Who is Dr Anantha Nageswaran? All you need to know about the new chief economic advisor

New Delhi, Jan 29: The government on Friday appointed V Anantha Nageswaran, a distinguished economistas the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), days ahead of economic survey scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on January 31.

The chief economic advisor (CEA) is traditionally is the key person tasked with the economic survey that is tabled in Parliament by the finance minister ahead of the Union Budget every year.

Nageswaran, is a former member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC).

He is an academic and former executive with Credit Suisse Group AG and Julius Baer Group, succeeds K V Subramanian, who demitted office of CEA in December 2021 after the completion of his three-year term.

His appointment comes two days ahead of the Economic Survey for 2021-22 which is expected to give growth projection of around 9 per cent for the next financial year as Asia's third-largest economy is showing signs of recovery from the pandemic.

India is poised to grow as the fastest large economy in the world during the current financial year with the economy projected to grow around 9 per cent despite the pandemic.

The economy, as per the advance estimates of the National Statistical Office (NSO), is expected to record a growth of 9.2 per cent during the current fiscal, which is a tad lower than the 9.5 per cent projected by the Reserve Bank.

Prior to this appointment, Nageswaran has worked as an author, teacher and consultant, the Finance Ministry statement said.

He has also been a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India from 2019 to 2021, it said.

Besides, he has taught at several business schools and institutes of management in India and in Singapore and has published extensively.

Nageswaran holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He obtained a doctoral degree in Finance from the University of Massachusetts in 1994 for his work on the empirical behaviour of exchange rates.

He was the Dean of the IFMR Graduate School of Business and a distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics at Krea University.

Nageswaran helped co-found the Takshashila Institution, an independent centre for research and education in public policy and helped launch the first impact investment fund of the Aavishkaar Group in 2001.