This is a collection of essays by 16 renowned Indian economists on contemporary issues linked to India’s economic development. These essays were originally presented in a conference organized to commemorate the birth centenary of Prof V K R V Rao (1908-1991), one of the foremost Indian social scientists and institution builders of the twentieth century. He was the founder of the Delhi School of Economics and the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi and the Institute of Social and Economic Change in Bangalore.