Applied Economic Research (NCAER). She will succeed Shekhar Shah who has led NCAER since 2011 and will complete his second five-year term in early May.

Gupta is currently working as a lead economist at the World Bank, Washington DC. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2013, she was the Reserve Bank of India chair professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and a professor of macroeconomics at ICRIER.

Nandan Nilekani, President of NCAER, said, "We are delighted to have Poonam succeed Shekhar at the end of his successful tenure. NCAER has a unique heritage among India's intellectual landscape and she brings a set of unique experiences and perspectives that will accelerate, deepen and broaden our research agenda with impact and rigour." Poonam Gupta is currently working as a lead economist with the World Bank. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2013, she was the RBI chair professor at NIPFP, and a professor of macroeconomics at ICRIER.

In a career spanning more than two decades, Gupta has published extensively in leading scholarly and policy journals and is counted among the top researchers working on India.

Gupta holds a PhD in applied macroeconomics and international economics from the University of Maryland, a Masters in economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and a Bachelor's degree in economics from Hindu College, Delhi University.

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