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{{Short description|Indian economist and political adviser}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| order = 16th [[Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India]]
| image = Arvind Subramanian - PopTech 2011 - Camden Maine USA.jpg
| alt = Arvind Subramanian
| predecessor = [[Raghuram Rajan]]
| successor = [[Krishnamurthy Subramanian]]
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| nationality =
| profession = [[Economist]]
| alma_mater = {{nowrap|[[Delhi University]] ([[B.A.|BA]])<br />[[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM Ahmedabad]] ([[MBA]])<br />[[University of Oxford]] ([[MPhil]], [[DPhil]])}}
| term_start = 16 October 2014
| term_end = 20 June 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|7 June 1959}}
}}
'''Arvind Subramanian''' is an [[India|Indian ]] economist and the former [[Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India]], having served from 16 October 2014 to 20 June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Arvind-Subramanian-appointed-chief-economic-adviser/articleshow/44837291.cms |author=The Times of India |date= |accessdate=2014-10-16 |title= Arvind Subramanian appointed as a chief economic adviser}}</ref> Subramanian is currently a Senior Fellow at the [[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs]] at [[Brown University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arvind Subramanian {{!}} Watson Institute|url=https://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/subramanian|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs|language=en}}</ref> He previously served as Professor of Economics at [[Ashoka University]]<ref>https://ashoka.edu.in/faculty#!/arvind-subramanian-1690</ref> and a Senior [[Fellow]] at the [[Peterson Institute for International Economics]] and [[Center for Global Development]].

A former economist at the [[International Monetary Fund]], Subramanian is a widely cited expert on the [[Economy of India|economics of India]], [[Economy of China|China]], and the changing balance of global [[economic power]]. He is the author of two books, ''[[India's Turn: Understanding the Economic Transformation]]'' (2008), ''[[Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China's Economic Dominance]]'' (2011), and co-author of ''[[Who Needs to Open the Capital Account?]]'' (2012).

In 2011, ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine named Subramanian one of the world's top 100 [[Global Thinkers Forum|global thinkers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/11/28/the-fp-top-100-global-thinkers-3/ |title=The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers |date=28 November 2011 |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=19 May 2012}}</ref>

== Education ==
Subramanian attended the [[D.A.V. Boys Senior Secondary School]] in [[Chennai]], for his high school education. He proceeded to [[St Stephen's College, Delhi]] for his graduation, where he obtained [[B.A. (Hons)|B.A (Hons.) Economics]]. He subsequently earned an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] and [[Master's degree|M.Phil]] & [[doctorate|D.Phil]] degrees from the [[University of Oxford]] on an Inlaks Scholarship.

== Career ==
Subramanian was the Assistant Director in the Research Department of the [[International Monetary Fund]]. He is a development economist who worked closely with former [[Reserve Bank of India]] Governor [[Raghuram Rajan]] when both were at the International Monetary Fund.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/arvind-subramanian-is-chief-economic-adviser/article6507110.ece?homepage=true | title=Arvind Subramanian is Chief Economic Adviser | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=16 October 2014 | agency=[[Reuters]] | accessdate=17 October 2014 | location=New Delhi}}</ref> He served at the [[GATT]] during the [[Uruguay Round]] of trade negotiations. He taught at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Kennedy School of Government]] from 1999 to 2000 and [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins']] [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies]] from 2008 to 2010.
[[File:Arvind_Subramanian_-_PopTech_2011_-_Camden_Maine_USA_-_6263845260.jpg|thumb|Subramanian at the 2011 PopTech conference in [[Camden, Maine]] ]]

=== Chief Economic Advisor (2014-2018) ===
[[File:Arvind_Subramanian_delivering_the_keynote_address_at_the_inauguration_of_the_National_Conference_on_“Economics_of_Competition_Law”,_organised_by_the_Competition_Commission_of_India,_in_New_Delhi.jpg|thumb|Subramanian delivering an address during his tenure as Chief Economic Advisor]]
In October 2014, he was appointed the [[Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India|Chief Economic Advisor]] (CEA) to Indian government. The post had been lying vacant since [[Raghuram Rajan]] left the finance ministry to join as [[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India|governor]] of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] in September 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arvind-subramanian-appointed-chief-economic-adviser-to-modi-government/articleshow/44837484.cms | title=Arvind Subramanian appointed Chief Economic Adviser to Modi government | work=The Economic Times | date=16 October 2014 | agency=Press Trust of India | accessdate=17 October 2014 | location=New Delhi}}</ref> After his three-year term ended in 2017, he was given a year's extension.<ref name="Quartz">{{Cite news |url=https://qz.com/1310042/chief-economic-advisor-arvind-subramanian-quits-modi-government/ |title=Team Modi loses another star economist |last1=Anand |first1=Nupur |last2=Iyer |first2=Sriram |date=20 June 2018 |work=Quartz |access-date=26 July 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

On 20 June 2018, finance minister [[Arun Jaitley]] announced that owing to family commitments, Subramanian would be stepping down before the scheduled end of his tenure to return to academia in the US.<ref name="Quartz" /><ref name="Fortune">{{Cite news |url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/opinion/the-importance-of-being-arvind-subramanian/102035 |title=The importance of being Arvind Subramanian |last=Gupta |first=Ashish |date=21 June 2018 |work=Fortune India |access-date=26 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Jaitley noted that Subramanian's early diagnosis of the twin balance-sheet led to the government outlining higher public investment in the [[Union budget of India|union budget]] of 2015–16. He also credited Subramanian with conceptualizing the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile trinity, or JAM, as a data base of citizens for availing public benefits.<ref name="Quartz" />

In his role as the CEA, Subramanian was responsible for bringing out the annual [[Economic Survey of India]], traditionally released prior to the presentation of the union budget in the Indian parliament. He is widely credited with revamping the presentation of information through the surveys, making them wider in scope and accessible to a larger audience.<ref name="Fortune" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/as-arvind-subramanian-quits-arun-jaitley-is-all-praise-for-departing-cea-lists-contributions-from-gst-to-jam/1213507/ |title=What Arvind Subramanian did for economy: Arun Jaitley is all praise for departing CEA, from GST to JAM |date=20 June 2018 |work=The Financial Express |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

=== 2018-present ===
From 2018 to 2020, Subramanian served as a Visiting Lecturer at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard Kennedy School|Kennedy School]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Arvind Subramanian {{!}} Watson Institute|url=https://watson.brown.edu/people/fellows/subramanian|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs|language=en}}</ref> He was a subsequently Professor of Economics at [[Ashoka University]], but resigned from his post citing the circumstances surrounding the resignation of [[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-20|title=Arvind Subramanian Resigns Following Pratap Bhanu Mehta Resignation From Ashoka University|url=https://thenitrrshworld.com/arvind-subramanian-resigns-following-pratap-bhanu-mehta-resignation-from-ashoka-university//|access-date=2021-03-20|website=The NITRRSH World|language=en}}</ref>

In 2021, Subramanian joined the [[Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs]] at [[Brown University]] as a Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Months after leaving Ashoka University, ex-CEA Arvind Subramanian to join Brown University|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy-politics/story/months-after-leaving-ashoka-university-ex-cea-arvind-subramanian-to-join-brown-university-298071-2021-06-03|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Business Today|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== Publications ==
Subramanian has authored essays and other publications on growth, trade, development, institutions, aid, oil, India, Africa, and the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO). He has been widely published in academic and other journals (including the ''[[American Economic Review]]'' (Papers and Proceedings), [[The Review of Economics and Statistics|''Review of Economics and Statistics'']], ''[[Journal of International Economics]]'', ''[[Journal of Monetary Economics]]'', ''[[Journal of Public Economics]]'', ''[[Journal of Economic Growth]]'', ''[[Journal of Development Economics]]'', ''[[Brookings Papers on Economic Activity]]'', ''[[Oxford Review of Economic Policy]]'', [[International Monetary Fund|''International Monetary Fund Staff Papers'']], ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', [[The World Economy (journal)|''World Economy'']], and ''[[Economic and Political Weekly]]''.)

He has also been cited in leading magazines and newspapers, including the [[Economist]], ''[[Financial Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[Newsweek]]'', and ''[[The New York Review of Books|New York Review of Books]]''. He contributes frequently to the ''Financial Times'' and is a columnist in India's leading financial daily, ''[[Business Standard]]''.

== Controversies ==
In March 2013, Subramanian, then a Senior Fellow at the [[Peterson Institute for International Economics|Peterson Institute]] and [[Center for Global Development|CGD]], appeared before [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means]] hearing on "US-India trade relations." During his testimony, Arvind Subramanian stated that "by discriminating against Indian companies and exporters, (US initiatives) will exert natural pressure on India to open up".<ref>{{cite web | author=United States House Committee on Ways and Means | url=http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/ways_means_testimony_march_19_2013_0.pdf | title=Congressional Testimony before the Ways and Means Committee of the United States Congress, hearing on "US-India trade relations." By Arvind Subramanian, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development, Washington, DC | date=13 March 2013 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Arvind Subramanian is married to Parul Subramanian and together they have three children.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/demonetisation-effects-indian-economy-arvind-subramanian-formalisation-of-economy-4551655/ |title=Fixing the Indian state is beyond Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and all the gods put together: Arvind Subramanian |date=3 March 2017 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref> His elder brother is V S Krishnan who is a retired [[Indian Revenue Service]] Officer and a former Member of the [[Central Board of Excise and Customs]] (CBEC) and was a key player in piloting the [[Goods and Services Tax (India)|Goods and Service Tax]] Bill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/vs-krishnan/|title=VS Krishnan|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref>

He is fond of both [[Indian classical music|Indian]] and Western classical music, and owns a large collection of music [[Cassette tape|Cassettes]].<ref name="FT">{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6aa3ec6a-3013-11e7-9555-23ef563ecf9a |title=Arvind Subramanian, economic adviser to Narendra Modi |last=Crabtree |first=James |date=10 May 2017 |work=Financial Times |access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref> He is interested in [[tennis]] and [[Arsenal F.C.]]<ref name="FT"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.piie.com/ Peterson Institute website]
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[[Category:Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad alumni]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]
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[[Category:Peterson Institute for International Economics]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian economists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian economists]]
[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]

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