Isher Judge Ahluwalia

Director & Chief Executive

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Education

Ph.D. Economics (1976), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
M.A. Economics (1967), Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
B.A. (Hons.) Economics, Presidency College, Calcutta University, Calcutta

Areas of Research

International trade, Industrial economics, Macromodelling, Economic Reforms and Liberalisation, WTO – related issues, South Asia Studies

Selected Publications

Books

  1. India's Economic Reforms and Development : Essays for Manmohan Singh, co-edited with Prof. I.M.D. Little (Oxford University Press, 1998)
  2. India: Industrial Development Review, Joint Publication of Economic Intelligence Unit, London and UNIDO, Vienna, 1995.
  3. Productivity and Growth in Indian Manufacturing (Oxford University Press, 1991).
  4. Industrial Growth in India : Stagnation since the Mid-Sixties Oxford University Press, India, February 1985).
  5. Behaviour of Prices and Outputs in India : A Macro-Econometric Approach (Macmillan and Co. India, 1979).

Articles

  1. New Economic Policies, Reform of Public Sector Enterprises and Privatization in India, in Indian Economic Reforms, edited by, I.M.D. Little and V. Joshi, Oxford University Press, 1996.
  2. The Role of Trade Policy in Indian Industrialisation in The State and Development Planning in India, edited by T.J. Byres, SOAS, London, Oxford University Press, 1994.
  3. Trade Policy and Industrialisation in India in Trade and Industrialisation Revisited, edited by Gerald Helleiner (1993).
  4. An Analysis of Price and Output Behaviour in the Indian Economy : 1951 - 1973, in Journal of Development Economics, June, 1979.
  5. An Econometric Model of U.S. Merchandise Imports under Fixed and Fluctuating Exchange Rates, 1959-1973 in IMF Staff Papers, November 1975 (jointly with E Hernandez-Cata).

Other positions

Member, Governing Body of several Research Institutions (e.g., National Institute for Public Finance & Policy (NIPF&P), Academic Council, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)), Member, Executive Council of Industry Associations National Council, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Executive Council, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Member, International bodies (International Council, Asia Society), Member, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, which has been set up by the WHO in January 2000 under the chairmanship of Prof. Jeffrey Sachs of Harvard University.