in economics he is very highly rated in the world and the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he works as Head of Department, is known to progressive students of economics all over the globe because of being the centre of his activities.
We congratulate the Government of Kerala over their success in persuading Prof. Patnaik to shape their planning; though we as watch dog of Orissan interest, envy them and wish, if the Orissa Government would have thought of this.