Arvind Subramanian
Arvind Subramanian | |
|---|---|
| 16th Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India | |
| In office 16 October 2014 – 20 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Raghuram Rajan |
| Succeeded by | Krishnamurthy Subramanian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1959 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Nationality | India United States (permanent resident) |
| Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) Delhi University Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (MBA) University of Oxford (MPhil, DPhil) |
| Profession | Economist |
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. Subramanian is currently a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. He previously served as Professor of Economics at Ashoka University 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.