The government has appointed Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran as the new Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Ministry of Finance.
“He has assumed charge today,” the government said.
He held several leadership roles in macro-economic and capital market research for several private wealth management institutions in Switzerland and in Singapore between 1994 and 2011. He was Dean, IFMR Graduate School of Business (Krea University) from October 2018 to December 2019.
He helped co-found the Takshashila Institution, an independent centre for research and education in public policy and helped launch the first impact investment fund of the Aavishkaar Group in 2001.
Apart from the PMEAC, where he served as a part-time member between 2019 and 2021, Nageswaran’s advisory roles include being an honorary senior advisor to the International Financial Services Authority of India in Gujarat.
He is ‘Distinguished Visiting Professor’ of Economics at Krea University (India) and Adjunct Faculty at the Singapore Management University. His co-authored book, ‘Economics of Derivatives’ and ‘Derivatives’ were published by the Cambridge University Press in March 2015 and October 2017 respectively.
Another co-authored work, ‘Can India grow?’ has been published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in November 2016. ‘The rise of Finance: Causes, Consequences and Cures’ published by the Cambridge University Press is his most recent (co-authored) work.
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