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Suman Bery is an Indian economist, academic, and writer, who was the former director general of National Council of Applied Economic Research, former Indian country director of International Growth Centre, and current non-resident fellow at Brussels-based think tank Breugel.[1][2] He was a member of the Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms, constituted in 2007 by the Government of India for proposing financial reforms in the country. During the tenure of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Bery was a member of the Economic Advisory Council.[3][4]

Education

Bery was educated at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, where he read philosophy, politics and economics, and later received a master's degree Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.[5]

Career

Bery started his career in 1972 in Washington, joining the World Bank through its young professionals program.[6] He remained there for 28 years, and later became the lead economist. In 2001, he left to become the director general of National Council of Applied Economic Research in 2001.[7] He regularly contributes columns to newspapers, journals, and magazines, including Forbes, Business Standard, Indian Express, and Economic and Political Weekly.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "The revived centrality of the G20 | Bruegel".
  2. ^ "Suman Bery". IGC.
  3. ^ "Suman Berry". The Center for Inclusive Growth.
  4. ^ "Explained: The role and evolution of PM's Economic Advisory Council". September 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bery, Suman". SAGE India. March 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Bery, Suman K. | Oral History". oralhistory.worldbank.org.
  7. ^ "Suman Bery".
  8. ^ Hedrick-Wong, Yuwa. "The Economy In 2020: Insights From The Forbes Asia Panel Of Economic Commentators". Forbes.
  9. ^ Bery, Suman (November 5, 2015). "Suman Bery: What drives the global economy?" – via Business Standard.
  10. ^ "Can the G20 Decide the World's Future?". Economic and Political Weekly: 7–8. June 5, 2015 – via www.epw.in.
  11. ^ "Corona lockdown has profound economic implications. Policy response should be coherent". March 24, 2020.