Arvind Panagariya was born on 30 September 1952 and is an Indian-American economist who is the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University and is the Director of Deepak and Neera Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies at School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York City.
21 Facts About Arvind Panagariya
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Arvind Panagariya served as first vice-chairman of the government of India think-tank NITI Aayog between January 2015 and August 2017.
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Arvind Panagariya is a former Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank.
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Arvind Panagariya was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2012 for his contributions in the field of economics and Public Policy.
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Arvind Panagariya is an authority on free trade and widely regarded as the foremost expert in the world on Indian economy.
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Arvind Panagariya is the brother of noted neurologist and medical researcher Dr Ashok Panagariya.
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Arvind Panagariya currently serves as the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University and is the Director of Deepak and Neera Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies at School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York City.
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Arvind Panagariya was previously Chief Economist at the Asian Development Bank.
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Arvind Panagariya has worked for the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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Arvind Panagariya served as an Adviser to the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum.
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Arvind Panagariya was a Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington DC.
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Arvind Panagariya was a member of an Independent Taskforce on South Asia and India sponsored by Centre for Foreign Relations, New York.
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Arvind Panagariya has served as a member of International Advisory Board, Securities and Exchange Board of India.
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Arvind Panagariya served as a Member of Board of Governors of Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.
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Arvind Panagariya was a member of Committee on the Center on Advanced Financial Research and Learning appointed by the Governor, Reserve bank of India.
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Arvind Panagariya was the Founding Editor of the journal-India Policy Forum launched in 2004 by the Brookings Institution and the National Council of Applied Economic Research.
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Arvind Panagariya is currently an Associate Editor of Economics and Politics and the Journal of International Trade and Economic Development.
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Arvind Panagariya has appeared on Bloomberg TV India for the show "Transforming India With Arvind Panagriya" Arvind Panagariya writes a monthly column in the Times of India and his guest columns appear in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and India Today.
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Arvind Panagariya was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the President of India in 2012 for his contributions in the field of economics and Public Policy.
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Arvind Panagariya was appointed as India's Sherpa for G20 talks in September 2015.
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Arvind Panagariya gave his resignation as Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman stating that Columbia University has not extended his leave beyond 31 August 2017.