Surjit Bhalla is an Indian economist, author and columnist, who is currently the Executive Director for India at the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

(IMF). He was appointed as a member of the newly formed

Economic Advisory Council Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (PMEAC) is a non-constitutional, non-permanent and independent body constituted to give economic advice to the Government of India, specifically the Prime Minister. The council serves t ...

to the

second Modi ministry The Second Ministry of Narendra Modi is the Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi that was formed after the 2019 general election which was held in seven phases in 2019. The results of the election were announ ...

, from where he resigned in December 2018. Bhalla obtained his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

in 1969 and worked for a year at Fairchild Semiconductor as a programming analyst. In 1970, he joined he

Woodrow Wilson School The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of comprehensive course ...

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

and received a Master of Public Administration degree in 1972. Bhalla went on to enroll for a doctoral studies and received a PhD in Economics from

in 1976, having volunteered for a couple of years at

Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution, often stylized as simply Brookings, is an American research group founded in 1916. Located on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C., the organization conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in e ...

for the last couple of years. He also engaged in post-doctoral research for about a year, at RAND Corporation. Between 1978 and 1992, he worked at

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

for multiple spans, as Chief Investment Officer and Senior Economist. From 1992 to 1994, he served as the Vice President of Goldman Sachs, before being hired as the Director of

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...

, where he continued till 1996. He has authored several books, owns a portfolio management service and has been member of two committees set up by the

Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India, chiefly known as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible f ...

on capital account convertibility. Bhalla has been also on the governing board of

National Council of Applied Economic Research National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is India’s oldest and largest independent, non-profit, economic policy research think tank. Established in New Delhi in 1956, it acquired considerable national and international standing wi ...

, since 1999.

References

External links

Official website
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian economists Princeton University alumni Purdue University College of Engineering alumni Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni 21st-century Indian economists 20th-century Indian economists {{India-economist-stub