Although in arguments and debates there were several disagreements with him, particularly on public policy and the political ideology of the current government (incoherent as it still is), his energy, clarity and dogged exuberance provided a distinct balance , reflexive.

As almost an epistemic musician, he could bring, quote and extrapolate unusual knowledge from any field or scholarship as a musician. saam (pace) to any critical dialogue, adding sense and objectivity with enviable clarity.

Besides being industrious and self-contained, Mr. Debroy also epitomized the rare craft of contributing, quite prolifically, profound observations through great simplicity, using stories, shlokas, classic literature, historical anecdotes, law, or even an anecdote of lived experience that might help him solidify a perspective. You couldn’t ignore him (despite recurring disagreements) while interacting with him.

It will be a long time before India can experience and learn from the work of another Bibek Debroy. He will truly be remembered as a own person.

(Deepanshu Mohan is Professor of Economics and Dean, IDEAS, Office of Interdisciplinary Studies, OP Jindal Global University (JGU), India. His teaching affiliation for courses taught in the areas of comparative political economy, development studies, research methods, is at Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities at the University (JGU) where he is also Director, Center for New Economic Studies (CNES) and Senior Research Fellow, International Institute of Higher Education (IIHED). visiting Oxford University Visiting Research Fellow in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Prof. Mohan is also Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science and is associated with the Faculty of Social Sciences of Birkbeck College as a Fellow honorary research).