by Vinod Rai
AMITENDU PALIT is senior research fellow and research lead (trade and economic policy) at ISAS, National University of Singapore. Prior to joining academics, he worked for almost a decade in the Ministry of Finance in India and in various other ministries. An economist working on trade policies, regional developments, China–India relations and political economy, he is a columnist for Financial Express and a regular contributor to various global media. His books include The Trans Pacific Partnership, China and India, China–India Economics and Special Economic Zones in India. He appears as an expert on the BBC, Bloomberg, Channel News Asia, CNBC, Doordarshan (India) and All-India Radio.
SUMITA DAWRA is a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 1991 batch. She has a rich experience in public policy at various levels of governance in India, besides a good international exposure to public policy in China. Her experiences have helped her develop strong insights into using public policy as an effective tool for growth and development of countries. She has authored two books in public policy, namely—China: Behind the Miracle and Poor but Spirited in Karimnagar: Field Notes of a Civil Servant. Sumita is presently working as governance specialist with UNICEF India on a two-year deputation from service.
RONOJOY SEN is senior research fellow at ISAS and the South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore. He has worked for over a decade with leading Indian newspapers, most recently as an editor for Times of India. His latest book is Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India (Columbia University Press/Penguin, 2015). He is also the author of Articles of Faith: Religion, Secularism and the Indian Supreme Court (Oxford University Press, 2010), and has edited several books. He has a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago and has read history at Presidency College, Kolkata.
S. NARAYAN (IAS, 1965 batch) with nearly four decades (1965–2004) in public service in the state and Central governments, in development administration, was the economic adviser to the prime minister during 2003–04. Prior to this assignment, he served the Government of India as the finance and economic affairs secretary, secretary in the Departments of Revenue, Petroleum, Coal and Industrial Development. In the Ministry of Finance, his responsibilities included formulation of macroeconomic policy for the government, tariff and taxation policies, as well as initiatives for modernizing the capital markets. His special interests include public finance, energy policy, governance issues and international trade. He has authored one book, edited two and written numerous policy papers, reports and book chapters. He also writes regularly in newspapers, both locally and internationally, on issues relating to public policy, governance, public finance, trade and energy. He has been a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore since 2005.
SUBHOMOY BHATTACHARJEE is a consulting editor at Business Standard. He writes on public policy—primarily finance and energy. His latest book India’s Coal Story: From Damodar to Zambezi traces how India’s coal reserves were at the centre of a major political scandal that nearly sent a prime minister to jail. It explores why since Independence, business and government in India could not settle the rights on energy security, creating the murky politics of coal and sketches the options for India’s future energy security. He has read economics at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. He has worked with the Government of India; with Economic Times, Indian Express and Financial Express; and is now a consultant with Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a New Delhi-based think tank. He is also a commentator of business news on various TV channels.
SUBRATA K. MITRA is the director, ISAS, and visiting research professor, NUS, and emeritus professor Heidelberg University, Germany. The dynamic interaction of culture and rationality has deeply influenced his research profile, which focuses on governance and administration, citizenship, hybridity and re-use, the evolution of the Indian state from classical to modern times, the transition to democracy and its consolidation, and security and foreign affairs of South Asia. His books Culture and Rationality (SAGE, 1999), The Puzzle of India’s Governance (Routledge, 2005), Re-use: The Art and Politics of Integration and Anxiety (SAGE, 2008), Politics in India (Routledge, 2017), Kautilya’s Arthashastra: Classical Roots of Modern Politics in India (jointly authored with Michael Liebig, NOMOS 2016, Rupa, 2017) represent different facets of his oeuvre.
DHRUVA JAISHANKAR is a fellow in foreign policy studies at Brookings India, New Delhi, and at Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. He is also a regular contributor to Indian and international media. He was previously a transatlantic fellow and programme officer with the German Marshall Fund in Washington, D.C.; a research assistant at Brookings; and a reporter for CNN-IBN. He has been a visiting fellow with the Rajaratnam School of International Studies; an IISS–SAIS Merrill Center Young Strategist; and a David Rockefeller fellow with the Trilateral Commission. He is an alumnus of Macalester College and Georgetown University.
NALIN MEHTA is a social scientist, journalist and author. He is a consulting editor with Times of India and the editor of the journal South Asian History and Culture (Routledge). He was previously the managing editor, Headlines Today; adjunct professor at IIM Bangalore; and has held senior positions with the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland, and UNAIDS. He also held fellowships at National University of Singapore, Australian National University, La Trobe University, and the International Olympics Museum. His books include Behind a Billion Screens: What Television Tells Us About Modern India, India on Television: How Satellite Channels Have Changed the Way We Think and Act and Sellotape Legacy: Delhi and the Commonwealth Games.
PAWAN AGARWAL is currently the CEO, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in the Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1985 of the West Bengal cadre. He has served in various capacities in the Central and state governments, such as the joint secretary, skill development, adviser, higher education, Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) and in the HRD ministry and the University Grants Commission. He was the Fulbright New Century Scholar at Harvard University/Emory University; visiting scholar and fellow at ICRIER, New Delhi, and the Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne. He has authored Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future (SAGE, 2009).
U.K. SINHA served as the chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) from February 2011 to 1 March 2017. Prior to this, he was the chairman and managing director at UTI Asset Management Company from 2005 until February 2011. Preceding this, he was the joint secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance and looked after capital markets, external commercial borrowings, pension reforms and foreign exchange management functions from June 2002 to October 2005. He has been conferred with many awards viz. CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards (IBLA), ‘Outstanding Contribution to Indian Business Award 2014’, and Economic Times, ‘Business Reformer of the Year Award 2014’ to name a few. He was selected for the IAS in 1976. He holds MSc and LLB degrees.
PINAKI CHAKRABORTY is professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India, and a research associate at Levy Economics Institute, New York. He is also the chairman of Kerala Public Expenditure Review Committee, appointed by the Kerala government. He was the economic adviser to the Fourteenth Finance Commission of India. He has held appointments as a visiting faculty at the University of Ottawa and the University of Carleton, Canada, Centre for Development Studies, JNU, and the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Mumbai. He has advised the governments of Nigeria, Kenya and some CIS countries in Central Asia. He holds a PhD in economics.
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