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Professor Purushottam Narayan Mathur held the chair of Economics at University of Wales at Aberystwyth, from 1970 until his retirement in I985. He continued his academic work as an emeritus professor until his death in 1993. Prior to moving to Aberystwyth, he was the director of Gokhale Institute on Economics and Politics in Pune, India. Professor Mathur was a pioneer in the field of Input Output Economics, having collaborated with Prof. Leontief at Harvard University during the years, 1959-1961. He guided over 40 students to their Ph.D.'s both in India and Wales. Upon his formal retirement, he established the Institute of Price Studies and help international conferences under it's aegis. His previous book, "Why Developing Countries Fail to Develop" was the major result of these studies. Prof. Mathur always brought an original point of view to all his studies, whether in Economics, Ancient Indian Astronomy Politics or History.