A remarkable teacher: Remembering D-School's Elizabeth Krishna

Elizabeth Krishna worked at the Delhi School of Economics for about a decade and a half from the mid-1960s to late 1970s as a tutor, or teaching assistant

Ask any educated person and he or she will remember one teacher with great fondness and gratitude. This article is about one such teacher.

A few weeks ago she passed away. Her name was Elizabeth Krishna and she had worked at the Delhi School of Economics for about a decade and a half from the mid-1960s to late 1970s as a tutor, or teaching assistant. She had been recruited by K N Raj, a formidable economist of those years and a director of the Delhi School of Economics. He was a strong believer in the tutorial system.

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