In this talk, Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India from 2014-2018, took stock of where the Indian economy stands following the COVID-19 pandemic and assessed whether the recent inward turn can help realize India's long-term potential.
About Dr. Arvind Subramanian
Dr. Subramanian researches and writes on the Indian economy, as well as on economic development and the international systems of trade, aid, and finance. He is presently professor of economics at Ashoka University and founding director of the Ashoka Center for Economic Policy (ACEP). He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE). Previously, he was a visiting lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School. Foreign Policy magazine named Professor Subramanian one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011. He is currently in the top 1 percent of the world's most cited academic economists.
About the India Lecture Series
Launched in 2017, the India Lecture Series brings thought leaders to Northeastern University for free and public lectures on critical issues impacting the world's second most populous country.