Things you should know about Arvind Subramanian

The govt has appointed Subramanian as the chief economic adviser

Arvind Subramanian is a senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and at the Center for Global Development. 

 

Prior to that, he was assistant director in the International Monetary Fund’s Research wing. During the Uruguay round of trade negotiations, he served at the GATT (1988–92). He has taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (1999–2000) and at Johns Hopkins' School for Advanced International Studies (2008–10).

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Arvind has written extensively on issues relating to growth, trade, development, institutions, India, Africa, and the World Trade Organization. His research has featured in prominent journals such as the American Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, International Monetary Fund Staff Papers, Foreign Affairs, World Economy and Economic and Political Weekly.

 

He has also advised the Indian government in various capacities, including being a member of the Finance Minister's Expert Group on the G-20. Foreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011

 

He has been critical of the Indian government's recent decision to block the WTO agreement. He was also disparaging in his assessment of the new government’s budget. In his view the budget had been overly optimistic in its revenue projections and had failed to bring about the much needed clarity in its fiscal accounting. He also criticized it for failing to present timelines for passing crucial tax and subsidy reforms.

 

Subramanian studied at St. Stephens College in Delhi after which he pursued an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, India. He completed his M.Phil and D.Phil from the University of Oxford, UK.