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{{Short description|Indian economist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Arvind Virmani
| image = File:Chief Economic Advisor, Dr. Arvind Virmani, in New Delhi on December 16, 2008.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|06|22}}
| office = Full time member of [[NITI Aayog]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]] ([[BSc]])<br>[[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] (BS)<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[PhD]])
| profession = [[Economist]]
| office2 = 13th [[Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India]]
| term2 = 2007 - 2009
| termstart1 = 16 November 2022
| predecessor2 = [[Ashok K Lahiri]]
| successor2 = [[Kaushik Basu]]
}}

'''Arvind Virmani''' (born 22 June 1949) is an Indian [[economist]] and full time Member of [[NITI Aayog]]. He was appointed India's representative to the [[International Monetary Fund]] in 2009. Prior to that, he was the [[Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India|Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/07/13/arvind-virmani-appointed-chief-economic-adviser-to-finance-min-1184317987.html |title=Arvind Virmani appointed Chief Economic Adviser to Finance Min - Oneindia News |publisher=Oneindia |date=2007-07-13 |access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Virmani’s parents moved to Delhi’s Jhandewalan area after Partition. He attended [[St. Columba's School, Delhi|St.Columba's School]], Delhi in his childhood. Once he turned 11, his father decided to send him to [[The Doon School|Doon School]]. He graduated with a degree in [[Physics]] from the [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] and studied Electronics and Economics at [[California Institute of Technology]], following which, he received MA and PhD in economics from [[Harvard University]] under the supervision of [[Kenneth Arrow]] in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Details |url=https://www.academicfoundation.org/index.php?route=product/author_details&author_id=454 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=www.academicfoundation.org}}</ref><ref name=BS20110823>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-arvind-virmani/446629/ |title=Lunch with BS: Arvind Virmani Professor of reform |first=A. K. |last=Bhattacharya |date=23 August 2011 |work=Business Standard|accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref>

== Career ==
After receiving a doctorate from Harvard, Virmani moved to [[New York University]] for a teaching assignment. He returned to India around the end of Indira Gandhi’s [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency rule]] in 1977. He had two job offers. One, he was shortlisted for Reader at the [[Delhi School of Economics]] and the other a job with the [[World Bank]]. After consulting with [[Ashok Lahiri]], who was second on the panel of shortlisted candidates for the Reader job at DSE, Virmani opted for the latter. After spending nearly 10 years as Senior Economist at World Bank, Virmani returned to India in 1987. He served the government from 1987 in senior positions in the [[Ministry of Finance (India)|finance ministry]] and the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] for over two decades. He worked on various economic policy papers during the 1990s that led to various reforms. He has been an advisor to the [[Government of India|Indian Government]] at the highest levels, including as [[Planning Commission (India)|Principal Advisor, at the Planning Commission]] and Chief [[Economic Advisory Council|Economic Advisor]] at, the [[Finance minister|Ministry of Finance]].<sup>[1]</sup> During his period as the [[Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India]], Virmani wrote the [[Economic survey of India|Economic Survey of India]] (2008-2009). In 2009, he was appointed as India's representative in the [[International Monetary Fund|International Monetary Fund (IMF)]], a position often considered to be a reward for bureaucrats coming close to retirement and that has three years of office. He served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the [[Reserve Bank of India|RBI]] on Monetary Policy from February 2013 to August 2016.<ref name="BS20110823" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Arvind Virmani - CV |url=https://sites.google.com/site/drarvindvirmani/about-me/-CV |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/arvind-virmani-gets-plum-imf-job/512934/ |title=Arvind Virmani gets plum IMF job |work=The Indian Express|date=4 September 2009 |accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2022-11-16 |title=Govt appoints Arvind Virmani as full-time member of NITI Aayog |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/govt-appoints-arvind-virmani-as-full-time-member-of-niti-aayog/article66143473.ece |access-date=2023-02-17 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Dr Arvind Virmani |url=https://www.niti.gov.in/dr-arvind-virmani |website=NITI Aayog}}</ref>

He was also a Member of the Board of EXIM Bank, Chairman of, Board of Trustees in [[SBI Mutual Fund]], Director of [[Life Insurance Corporation|Life Insurance Corporation of India]] (LIC), Member of the [[SEBI]] Appellate Tribunal and Depositories Act Appellate Tribunal, Director of [[Punjab National Bank]], [[Allahabad Bank]] and Member of the Board of Trustee in [[Unit Trust of India]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

He is the founder of EGROW Foundation, a non-profit, multi-disciplinary public policy organisation engaged in independent, high-quality research in the areas of macroeconomic policy, public welfare, national security and diplomacy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} EGROW Foundation |url=https://egrowfoundation.org/about/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=egrowfoundation.org}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

He was appointed a full-time member of [[NITI Aayog]] in November 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=From UPA govt's CEA to PM Modi's NITI Aayog member: Who is Arvind Virmani? |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/from-upa-govt-s-cea-to-pm-modi-s-niti-ayog-member-who-is-arvind-virmani-122111601131_1.html |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Publications ==
He has published several articles in the areas of [[Macroeconomics]] growth and finance, International trade & Tariffs and International relations.<ref name=":1" /> ''From Uni-polar To Tri polar World: Multi-polar Transition Paradox'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.academicfoundation.com/n_detail/607.asp |title=Academic Foundation - Indian Economy: Books, Documents, Reports |access-date=24 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423185544/http://academicfoundation.com/n_detail/607.asp |archive-date=23 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Propelling India From Socialist Stagnation To Global Power''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Your name here |title=Propelling India from Socialist Stagnation to Global Power: Volume 1: Growth Process (1): Virmani, Arvind: 9788171885305: Amazon.com: Books |year=2006 |isbn=8171885306 }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/budget_archive/es2008-09/esmain.htm Economic Survey 2008-2009]
* {{cite web|title=Most widely held works by Arvind Virmani|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84160512/|publisher=[[WorldCat]]}}
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