Shankar Acharya

Shankar Acharya

• Dr. Shankar Acharya (born October, 1945) is one of India’s leading policy economists. 
• He is currently Member Board of Governors and Honorary Professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). He is also the Non-Executive Part-time Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kotak Mahindra Bank. 
• As Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India (1993-2001) he was deeply involved in the economic reforms of the 1990s. He also served on the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), 1997-2000, and as a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (2001-2003) and Member, Twelfth Finance Commission (2004). Earlier, 1971-82, he worked in the World Bank, where he led the World Development Report team for 1979 and was Research Adviser to the World Bank, 1979-82. He was Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, 1985-90.
• Dr. Acharya has a B.A. (First class honours) from Oxford University (1967) and a Ph. D. from Harvard University (1972).
• He has published a number of books and numerous scholarly papers and contributed chapters of several books, mainly on topics in macroeconomic policy, growth, international economics and public finance. 
• He also writes a regular column on economic/financial issues in the Business Standard and is an occasional consultant to international institutions.