11 Facts About Arvind Virmani

Arvind Virmani was born on 22 June 1949 and is an Indian economist and full time Member of NITI Aayog.

Arvind Virmani was appointed India's representative to the International Monetary Fund in 2009.

Arvind Virmani graduated with a degree in Physics from the St Stephen's College, Delhi and studied Electronics and Economics at California Institute of Technology, following which, he received MA and PhD in economics from Harvard University under the supervision of Kenneth Arrow in 1975.

Arvind Virmani returned to India around the end of Indira Gandhi's Emergency rule in 1977.

Arvind Virmani served the government from 1987 in senior positions in the finance ministry and the Planning Commission for over two decades.

Arvind Virmani worked on various economic policy papers during the 1990s that led to various reforms.

Arvind Virmani has been an advisor to the Indian Government at the highest levels, including as Principal Advisor, at the Planning Commission and Chief Economic Advisor at, the Ministry of Finance.

Arvind Virmani served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the RBI on Monetary Policy from February 2013 to August 2016.

Arvind Virmani was a Member of the Board of EXIM Bank, Chairman of, Board of Trustees in SBI Mutual Fund, Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India, Member of the SEBI Appellate Tribunal and Depositories Act Appellate Tribunal, Director of Punjab National Bank, Allahabad Bank and Member of the Board of Trustee in Unit Trust of India.

Arvind Virmani is the founder of EGROW Foundation, a non-profit, multi-disciplinary public policy organisation engaged in independent, high-quality research in the areas of macroeconomic policy, public welfare, national security and diplomacy.

Arvind Virmani was appointed a full-time member of NITI Aayog in November 2022.