Poonam Gupta

Poonam Gupta (born 1969) is an Indian economist who is currently serving as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India. She is also in charge of the Monetary Policy Committee is the first woman to hold the position in over a decade.

She has been appointed for a three-year term and is known for her extensive expertise in international finance and economic policy.

Early life and education Gupta earned a Bachelor of Economics from Hindu College at Delhi University, and a Master's degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.

She also earned a master's degree and a Ph.D in economics from the University of Maryland in the United States. In addition to her academic qualifications, she has taught at the Delhi School of Economics and the University of Maryland. She has nearly two decades of experience working with the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Her academic roles include serving as a professor at the Delhi School of Economics, Visiting Faculty at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), RBI Chair Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), and professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).

Advisory roles Gupta has also served in several prominent advisory capacities:

Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the prime minister. Convener of the advisory council to the 16th Finance Commission. Board member of NIPFP and Global Development Network (GDN). Member of the World Bank's advisory groups on Poverty & Equity and the World Development Report.

Awards and research Gupta's work, primarily focused on macroeconomics and emerging market economics, has appeared in leading academic journals and has been featured in international media outlets such as The Economist, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

In 1998, Gupta was awarded the EXIM Bank Award for her doctoral research in international economics.