Sanjeev Sanyal is currently a Member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council. He was earlier the Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Minister for five years until February 2022. He has represented India on many international forums including as Co-Chair of the G-20’s Framework Working Group. During his time in government, he was responsible for several key reforms and was part of the core team that managed the Indian economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. He was also one of the key architects of the G-20’s Global Action Plan that kept the world economy functioning during the pandemic years. Before joining the government, he spent over two decades in financial markets and was Global Strategist and Managing Director at Deutsche Bank.

Mr. Sanyal is the author of a number of best-selling books including Revolutionaries, Land of the Seven Rivers, The Ocean of Churn, India in the Age of Ideas, The Incredible History of the Indian Ocean, and The Indian Renaissance. He has also published around 250 articles and columns in leading national and international publications. Mr. Sanyal is an alumnus of the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi and later attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

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