Surjit Bhalla

Surjit Bhalla is an Indian economist, author and columnist,^[1] who is currently the Executive Director for India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was appointed as a member of the newly formed Economic Advisory Council to the second Modi ministry,^[2] from where he resigned in December 2018.^[3][4]

Surjit Bhalla
Bhalla at the first meeting of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, at NITI Aayog, in New Delhi
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Purdue University (BS) Princeton University (MPA, PhD)
Occupation(s)	Economist, author

Bhalla obtained his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1969 and worked for a year at Fairchild Semiconductor as a programming analyst.^[5] In 1970, he joined he Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and received a Master of Public Administration degree in 1972.^[5] Bhalla went on to enroll for a doctoral studies and received a PhD in Economics from Princeton University in 1976, having volunteered for a couple of years at Brookings Institution for the last couple of years.^[5] He also engaged in post-doctoral research for about a year, at RAND Corporation.^[5] Between 1978 and 1992, he worked at World Bank for multiple spans, as Chief Investment Officer and Senior Economist.^[5] From 1992 to 1994, he served as the Vice President of Goldman Sachs, before being hired as the Director of Deutsche Bank, where he continued till 1996.^[5]

He has authored several books,^[6][7] owns a portfolio management service^[8] and has been member of two committees set up by the Reserve Bank of India on capital account convertibility.^[9][10] Bhalla has been also on the governing board of National Council of Applied Economic Research, since 1999.^[11]

References

1. Mishra, Richa (17 October 2018). "The problem is in the financing of CAD". The Hindu Business Line.
2. "Narendra Modi govt's tenure best years of Indian economy: EAC-PM member Surjit Bhalla". Moneycontrol. 23 October 2018.
3. "Economist Surjit Bhalla resigns from PM's economic advisory council". The Times of India. 11 December 2018.
4. "Surjit Bhalla quits as member of PM's Economic Advisory Council". Indian Express. 12 December 2018.
5. Bhalla, Surjit. "Long resume of Surjit Bhalla" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. "Surjit Bhala's Books". Amazon.
7. Krishnan, Aarti (17 December 2017). "Education as a game-changer". The Hindu Business Line.
8. "Sebi slaps fine on PMS owned by Surjit Bhalla". The Economic Times. 21 December 2017.
9. "Press Release: Committee on Capital Account Convertibility". Reserve Bank of India. 28 February 1997. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
10. "Committee to set out Roadmap towards Fuller Capital Account Convertibility". Reserve Bank of India. 20 March 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
11. "Part Time Members". eacpm.gov.in. EAC-PM.

External links

• Official website