The World Bank has appointed Indermit Singh Gill, a person of Indian origin, as the Chief Economist. Gill is the second person of Indian origin to be appointed the Chief Economist. Kaushik Basu was the first person to serve as the Chief Economist. He was also appointed as the senior vice president for development economics at the multilateral development bank.
The appointment will be effective from September 1, 2022. Gill is only the second person to serve as the chief economist. Gita Gopinath and Raghuram Rajan have served as chief economists at the International Monetary Fund, the sister organization of the World Bank.
Gill is currently vice-president for equitable growth, finance, and institutions at the Bank, leads the work on macroeconomics, debt, trade, poverty and governance. Between 2016 and 2021, he was professor of public policy at Duke University and non-resident senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.
He holds an MA from the Delhi School of Economics, and a BA with honors in Economics from St. Stephen College, University of Delhi.
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