Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai

The Lord Desai
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
5 June 1991 – 29 July 2025
Personal details
BornMeghnad Jagdishchandra Desai
(1940-07-10)10 July 1940
Vadodara, Baroda State, India (now Gujarat, India)
Died29 July 2025(2025-07-29) (aged 85)
London, England
CitizenshipBorn and raised in India; naturalised British
Spouse
(m. 2004)
Alma materUniversity of Mumbai
University of Pennsylvania
OccupationEconomist, politician
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Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai (10 July 1940 – 29 July 2025) was an Indian-born British economist and Labour politician.

Desai stood unsuccessfully for the position of Lord Speaker in the House of Lords in 2011. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, in 2008.