Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia (1945–2020), one of India’seading policy economists and a recipient ofthe Padma Bhushan award, was indeed a woman of substance. Her works spanned public policy,urban infrastructure and sustainable urbanization. To honour her impeccable achievements in thefield of economic policy, noted economists have come together through a collection of papers titledA New Reform Paradigm: Festschrift in Honour of Isher Judge Ahluwalia. This book attempts todevelop a blueprint for the reforms required to achieve rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth inIndia in a post-pandemic world.A New Reform Paradigm seeks to bring together reflections by experts on how India has fared onsome of the most critical dimensions of development—how we got here, where we are going fromhere and what we can do to change this course for the better. How we traverse the path ahead will becrucial not just to the aspirations of 1.4 billion Indians but also for future generations. Contributionshave been invited from economists and practitioners who have been closely associated with her atdifferent points in her illustrious career. These reflections, we hope, will make for a befitting tribute toan intellectual giant whoeaves behind a vastegacy of scholarly contributions to the Indian economy.