Thread by @realitycheckind

Who is Professor Dr J. Jeyaranjan? Chairman of SDPC (Tamilnadu State Planning Commission). He is presented as an accomplished economist. Sun TV has a profile, but it does not go deeper.

https://twitter.com/sunnewstamil/status/1402287704671342594

Now I do not care who the duly elected #D govt appoints to what position.

I am concerned about the celebrations in #ATB (Anti-TBrahmin) core #D circles.. that he is some kind of intellectual nemesis who makes Brahmins squeal (word is Kathara..கதறல்)

Dr J.Jeyaranjan got his MSc from Madurai Kamaraj in Maths in 81.. then a PhD from MIDS (Madras Inst Dev Studies) in 1995. MIDS is a Dravidian research institution.
mids.ac.in/doctoral-progr…

As an economist and an academic - which he is presented as - what has been his impact ? You can check semantic scholar. Remember MIDS has all the resources to produce world class output. No one can oppress there..

So we have a h-Index of 5. For an economist with 35 yrs of research. Again #D can argue that he works for the subaltern, but you can be a scholar AND work for the subaltern. Most development economists work for 'subaltern' anyway.

His first paper , seen as influential is "Work Caste and Competing Masculinities" is a just a narrative or a 'story of lived experience' - the Mudal**r women in a particular area were sexually attracted to D men.

what real economists h-Index looks like. Here is Raguram Rajan.

A h-Index of 20 is considered good, 10 is rookie. 5 is nothing. RR would be exceptional

So #D have a completely different yardstick of how an 'economist and intellectual' ought to be measured.
Could it be a B-index ..

Again: I have no issues in them appointing anyone or using any measure of academics. Do not defame of spread canards about TB or Katharal. /e