Early Life and Career
Dhar was born in Kashmir in 1919 to Dr. Vishnu Hakim and Radha Hakim. His wife was the well known singer-writer Sheila Dhar. He attended Tyndale Biscoe School in Srinagar, India. He would go on to study economics at Hindu College at the University of Delhi.
Dhar served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during the tumultuous days of the Emergency (1973-1977).
He was also a professor of economics at Delhi University for many years and the Director and Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi.
He was one of the founders of the Delhi School of Economics. He served as the United Nations Assistant Secretary General, Research and Policy Analysis, in New York from 1978 to 1986.
He was awarded the Padma Vibushan, India's second highest civilian award in 2008.
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