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April 2017 ARVIND PANAGARIYA I. Personal Information 1. Title: Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy & Professor of Economics 2. Address School of International & Public Affairs Columbia University 420 West 118th Street, 829 IAB MC 3323 New York NY 10027 U.S.A. 3. Office Phone (212) 854-5354 4. Office Fax (212) 854-5765 5. Email: [email protected] 6. Web page: http://www.Columbia/~ap2231/ 7. Date of Birth: 30th September 1952 8. Marital Status: Married, 2 children II. Exceptional Honor Padma Bhushan: A top civilian honor bestowed on March 22, 2012 by the President of India. (Setting aside the Bharat Ratna, which has been rarely awarded in recent years, Padma Bhushan is the second-highest civilian honor conferred by the Government of India). Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Government of India: The appointment carries Cabinet Minister rank in the Government of India and is the most important position on economic policies after that of the Finance Minister. Appointed on January 13 2015 and continuing. III. Education 1. Ph.D. in Economics Princeton University, 1978 (Fields: International Economics and Development Economics) 2. M.A. in Economics, Rajasthan University, India, 1973; and B.A., Rajasthan University, India, 1971 IV. Public Policy Activities Principally Focused on India 1. Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Government of India (January 2015-to-date): The appointment carries the rank of a Cabinet Minister and is next only to that of the Finance Minister in the area of economic policy. 2. Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank (April-November, 2001). Appointed to a three-year term but resigned early for family reasons. 3. Member, Independent Taskforce on South Asia and India (jointly sponsored by CFR and Asia Society). Report: New Priorities in South Asia: U.S. Policy Towards India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, 2003, Council for Foreign Relations, New York. 4. V.K.R.V. Rao Endowment Professor, 2002-2003, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. 5. Overseas Member, Board of Governors, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), March 15, 2005-July 15, 2008). 6. Member, Committee to Review the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai appointed by the Governor, Reserve Bank of India (January-May 2008). 7. Non-resident Senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington DC: (September 15, 2007 to January 31, 2014) 8. Member, Committee on the Center on Advanced Financial Research and Learning appointed by the Governor, reserve bank of India (May-October 2009). 9. Member, Advisory Board for Setting up the School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, India appointed by the Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad (January-March, 2010). 10. Member, External Review Committee to review the India Studies Program at Indiana University (March-April 2009). 11. Member, International Advisory Board, Securities and Exchange Board of India (November 2011 to-date) 12. Editor, India Policy Forum, A new policy journal launched in 2004 jointly by the Brookings Institution and the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and patterned after the Brooking Papers on Economic Activity. Other 2 editors of the journal are Barry Bosworth of the Brookings Institution and Suman Bery of NCAER. 13. Television Appearances: On Charlie Rose Show, BBC World News, ABC (World View), CNN (International), CNN (Asia), CNBC (Asia), Reuters TV (Asia), Report on Business (ROB) TV and Jim Lehrer Newshour. In India (highly partial list): Doordarshan (National), NDTV (Walk the Talk with Shekhar Gupta, Buck Stops here with Barkha Dutt and numerous others); CNN-IBN (Devil’s Advocate), CNBC TV18 (Khaas Mulaakaat), Bloomberg (Political Capital with Vivek Law). 14. Interviews in Print: My interviews have appeared in the Hindustan Times, Indian Express (Walk the Talk), Economic Times, Financial Express, Business Standard, LiveMint, Daily News and Analysis, Tech Central Station (TCS), La Nacion (leading daily in Argentina) and a textbook on international economics (Reinert, Ken, Windows on the World Economy, 2004, Thomson). 15. Monthly Newspaper Column: From June 2012 to December 2014, I wrote a monthly column in the Times of India. Previously, I wrote a monthly column in the Economic Times from June 1999 to August 2013. 16. Guest Columns in Magazines and Newspapers: I have written invited guest columns in India’s two leading weekly news magazines, India Today (February 19, 2001) and Outlook (December 17, 2001). My op-ed articles have also appeared in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Forbes.Com. Among Indian newspapers, I have written guest columns for the Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Hindu and Business Standard. 17. Policy Writings: I have been writing extensively on India during the last decade at all levels including research, policy and journalism. Books India: The emerging Giant (2008, New York: OUP) and Why Growth Matters (2013 New York: Public Affairs), with Jagdish Bhagwati, have been widely read around the world and highly influential in India. I have also launched, with Jagdish Bhagwati, the book series Studies in Indian Economic Policies published by the OUP, New York. Three volumes in the series have been published. 18. Lectures and Briefings: On my frequent visits to India, I have given public lectures in the major cities including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Jaipur. Often these lectures have led to newspaper stories in the national and local press. I was also the only professional economist to be invited to the prestigious Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2013 (6-7 December 2013) and India Today Conclave 2014 (7-8 March 2014). 19. Consulting: On a variety of development policy issues with the World Bank, World Trade Organization, Asian Development Bank and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 3 V. Employment History: 1. Professor of Economics & Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in New York City (January 2004-to-date). 2. Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (September 15, 2007 to-date) 3. Professor of Economics (August 1989-January 2004), Associate Professor of Economics (August 1983-August 1989) and Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD: (August 1978-August 1983). Also: Co-director, Center for International Economics (August 1993-January 2004). 4. Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines (April – December 2001; appointed to a three-year term but resigned early due to family reasons). 5. V.K.R.V. Rao Endowment Professor, 2002-2003, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India. 6. Principal Economist (March 1989-August 1993) and Senior Economist (June 1989- March 1993), World Bank. (On leave from the University of Maryland) 7. Lecturer in Economics (July 1973-August 1974), Department of Economics, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, India 8. Visiting Scholar at the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and UNCTAD and director of a major research project for the Asian Development Bank. VI. Editorial Responsibilities 1. Editor, India Policy Forum. Published jointly by the Brookings Institution and the National Council on Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India (with Barry Bosworth of Brookings Institution and Suman Bery of NCAER as the other editors). 2. Editor, Journal of Policy Reform, Harwood Academic Press (1996-2001) (currently with Routledge, Abingdon, U.K.) 3. Associate Editor, Economics and Politics, Basil Blackwell (1999-present). 4. Board of Editors, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (2002- to-date), 4 5. Board of Editors, Journal of Policy Reform, Routledge, Abingdon, U.K. (2001-to- date) 6. Board of Editors, Trade and Development Review, Jadavpur University and UNCTAD (since 2008). 7. Board of Editors, International Journal of Development and Conflict, World Scientific. 8. Margin, the Journal of Applied Economics, national Council on Applied Economic Research. VII. Research Grants and/or Contracts: 1. Templeton Foundation grant of $2 million for a Program on Indian Economic Polices at Columbia University beginning October 1, 2010 and ending September 30, 2012 (tentatively extended to September 30, 2013). 2. The World Bank Research Committee, July 1991- April 1993, "Commodity Exports and Real Income in Africa," $131,500 (with Maurice Schiff). 3. The World Bank Research Committee, January 1992 - June 1992, "New Dimensions in Regional Integration," $54,000 (with Jaime de Melo). 4. The National Council for Soviet and East European Research, June 15, 1988 - June 14, 1989. $50,000. 5. Faculty Research Award of the General Research Board, University of Maryland (1981). 6. Faculty Research Award of the General Research Board, University of Maryland (1979). VIII. Publications VIII.A Collected Essays 1. Regionalism in Trade Policy: Essays on Preferential Trading, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co., November 1999. VIII.B Other Books 2. New Dimensions in Regional Integration, ed. (with Jaime de Melo), Cambridge University Press, 1993. 5 3. The New Regionalism in Trade Policy, (with Jaime de Melo), World Bank, 1992, short booklet. 4. The Economics of Preferential Trade Agreements, ed. (with J. Bhagwati), Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, November 1996. 5. The Global Trading System and Developing Asia (with M.G. Quibria and Narhari Rao), ed., Hong Kong: Oxford University Press for the