Kaushik Basu

Kaushik Basu 

• Kaushik Basu (born 9 January 1952) is an Indian economist and academic who is Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
• He is on leave from Cornell University where he is the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics. Prior to that he was the Chairman of the Department of Economics and director, Center for Analytic Economics at Cornell University. 
• Till July 2012 he served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He is also the Jury Chair for the Infosys Prize 2013 for the discipline of Social Sciences.
• He is currently (the fourth) President of the Human Development and Capabilities Association, which was founded by Amartya Sen. He has held advisory posts with the ILO, the World Bank, the Reserve Bank of India and was, for several years, member of the steering committee of the Expert Group of Development Issues set up by the Swedish Government. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Exim Bank of India.
• He was awarded Padma Bhushan by The Government of India, 2008.
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