Contact Information
Phone: 1-240-426-7823
Email: Ajaychhibber9@gmail.com
Biography
Dr. Ajay Chhibber is Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), George Washington University, Washington D.C., New Delhi and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.
He was the first Director General, Independent Evaluation Office, India (Minister of State) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. He also was Chief Economic Advisor to FICCI and now serves on CII’s Economic Advisory Council. He served earlier as Assistant Secretary General, UN and Assistant Administrator, UNDP where he was responsible for work on Asia and the Pacific. At the World Bank he served in senior positions as Country Director in Turkey and Vietnam, and Division Chief for Indonesia and the Pacific as well as the Director and Lead Author of the seminal 1997 World Development Report on the Role of the State.
He has a Ph. D from Stanford University, an MA from the Delhi School of Economics and was awarded the David Rajaram Prize for best all rounder at St Stephen’s College, Delhi University where he received BA Hons in Economics. He has also done advanced management courses at Harvard University and at INSEAD, France.
He has written six books on Economic Development and numerous published articles in major journals. He writes regularly for newspapers and business magazines. His latest book co-authored with Salman Soz “Unshackling India: Hard Truths and Clear Choices for Economic Revival” (Harper-Collins) has just been declared the Best New Book in Economics for 2022 in the Financial Times and won the India Economic Forum Literary Award for 2022.
Expertise: Fiscal Policy, Economic Development , State-Owned Enterprises and Public-Private Partnerships
