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Indian economist and academic (born 1952)

Kaushik Basu (born 9 January 1952) is an Indian economist who was Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016 and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India from 2009 to 2012.^[1][2] He is the C.

Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and academic advisory board member of upcoming Plaksha University.^[3] He began a three-year term as President of the International Economic Association in June 2017.

World bank history

From 2009 to 2012, during the United Progressive Alliance's second term, Basu served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.^[4] Basu is winner of the Humboldt Research Award 2021.

Early life and education

Kaushik Basu was born in Kolkata, India, where he attended St.  Xavier's Collegiate School.

In an autobiographical essay he noted that finishing school in 1969 that his father wanted him to