Ajay Chhibber: India's Rise in a Changing World

Biography

Dr. Ajay Chhibber is, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), George Washington University, Washington D.C., and Distinguished Fellow, Isaac Center for Public Policy, Ashoka University, India. 

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 2015-2017.He served earlier as Assistant Secretary General, UN and Assistant Administrator, UNDP from 2008-2013 where he led the Department for Asia and the Pacific. At the World Bank where he served over 24 years in senior positions as Country Director in Turkey and Vietnam, and Director the seminal 1997 World Development Report on the Role of the State.  

 He has a Ph. D from Stanford University (1983), an MA from the Delhi School of Economics (1976) 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 (1971-74). He has also done advanced management courses at Harvard University 2001 and at INSEAD, France 2005.

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