Kaushik Basu

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Kaushik Basu
Basu in Festival Economia 2013
11th Chief Economist of the World Bank
In office October 2012 – October 2016
President	Jim Yong Kim
Preceded by	Martin Ravallion (Acting)
Succeeded by	Paul Romer
14th Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India
In office 2009–2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Arvind Virmani
Succeeded by	Raghuram Rajan
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-09) 9 January 1952 (age 72) Kolkata, India
Spouse	Alaka Malwade
Education	University of Delhi (BA) London School of Economics (MSc, PhD)
Website	Official website
Academic career
Field	Macroeconomics
Awards	Padma Bhushan (2008) Humboldt Prize (2021)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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. 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.