Pune: Economist Dr Sulabha Brahme passes away

Dr Sulabha had founded the Shankar Brahme Samaj Vidnyan Granthalaya that became a centre for left, progressive and secular tendencies in Pune.

By: Express News Service
Pune | December 2, 2016 04:10 AM IST

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NOTED ECONOMIST, Marxist intellectual and social activist Dr Sulabha Brahme passed away after a brief illness at her residence on Thursday morning. She was 84. She is survived by brothers – noted environmentalist Dr Madhav Gadgil and Purshottam Gadgil.

Daughter of D R Gadgil – Former Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission and social worker Pramila Gadgil, Dr Sulabha had founded the Shankar Brahme Samaj Vidnyan Granthalaya that became a centre for left, progressive and secular tendencies in Pune. She co founded many platforms to further causes like economic development, environment, organic farming, secularism and such.