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'''Gita Gopinath''' (born 8 December 1971) is the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics at [[Harvard University]]. Her research focuses on [[International finance|International Finance and Macroeconomics]]. In October 2018, she was appointed as the Chief Economist of The [[International Monetary Fund]]. She also serves as the Economic Adviser to the [[Chief Minister of Kerala]].
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'''Gita Gopinath''' (born 8 December 1971)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/2018/10/12/gita-gopinath-from-a-middle-class-indian-girl-to-imf-chief-economist.html |title=Gita Gopinath: From a middle-class Indian girl to IMF's chief economist |work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |author=Prathima Nandakumar |date=15 October 2018 |accessdate=21 January 2020 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217075037/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/2018/10/12/gita-gopinath-from-a-middle-class-indian-girl-to-imf-chief-economist.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an Indian-American [[economist]] who has served as the first deputy managing director of the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF), since 21 January 2022. She had previously served as [[Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund|chief economist]] of the IMF between 2019 and 2022.

Prior to joining the IMF, Gopinath had a two-decade-long career as an academic including at the economics department of [[Harvard University]], where she was the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics (2005–2022), and earlier an assistant professor at the [[University of Chicago Booth School of Business]] (2001–05). She is also a co-director of the [[international finance]] and [[macroeconomics]] program at the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] and has earlier worked as the honorary economic adviser to the [[chief minister of Kerala]].

Gopinath was appointed as chief economist of the IMF in October 2018 by its managing director [[Christine Lagarde]]. In an interview with [[Trevor Noah]] on ''[[The Daily Show]]'', she named the worldwide [[recession of 2020]] as "The Great Lockdown". In December 2021, IMF Managing Director [[Kristalina Georgieva]] appointed her the first deputy managing director of the IMF, which is the organization's number-two position.

== Early life and education ==
Gita Gopinath was born on December 8, 1971, in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] in a [[Malayali]] [[Hindus|Hindu]] family from [[Kannur district|Kannur]], [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jagrantv.com/en-show/gita-gopinath-biography-age-early-life-career-married-life-her-achievements-and-awards-net-worth-imf-chief-economist-rc1025713 |title=Gita Gopinath Biography: Everything You Need To Know About The New IMF Chief Economist |publisher=Jagran |date= December 6, 2021 |accessdate=19 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="IToday">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/10-things-to-know-about-harvard-economist-gita-gopinath-the-new-imf-chief-economist-1353666-2018-10-01 |title=10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, the new IMF chief economist |work=[[India Today]] |date=1 October 2018 |access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/2018/10/12/gita-gopinath-from-a-middle-class-indian-girl-to-imf-chief-economist.html|title=Gita Gopinath: From a middle-class Indian girl to IMF's chief economist|last=Nandakumar|first=Prathima|date=15 October 2018|website=The Week|access-date=24 December 2019|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217075037/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/2018/10/12/gita-gopinath-from-a-middle-class-indian-girl-to-imf-chief-economist.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is the younger of two daughters of T.V. Gopinath and V.C. Vijayalakshmi.<ref name="Mysore">{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mysuru-elated-gita-gopinath-695730.html | title=Mysuru elated as Gita Gopinath is IMF's chief economist | work=[[Deccan Herald]] | author=TR Sathish Kumar | date=2 October 2018 | access-date=3 October 2018 | archive-date=2 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002214935/https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mysuru-elated-gita-gopinath-695730.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Her family is related to the late [[A. K. Gopalan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/good-enough-for-imf-but-gita-gopinaths-appointment-as-kerala-adviser-left-many-in-govt-unimpressed-1895163.html|title=Good Enough for IMF Top Post, Gita Gopinath's Appointment as Kerala Adviser Had Left Many Unimpressed|website=News18|date=October 2018}}</ref>

Gopinath studied at Nirmala Convent School in [[Mysore]].<ref name="IToday"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/gita-hardworking-and-focused-proud-father/articleshow/66038008.cms | title=Gita hardworking and focused: Proud father | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=Lawrence Milton | date=2 October 2018 | access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree from [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]] of the [[University of Delhi]] in 1992 and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] degree in economics from [[Delhi School of Economics]], also of the [[University of Delhi]], in 1994. She further completed an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] degree at the [[University of Washington]] in 1996. She earned her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in economics from [[Princeton University]] in 2001 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Three essays on international capital flows: a search theoretic approach", under the supervision of [[Ben Bernanke]], [[Kenneth Rogoff]], and [[Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gopinath|first=Gita|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/3399606|title=Three essays on international capital flows: a search theoretic approach|date=2001}}</ref> She was awarded the Princeton's Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Research Award while doing her doctoral research at Princeton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/gopinath/files/cv_gopinath_2018-04.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae|last=Gopinath|first=Gita|date=April 2018|website=Harvard University|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:1st Minister meets with International Monetary Fund’s First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath.jpg|thumb|right|Gopinath meets with [[First Minister of Scotland]] [[Humza Yousaf]] in June 2023.]]

In 2001, she joined the [[University of Chicago Booth School of Business]] as an assistant professor.<ref>{{Cite news|title=WHO IS GITA GOPINATH|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-gita-gopinath|access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref> In 2005 she moved to [[Harvard University]]'s economics department, where she served as the John Zwanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics through 2022.<ref name="imf.org">{{Cite web|title=Gita Gopinath - Biographical Information|url=https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials/Bios/gita-gopinath|access-date=19 January 2022|website=IMF}}</ref> In Harvard she co-authored papers such as ''The Macroeconomics of Border Taxes'' and ''Dominant Currency Paradigm''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications {{!}} Gita Gopinath |url=https://scholar.harvard.edu/gopinath/publications |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=scholar.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2018, Gopinath was appointed [[Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund|chief economist]] of the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF).<ref name="htorg">{{cite news |title=Harvard Economist Gita Gopinath Appointed Chief Economist At International Monetary Fund |url=https://headlinestoday.org/international/3314/harvard-economist-gita-gopinath-appointed-chief-economist-at-international-monetary-fund/ |access-date=2 October 2018 |agency=Headlines Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002235109/https://headlinestoday.org/international/3314/harvard-economist-gita-gopinath-appointed-chief-economist-at-international-monetary-fund/ |archive-date=2 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As part of her initiatives, she co-authored the "Pandemic Paper", an international plan on how to end the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] that set globally endorsed targets for [[Vaccination policy|vaccinating the world]]. This work led to the creation of the Multilateral Task Force made up of the leadership of the IMF itself, [[World Bank]], [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO), and [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) to help end the pandemic and the establishment of a working group with vaccine manufacturers to identify trade barriers, supply bottlenecks, and accelerate the delivery of [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s to [[Developing country|low-income and lower-middle income countries]].

In December 2021, Gopinath was elevated as the fund's new first deputy managing director (FDMD), the number two position at the fund. Gopinath had been earlier scheduled to return to her academic position at Harvard University in January 2022 on completion of her term as chief economist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath to Return to Harvard University|url=https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2021/10/19/pr21302-imf-chief-economist-gita-gopinath-to-return-to-harvard-university|access-date=19 January 2022|website=IMF}}</ref> [[Kristalina Georgieva]] added that "given that the pandemic has led to an increase in the scale and scope of the macroeconomic challenges facing our member countries, Gita—universally recognized as one of the world's leading macroeconomists—has precisely the expertise that we need for the FDMD role at this point. Indeed, her particular skill set—combined with her years of experience at the Fund as Chief Economist—make her uniquely well qualified. She is the right person at the right time."<ref>{{Cite web|title=First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto to Leave IMF, Gita Gopinath to Be IMF's New First Deputy Managing Director|url=https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2021/12/02/pr21354-fdmd-okamoto-to-leave-imf-gita-gopinath-to-be-imfs-new-fdmd|access-date=19 January 2022|website=IMF}}</ref>

As the first deputy managing director of the IMF, Gopinath represents the fund at multilateral forums, maintains high-level contacts with member governments and board members, the media, and other institutions, leads the fund's work on surveillance and related policies, oversees research, and flagship publications and the work of senior staff.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IMFBlog|title=Gita Gopinath|url=https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/gita-gopinath/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=IMF Blog}}</ref> Gopinath was earlier the co-director of the [[international finance]] and [[macroeconomics]] program at the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]], a visiting scholar at the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Boston]], a member of the economic advisory panel of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]], economic adviser to the [[chief minister of Kerala]], a co-editor at the ''[[American Economic Review]]'', and a co-editor of the 2019 edition of the ''Handbook of International Economics''.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-International-Economics-Gita-Gopinath-ebook/dp/B00IWNN2E8/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6KrtBRDLARIsAKzvQIHbtq4b_uu2Rdf3UA_Tcojx2LuCfHr15Vp7KVTRtGJv-yqdiSIFxLQaAl1nEALw_wcB&hvadid=241655012779&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1015166&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=2966716821645697801&hvtargid=kwd-910763792&keywords=handbook+of+international+economics&qid=1571475157&sr=8-1 Handbook of International Economics 1st Edition, Kindle Edition], Amazon.com</ref>

In June 2021, Gopinath was appointed to the [[World Bank]]–[[International Monetary Fund]] High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth, co-chaired by [[Mari Pangestu]], [[Ceyla Pazarbasioglu]], and [[Nicholas Stern]].<ref>[https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2021/06/14/pr21175-world-bank-imf-launch-hlag-sustainable-inclusive-recovery-growth World Bank, IMF Launch High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth] [[International Monetary Fund]], press release of 15 June 2021.</ref>


== Honours ==
== Early life and education ==
Gopinath was named one of the top 25 economists under 45 by the [[International Monetary Fund]] in 2014 and was chosen as a [[Young Global Leaders|Young Global Leader]] by the [[World Economic Forum]] in 2011. In November 2016, she received the 2017 Distinguished Alumna at the [[University of Washington]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johns |first1=Nicole |date=2 November 2016 |title=Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath, MA '96, Selected 2017 Distinguished Alumna |url=https://econ.washington.edu/news/2016/11/02/harvard-professor-gita-gopinath-ma-96-selected-2017-distinguished-alumna |website=University of Washington |language=en-US |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> In April 2018, Gopinath was elected a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] at [[Harvard University]] and the [[Econometric Society]] in November.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congratulations to Professor Gita Gopinath on Her Election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences |url=https://economics.harvard.edu/news/congratulations-professor-gita-gopinath-her-election-american-academy-arts-sciences |website=Harvard University |language=en-US |date=19 April 2018 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Congratulations to Professor Gita Gopinath on Her Election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society |url=https://economics.harvard.edu/news/congratulations-professor-gita-gopinath-her-election-fellow-econometric-society |website=Harvard University |language=en-US |date=8 November 2018 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' named her one of the Top Global Thinkers in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019-global-thinkers/ |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref> In 2019, she was awarded the [[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] by the [[President of India]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name="imf.org"/>
Gita was born in [[Mysuru]], [[Karnataka]], India to [[Malayali]] parents TV Gopinath and Vijayalakshmi. She holds a B.A. from [[Lady Shri Ram College for Women]], [[University of Delhi]] (1992), M.A. from the [[Delhi School of Economics]], [[University of Delhi]] (1994). She completed her M.A. from the [[University of Washington]] (1996). In 2001, she completed her Ph.D from [[Princeton University]]. Her husband Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal is Executive Director at [[Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab]] at Department of Economics, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].


In 2021, the ''[[Financial Times]]'' named Gopinath among the "25 most influential women of the year", the [[International Economic Association]] named her the Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellow, the [[Agricultural & Applied Economics Association]] recognized her with the John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and the [[Carnegie Corporation]] named her among "Great (American) Immigrants". She was named among the [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] "50 people who defined 2019" and among the "Women who Broke Major Barriers to Become Firsts" by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref name="imf.org"/> In 2021 Gopinath was selected by the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York|Carnegie Corporation]] as a "[[Great Immigrants Award|Great Immigrant, Great American]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gita Gopinath |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/gita-gopinath/ |access-date=June 10, 2024 |website=Carnegie Corporation of New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Gita Gopinath's journey from Mysuru to becoming America's 'Great Immigrant' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gita-gopinaths-journey-from-mysuru-to-becoming-americas-great-immigrant/articleshow/84114947.cms |access-date=2024-06-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
== Current Appointments and Work ==
Gita Gopinath has been appointed as Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund(IMF).
Gita Gopinath is the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Economics at [[Harvard University]]. She is co-director of the [[International Finance]] and [[Macroeconomics]] program at the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]], a visiting scholar at the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Boston]], a member of the economic advisory panel of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of New York]], Economic Adviser to the Chief Minister of [[Kerala]] state (India), a co-editor at the [[American Economic Review]], co-editor of the current [[Handbook of International Economics]] and was managing editor of the [[Review of Economic Studies]].


== Honors ==
== Personal life ==
Gopinath is a [[United States nationality law|naturalized American citizen]] and an [[Overseas Citizenship of India|overseas citizen of India]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials/Bios/gita-gopinath | title=Gita Gopinath | publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] | date=3 January 2019 | access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> She is married to Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal, her classmate from the [[Delhi School of Economics]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 December 2021|title=Who Is Gita Gopinath's Husband Iqbal Dhaliwal, IAS Topper Now Heading MIT's J-PAL|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/267827/gita-gopinath-husband-iqbal-dhaliwal-ias-topper-mit-poverty-action-lab/|access-date=19 January 2022|website=The Better India}}</ref> The couple together have a son (born 2002) named Rohil.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2021 |title=Gita Gopinath: From Mysuru to No. 2 Official at IMF, First Indian to Take up the Top Role |url=https://www.news18.com/news/business/gita-gopinath-from-mysuru-to-no-2-official-at-imf-she-made-history-once-again-4513184.html |access-date=7 March 2022 |website=News18 }}</ref>
In 2018, she was elected a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. In 2017, she received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the [[University of Washington]]. She was named one of the top 25 economists under 45 by the [[International Monetary Fund]] in 2014 and was chosen as a Young Global Leader by the [[World Economic Forum]] in 2011.


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Gita Gopinath
First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Assumed office
21 January 2022
PresidentKristalina Georgieva
Preceded byGeoffrey Okamoto
Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund
In office
1 January 2019 – 21 January 2022
PresidentKristalina Georgieva
Preceded byMaurice Obstfeld
Succeeded byPierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Personal details
Born (1971-12-08) 8 December 1971 (age 53)
Kolkata, India
NationalityAmerican
SpouseIqbal Singh Dhaliwal
RelationsA. K. Gopalan Nambiar
Children1
Education
AwardsPravasi Bharatiya Samman
Academic career
Institution
Doctoral
advisor

Gita Gopinath (born 8 December 1971)[1] is an Indian-American economist who has served as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since 21 January 2022. She had previously served as chief economist of the IMF between 2019 and 2022.

Prior to joining the IMF, Gopinath had a two-decade-long career as an academic including at the economics department of Harvard University, where she was the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics (2005–2022), and earlier an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2001–05). She is also a co-director of the international finance and macroeconomics program at the National Bureau of Economic Research and has earlier worked as the honorary economic adviser to the chief minister of Kerala.

Gopinath was appointed as chief economist of the IMF in October 2018 by its managing director Christine Lagarde. In an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, she named the worldwide recession of 2020 as "The Great Lockdown". In December 2021, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva appointed her the first deputy managing director of the IMF, which is the organization's number-two position.

Early life and education

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Gita Gopinath was born on December 8, 1971, in Kolkata, India in a Malayali Hindu family from Kannur, Kerala.[2][3][4] She is the younger of two daughters of T.V. Gopinath and V.C. Vijayalakshmi.[5] Her family is related to the late A. K. Gopalan.[6]

Gopinath studied at Nirmala Convent School in Mysore.[3][7] She received a B.A. degree from Lady Shri Ram College for Women of the University of Delhi in 1992 and an M.A. degree in economics from Delhi School of Economics, also of the University of Delhi, in 1994. She further completed an M.A. degree at the University of Washington in 1996. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 2001 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "Three essays on international capital flows: a search theoretic approach", under the supervision of Ben Bernanke, Kenneth Rogoff, and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas.[8] She was awarded the Princeton's Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Research Award while doing her doctoral research at Princeton.[9]

Career

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Gopinath meets with First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf in June 2023.

In 2001, she joined the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as an assistant professor.[10] In 2005 she moved to Harvard University's economics department, where she served as the John Zwanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics through 2022.[11] In Harvard she co-authored papers such as The Macroeconomics of Border Taxes and Dominant Currency Paradigm.[12]

In October 2018, Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).[13] As part of her initiatives, she co-authored the "Pandemic Paper", an international plan on how to end the COVID-19 pandemic that set globally endorsed targets for vaccinating the world. This work led to the creation of the Multilateral Task Force made up of the leadership of the IMF itself, World Bank, World Trade Organization (WTO), and World Health Organization (WHO) to help end the pandemic and the establishment of a working group with vaccine manufacturers to identify trade barriers, supply bottlenecks, and accelerate the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to low-income and lower-middle income countries.

In December 2021, Gopinath was elevated as the fund's new first deputy managing director (FDMD), the number two position at the fund. Gopinath had been earlier scheduled to return to her academic position at Harvard University in January 2022 on completion of her term as chief economist.[14] Kristalina Georgieva added that "given that the pandemic has led to an increase in the scale and scope of the macroeconomic challenges facing our member countries, Gita—universally recognized as one of the world's leading macroeconomists—has precisely the expertise that we need for the FDMD role at this point. Indeed, her particular skill set—combined with her years of experience at the Fund as Chief Economist—make her uniquely well qualified. She is the right person at the right time."[15]

As the first deputy managing director of the IMF, Gopinath represents the fund at multilateral forums, maintains high-level contacts with member governments and board members, the media, and other institutions, leads the fund's work on surveillance and related policies, oversees research, and flagship publications and the work of senior staff.[16] Gopinath was earlier the co-director of the international finance and macroeconomics program at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, a member of the economic advisory panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, economic adviser to the chief minister of Kerala, a co-editor at the American Economic Review, and a co-editor of the 2019 edition of the Handbook of International Economics.[17]

In June 2021, Gopinath was appointed to the World BankInternational Monetary Fund High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth, co-chaired by Mari Pangestu, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, and Nicholas Stern.[18]

Honours

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Gopinath was named one of the top 25 economists under 45 by the International Monetary Fund in 2014 and was chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011. In November 2016, she received the 2017 Distinguished Alumna at the University of Washington.[19] In April 2018, Gopinath was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University and the Econometric Society in November.[20][21] Foreign Policy named her one of the Top Global Thinkers in 2019.[22] In 2019, she was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind.[11]

In 2021, the Financial Times named Gopinath among the "25 most influential women of the year", the International Economic Association named her the Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellow, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association recognized her with the John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and the Carnegie Corporation named her among "Great (American) Immigrants". She was named among the Bloomberg "50 people who defined 2019" and among the "Women who Broke Major Barriers to Become Firsts" by Time magazine.[11] In 2021 Gopinath was selected by the Carnegie Corporation as a "Great Immigrant, Great American".[23][24]

Personal life

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Gopinath is a naturalized American citizen and an overseas citizen of India.[25] She is married to Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal, her classmate from the Delhi School of Economics.[26] The couple together have a son (born 2002) named Rohil.[27]

References

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  1. ^ Prathima Nandakumar (15 October 2018). "Gita Gopinath: From a middle-class Indian girl to IMF's chief economist". The Week. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Gita Gopinath Biography: Everything You Need To Know About The New IMF Chief Economist". Jagran. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, the new IMF chief economist". India Today. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ^ Nandakumar, Prathima (15 October 2018). "Gita Gopinath: From a middle-class Indian girl to IMF's chief economist". The Week. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  5. ^ TR Sathish Kumar (2 October 2018). "Mysuru elated as Gita Gopinath is IMF's chief economist". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Good Enough for IMF Top Post, Gita Gopinath's Appointment as Kerala Adviser Had Left Many Unimpressed". News18. October 2018.
  7. ^ Lawrence Milton (2 October 2018). "Gita hardworking and focused: Proud father". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  8. ^ Gopinath, Gita (2001). Three essays on international capital flows: a search theoretic approach.
  9. ^ Gopinath, Gita (April 2018). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  10. ^ "WHO IS GITA GOPINATH". Business Standard India. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  11. ^ a b c "Gita Gopinath - Biographical Information". IMF. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Publications | Gita Gopinath". scholar.harvard.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Harvard Economist Gita Gopinath Appointed Chief Economist At International Monetary Fund". Headlines Today. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  14. ^ "IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath to Return to Harvard University". IMF. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  15. ^ "First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto to Leave IMF, Gita Gopinath to Be IMF's New First Deputy Managing Director". IMF. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  16. ^ IMFBlog. "Gita Gopinath". IMF Blog. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  17. ^ Handbook of International Economics 1st Edition, Kindle Edition, Amazon.com
  18. ^ World Bank, IMF Launch High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth International Monetary Fund, press release of 15 June 2021.
  19. ^ Johns, Nicole (2 November 2016). "Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath, MA '96, Selected 2017 Distinguished Alumna". University of Washington. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  20. ^ "Congratulations to Professor Gita Gopinath on Her Election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences". Harvard University. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Congratulations to Professor Gita Gopinath on Her Election as a Fellow of the Econometric Society". Harvard University. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  23. ^ "Gita Gopinath". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Gita Gopinath's journey from Mysuru to becoming America's 'Great Immigrant'". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Gita Gopinath". International Monetary Fund. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  26. ^ "Who Is Gita Gopinath's Husband Iqbal Dhaliwal, IAS Topper Now Heading MIT's J-PAL". The Better India. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  27. ^ "Gita Gopinath: From Mysuru to No. 2 Official at IMF, First Indian to Take up the Top Role". News18. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund
2019–2022
Succeeded by