Prof N R Bhanumurthy has taken charge as the first Vice-Chancellor of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics University (BASE University) Bengaluru. His research areas are macro-monetary economics fiscal policy international money &: finance macroeconomic modeling and development economics. In these areas he has authored over 70 research papers and five books. He has received two prestigious awards: Mahalanobis Memorial Medal (National) Award for the year 2014 for his outstanding contributions to the field of quantitative economics in India: and VKRV Rao Prize in Social Sciences (Economics) for the year 2015 for high quality research and for significant contributions to social science research in India.
