Arvind Subramanian

Arvind Subramanian
Arvind Subramanian
16th Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India
In office
16 October 2014 – 20 June 2018
Preceded byRaghuram Rajan
Succeeded byKrishnamurthy Subramanian
Personal details
Born (1959-06-07) 7 June 1959 (age 65)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndia
United States (permanent resident)
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA)
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (MBA)
University of Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)
ProfessionEconomist

Arvind Subramanian is an Indian economist and the former Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, having served from 16 October 2014 to 20 June 2018.[1] Subramanian is currently a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.[2] He previously served as Professor of Economics at Ashoka University[3] and a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development.

A former economist at the International Monetary Fund, Subramanian is a widely cited expert on the economics of India, China, and the changing balance of global economic power. He is the author of two books, India's Turn: Understanding the Economic Transformation (2008), Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China's Economic Dominance (2011), and co-author of Who Needs to Open the Capital Account? (2012).

In 2011, Foreign Policy magazine named Subramanian one of the world's top 100 global thinkers.[4]

  1. ^ The Times of India (16 October 2014). "Arvind Subramanian appointed as a chief economic adviser". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Arvind Subramanian | Watson Institute". Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Faculty/Staff".
  4. ^ "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2012.