Anita Bose Pfaff

Professor of Economics

Austrian, German Vienna, Austria

Quick Info

ProfessionProfessor of Economics
NationalityAustrian, German
Date of Birth29/11/1942
Age83 years
BirthplaceVienna, Austria

Latest News about Anita Bose Pfaff

01/07/2025

Anita Bose Pfaff, the daughter of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, was featured in a retrospective interview reflecting on her journey as an economist and her unique connection to Indian history. The interview highlighted her decades of work at the University of Augsburg and her advocacy for women's policy in Germany.

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Bio/Wiki

Anita Bose Pfaff is the only daughter of Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose (Netaji) and his Austrian wife, Emilie Schenkl.
She was born in war-torn Vienna in 1942 and initially named Anita Schenkl.
She became a prominent German economist, former professor at the University of Augsburg, and an active member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Physical Stats & More

Height157 cm
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

degreePhD
fieldTheoretical Physics
universityUniversity of Zurich

Personal Life

Raised by her mother Emilie Schenkl and maternal grandmother after the war.
She met her Indian family for the first time in 1948 at the age of six after her uncle visited Vienna.
She visited India for the first time in 1960 and was an honored house guest of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
SpouseMartin Pfaff
Children
  • Peter Thomas
  • Thomas Krishna
  • Peter Arun
  • Maya Carina

Family

FatherSubhas Chandra Bose
MotherEmilie Schenkl
SpouseMartin Pfaff
ChildrenPeter Arun, Thomas Krishna, Maya Carina

Career

positionProfessor of Economics
institutionUniversity of Augsburg
start_year1971
end_year2008
positionAcademic Adviser
institutionUniversity of Augsburg
start_year1971
positionWomen's Representative
institutionUniversity of Augsburg
start_year1989
end_year1990
positionMember of the Scientific Advisory Board for Women's Policy
institutionFederal Ministry for Youth, Families, Women and Health or Women and Youth
start_year1989
end_year1993
positionMember of the Advisory Board for Spatial Planning
institutionFederal Ministry for Building and Urban Development
start_year1991
end_year1994
positionCo-founder and Deputy Director
institutionInternational Institute for Empirical Social Economics (INIFES)
positionMember of the Board
institutionBavarian Research Association for Public Health
positionDeputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board
institutionGerman Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin
positionMember of the Senate
institutionUniversity of Augsburg
start_year1986
end_year1987
positionAmica Universitatis
institutionUniversity of Augsburg
start_year2008
positionMember of the Scientific Advisory Board for Women's Policy
institutionFederal Ministry for Youth, Families, Women and Health
start_year1989
end_year1993

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Anita Bose Pfaff is a German economist and former professor at the University of Augsburg.
2. She is involved in politics as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
3. Raised by her mother, who worked to support the family after the war alongside Pfaff's maternal grandmother, she initially went by the name Anita Schenkl.
4. During her childhood, Anita Bose Pfaff was not aware of her family in India and finally met them in 1948 at the age of six.
5. Anita Bose Pfaff gave her first interview on a particular occasion.
6. Her research interests include social policy (geriatric policy, family policy and women's studies), health economics and public health, transfer economics and finance.
7. She was born Anita Schenkl and only came to be recognised as Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter after her uncle visited Vienna in 1948.
8. In 1960, she visited India for the first time and was an honoured house guest of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
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