Bimal Jalan
Bimal Jalan | |
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Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India | |
| In office 1981 - 1988 | |
| Preceded by | RM Honavar |
| Succeeded by | Nitin Desai |
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| Born | 17 August 1941 |
| Occupation | Economist |
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| Website | http://www.bimaljalan.com/ |
Bimal Jalan (born 17 August 1941)[Governor of Reserve Bank of India and
was a nominated member of the Upper House of India's Parliament, the Rajya Sabha during 2003–2009.[1]
Education and career
Jalan graduated from
Oxford but no further detail as to his course of study is known publicly.[citation needed
]
Jalan held several administrative and advisory positions in the Government of India, namely, Chief Economic Adviser in the 1980s, Banking Secretary between 1985 and 1989 and
Ministry of Finance between January 1991 and September 1992. In 1992-93 and then from 1998–2008, Jalan was the President of the Governing Body of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, Planning Commission in New Delhi.[citation needed
]
He was the
Indian Rupee note of 1000 denomination was introduced.[3]
Selected works
- India's Economic Crisis: The Way Ahead (Oxford University Press, 1991)
- The Indian Economy: Problems and Prospects (editor) (Penguin, 1993).
- India's Economic Policy: Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (Viking, 1996) examines some of the critical policy choices for India at the present juncture.
- The Future of India Politics, Economics and Governance (Penguin, 2005).
- India's Politics: A view from the backbench (Penguin-Viking, 2007).
References
- ^ "Rajya Sabha members". Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ^ "List of Governors". Reserve Bank of India. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2006.
- ^ Jain, Manik (2004). 2004 Phila India Paper Money Guide Book. Kolkata: Philatelia. p. 77.
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