Ashok Lahiri

Ashok Kumar Lahiri is an Indian economist. Currently serving as a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, Lahiri previously served as 12th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, reader at the Delhi School of Economics, chairman of Bandhan Bank, executive director at the Asian Development Bank and director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and had stints with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as a consultant and senior economist, respectively.

Dr.

Ashok Lahiri
Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission
Assumed office
27 November 2017 (2017-11-27)
Serving with Shaktikanta Das (2017–2018)
Ramesh Chand
Anoop Singh
Appointed byPresident of India (then, Ramnath Kovind)
ChairmanN. K. Singh
12th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India
In office
December 2002 (2002-12) – June 2007 (2007-06)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterJaswant Singh (2002–2004)
P. Chidambram (2004–2007)
Preceded byRakesh Mohan
Succeeded byArvind Virmani
Director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
In office
February 1998 (1998-02) – October 2002 (2002-10)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Personal details
Born
Ashok Kumar Lahiri
Alma materPresidency University, Kolkata
OccupationEconomist, academician

Education

Lahiri is an alumnus of the economics department of the Presidency University, Kolkata.[1]

Career

Lahiri has served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India,[2][3] chairman of Bandhan Bank, economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance,[3] executive director at the Asian Development Bank,[2][3] director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy,[2][3] reader at the Delhi School of Economics,[3] consultant with the World Bank,[3] and senior economist at the International Monetary Fund.[3]

Director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Lahiri served as the director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy for four years between February 1998 and October 2002.[3]

Chief Economic Adviser

Lahiri was appointed Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India (CEA) by the prime minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in December 2002,[3] and demitted the office of CEA in June 2007,[3] serving in the Ministry of Finance for more than four years.

Chairman of Bandhan Bank

Lahiri was appointed the non-executive, part-time chairman of the newly-formed Bandhan Bank in July 2015;[4][5] Lahiri resigned from his position as chairman in April 2018 to serve as a full-time member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.[6][7][8]

Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission

Lahiri was appointed a part-time member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission in November 2017 by the President of India,[9][10][11][12] Lahiri was elevated to a full-time member in April 2018 and was accorded the status of a minister of state.[13][14]

References
  1. "Economics —> Alumni". Presidency University, Kolkata. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. "About Bandhan Bank —> Governance —> Ashok Kumar Lahiri". Bandhan Bank. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. "Ashok K. Lahiri". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. Law, Abhishek (9 July 2015). "Ashok Lahiri to chair Bandhan Bank board; founder unveils logo". Business Line. Kolkata: The Hindu Group. ISSN 0971-7528. OCLC 456162874. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. Acharya, Namrata (10 July 2015). "Bandhan appoints former chief economic adviser Ashok Lahiri as chairman". Business Standard. Kolkata: Business Standard Ltd. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. Jagannathan, K. T. (9 April 2018). "Ashok Kumar Lahiri quits as part-time chairman of Bandhan Bank". The Hindu. Chennai: N. Ram. ISSN 0971-751X. OCLC 13119119. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  7. Kanungo, Soumonty (9 April 2018). "Ashok Kumar Lahiri quits as non-executive chairman of Bandhan Bank". Livemint. Kolkata: Vivek Khanna. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  8. "Ashok Lahiri steps down as chairman of Bandhan Bank". Business Standard. Business Standard Ltd. 11 April 2018. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 17 December 2018 – via PressReader.
  9. "First Meeting of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, North Block, New Delhi". Finance Commission of India. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  10. Mishra, Asit Ranjan. "15th Finance Commission to hold first meeting today". Livemint. New Delhi: HT Media Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. Surabhi (4 December 2017). "15th Finance Commission holds first meeting". Business Line. New Delhi: The Hindu Group. Retrieved 20 January 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  12. "15th Finance Commission holds first meeting, seeks academic inputs from leading think-tanks - Firstpost". Firstpost. New Delhi. Press Trust of India. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  13. "Ashok Lahiri appointed full-time member of 15th Finance Commission". Business Standard. New Delhi: Business Standard Ltd. Press Trust of India. 3 May 2018. OCLC 496280002. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  14. "Ashok Lahiri full-time member of fin panel". The Tribune. New Delhi. Tribune News Service. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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