Arvind Subramanian: Meet the US-based economist, who is set to be CEA to Modi government

NEW DELHI: Arvind Subramanian, the US-based economist who is poised to be the new Chief Economic Advisor to the NDA government, is a Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

According to Peterson Institute, Foreign Policy magazine named Subramanian as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011. His book Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China's Economic Dominance was published in September 2011, and he is co-author of Who Needs to Open the Capital Account? (2012).

Subramanian has been an assistant director in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "He served at the GATT (1988–92) during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations and taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (1999–2000) and at Johns Hopkins' School for Advanced International Studies (2008–10)," Subramanian's profile on the Peterson Institute website reads.

"Subramanian advises the Indian government in different capacities, including as a member of the Finance Minister's Expert Group on the G-20. His book India's Turn: Understanding the Economic Transformation was published in 2008 by Oxford University Press," the profile adds.

He obtained his undergraduate degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi; his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, India; and his M.Phil and D.Phil from the University of Oxford, UK.

The appointment of Subramanian was recommended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Cabinet-level approval is expected to follow.