Gita Gopinath featured on IMF's 'wall of former chief economists'

NEW DELHI: Indian-born Gita Gopinath has become the first woman and the second Indian to be inducted into the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) 'wall of former chief economists'.

Raghuram Rajan, who was the IMF's Chief Economist and Director of Research between 2003 and 2006, is the first Indian to receive the honour.

Gopinath, who was appointed as the IMF Chief Economist in October 2018, was later promoted as the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director in December last year.

"Breaking the trend I joined the wall of former Chief Economists of the IMF," she said in a tweet, which also displayed the wall of former chief economists with her photograph.

Gopinath served as the Washington-based global lender's first female chief economist for three years. Her research has been published in many leading economics journals.

She was the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics in the economics department of Harvard University before she was appointed IMF Chief Economist.

She also worked as an assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business prior to joining the faculty at Harvard University in 2005.

With PTI inputs