Arvind Panagariya

Arvind Panagariya

 

• Born: September 30, 1952, India.
• Arvind Panagariya is the Professor of Indian Political Economy in the Department of International and Public Affairs and of Economics. 
• He holds a BA from Rajasthan University (1971) and a PhD in Economics from Princeton University (1978).
• He was formerly a professor of economics and codirector of the Center for International and Public Affairs at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the chief economist of the Asian Development Bank. He has also advised the World Bank, IMF, WTO, and UNCTAD in various capacities. 
• He has written or edited more than a half-dozen books, including The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements with Jagdish Bhagwati (1996); The Global Trading System and Developing Asia with M.G. Quibria and N. Rao (1997); and Lectures on International Trade with J. Bhagwati and T.N. Srinivasan (1998).
• He is the founding editor of the Journal of Policy Reform, which he edited with Dani Rodrik (1996–2001).
• He writes a monthly column in the Economic Times, India's top financial daily. He has also written guest columns in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, India Today, and Outlook.