Chief Economic Adviser (CEA):
- The Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) is the economic advisor to the Government of India working under the direct charge of the Minister of Finance.
- The CEA is the ex-officio cadre controlling authority of the Indian Economic Service.
- First CEA: JJ Anjaria (1956-61).
- Other prominent CEA’s in the past: Manmohan Singh (1972-76), Kaushik Basu (2009-2012), Raghuram Rajan (2012-2013).
- The post had been lying vacant after Arvind Subramanian left it in June 2018 after a four-year stint.
Krishnamurthy Subramanian:
- He is also an alumnus of IIT-Kanpur and IIM-Calcutta.
- He did his Ph.D from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2005 under former CEA and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.
- He is now an associate professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
