Indermit Gill becomes second Indian after Kaushik Basu to be appointed as Chief Economist at World Bank
The World Bank has appointed Indian national Indermit Gill as the Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President for Development Economics at the multilateral development bank.
Indermit Gill will be the second Indian, after Kaushik Basu, to become the chief economist of World Bank.
Gill will assume the new role from September 1, 2022 and will replace Carmen Reinhart.
He is currently working as vice president for equitable growth, finance, and institutions, at World Bank.
Kaushik Basu was the first Indian to serve this post from 2012-2016.
