Gita Gopinath turns into first lady and 2nd Indian to characteristic on IMF’s ‘wall of former chief economists’

By PTI

NEW DELHI: India-born Gita Gopinath grew to become the primary lady and second Indian to characteristic on the ‘wall of former chief economists’ of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The first Indian to attain the honour was Raghuram Rajan who was Chief Economist and Director of Research of IMF between 2003 and 2006.

Gopinath was appointed as IMF Chief Economist in October 2018 and was later promoted because the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director in December final yr.

“Breaking the trend I joined the wall of former Chief Economists of the IMF,” she stated in a tweet, which additionally displayed the wall of former chief economists together with her {photograph}.

Gopinath had served as the primary feminine chief economist of the Washington-based world lender for 3 years.

Gopinath’s analysis has been revealed in lots of high economics journals.

Prior to her appointment as IMF Chief Economist, she was the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics within the economics division of Harvard University.

Before becoming a member of the college of Harvard University in 2005, she was an assistant professor of economics on the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.