Two-track advisor
Initially, Rajan was supposed to take charge in December this year - five months after his predecessor Kaushik Basu's term finished - owing to academic commitments in the US
Where is Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan? Why isn’t he talking when so much is happening in the government and the finance ministry? The problem, it appears, is a job overlap. Initially, Rajan was supposed to take charge in December this year – five months after his predecessor Kaushik Basu’s term finished – owing to academic commitments in the US. The government, however, wanted Rajan to join in August and he agreed. An understanding was reached to enable Rajan to make a few visits to the US between August and December plus a few weeks leave in October-November before resuming office in New Delhi in December.