economic advisor

Kaushik Basu concludes as the CEA
The working period of Kaushik Basu as India’s Chief Economic Advisor concluded on 31 July 2012. He served
to the office for two and a half years at the North-Block, New Delhi. He was conferred on with the Padma
Bhushan in 2008.


Raghuram Rajan to be new CEA
 Raghuram Rajan will take the place of Kaushik basu as the Chief Economic Adviser.
 The selection was made by Prime Minister’s Economic advisory council headed by C.Rangarajan.
 Mr. Rajan has been former Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund.
 Currently Rajan is the Eric J Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of
Chicago’s Booth School of Business.