Professor Narmadeshwar Jha was a noted scholar on History of Economic Thought – the thought that took its shape under the influence of Alfred Marshall. His widely referred book – The Age of Marshall: Aspects of British Economic Thought, 1890-1915 – was written under the supervision of Professor A.J. Brown of Leeds (UK) and published with a commendatory foreword written by Sir Dennis H. Robertson. Professor Jha devised a methodology to conduct research in the history of economic ideas. This brief paper presents Professor Jha as a teacher, economist and scholar.
