Ajay Chhibber: India's Rise in a Changing World

Biography

Dr. Ajay Chhibber is Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), George Washington University, Washington D.C., and Distinguished Fellow, Isaac Center for Public Policy, Ashoka University, India. 

 He was the first Director General, Independent Evaluation Office, India (Minister of State) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy from 2015-2017. He served as Assistant Secretary General, UN and Assistant Administrator, UNDP from 2008-2013 where he led the Department for Asia and the Pacific. At the World Bank he served over 24 years in senior positions including Country Director for Turkey and Vietnam, and Director for the seminal 1997 World Development Report on the Role of the State.  

 He has a Ph. D from Stanford University, an MA from the Delhi School of Economics, and was awarded the David Rajaram Prize for best all-rounder at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University where he received a BA with Honors in Economics. He has also completed advanced management courses at Harvard University and at INSEAD, France.

Chhibber has written six books on Economic Development and published numerous articles in major journals. He writes regularly for newspapers and business magazines.  His latest book Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival was declared Best New Book in Economics by the Financial Times and awarded India 2022 Economic Forum Literary Award.

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