Mr. Arvind Panagariya
Professor of Columbia University
Arvind Panagariya is Professor of Economics & Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University. He is also the Director of the Program on Indian Economic Policies at Columbia. In the past, he has been the Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank and has worked with the World Bank, IMF, WTO, and UNCTAD in various capacities. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University. In March 2012, Panagariya was awarded Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian honors India confers in any field. Panagariya has written or edited more than a dozen books. His book India: The Emerging Giant (2008, OUP, USA) was listed as a top pick of 2008 by the Economist magazine and described as the “definitive book on the Indian economy” by Fareed Zakaria of the CNN and Time magazine. The Economist has described his latest book (with Jagdish Bhagwati) Why Growth Matters as “a manifesto for policymakers and analysts.” It has been awarded the prestigious George Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing. Panagariya’s scientific papers have appeared in virtually every leading journal in economics including the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Review of Economic Studies. His policy papers have appeared in the Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, World Economy and Finance and Development. Panagariya writes a monthly column in the Times of India, the world’s highest circulating English language daily.