with affection and respect in J&K. He was a member of the Brandt Commission during the 1980s on the North -South economic issues . He was chairman of the Economic Administration Reforms Commission of the Govt. of India from 1981–88. He also served as the adviser on economic matters to the P.M. Indira Gandhi and later to the P.M. Rajiv Gandhi. At the time of his death, Jha was a member of the Rajya Sabha. In 1990, the RBI instituted the L.K. Jha Memorial Lectures in commemoration of his memory. References External links Governors of the Reserve Bank of India Indian bankers Indian civil servants Ambassadors of India to the United States Governors of Jammu and Kashmir Indian Members of the Order of the British Empire Indian Civil Service (British India) officers 1913 births 1988 deaths People from Bhagalpur Rajya Sabha members from Bihar