The head of the International Monetary Economist (IMF) Gita Gopinath was in the list of 34 immigrants who were respected by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a recognition of “enriching and strengthening” US society and democracy.
Great immigrant initiatives are intended to increase public awareness about the role of immigrants in the United States.
In Gopinath’s profile, Carnegie noted that he was “one of the extraordinary economists in the world” and focused his research on the international macro finance and economy.
The spotlight on his way when a economist when, more than a decade ago, Gopinath, then only 38, was named a grateful professor at the Brow Economic Department of Harvard University and, thus, became the fourth woman who was and the first Indian University of the Faculty was educated after the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to receive such honor.
The 49-year-old has completed a bachelor’s degree in economics from Lady Shri Ram College and his master from the Delhi School of Economics before moving to the US for PhD and considered himself a product of the Indian education system.
“When I made my graduate from Delhi University, India experienced the first major external financing and the currency crisis in 1990-91.
This inspired me to pursue graduate works in the economic field and is the basis for my interest in international finance,” he said.
This author was in an interview in 2010, after he became Professor Harvard.
In a tweet, Gopinath considered this as one of his first interviews.
@Ishanidg @heyparth @economicime I remember this one @ishanidg.
One of my first interviews! Thank you for doing it .- Gita Gopinath (@gitagopinath) 1625249753000she has been widely published in the top economic journals and has received many awards, including selected as a member of the Academy of Arts and American Sciences.
In 2019, he was awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman – the highest honor given by the Indian government to Indians and overseas people from India.
Back in 2010, the research of Gopinath land breaking in the fields of macroeconomic and international finance – areas that have become significant in the light of the 2008 global economic crisis – have gained recognition, respect, and help economists get a better understanding of the situation.
“He has made a fundamental contribution to the default understanding of state debt, which is the legs of the current crisis in Europe.
His work also shows, at a very deep level, why many developing country markets tend to experience macroeconomic volatility greater than the advanced economy and.
Having a significant understanding of the interaction between interest rates and interest rates, “Kenneth Rogoff, a professor of economics and public policy at Harvard and former chief economist at the IMF, then said about Gopinath.
Today, there is a sense of Déjà vu when, as chief economist at the IMF itself, Gopinath was quoted in his profile at Carnegie: “Exactly as the world is worried: recession, work, inequality.
It is very clear that these people are important problems.
And remember the background Rear my science, I like that I brought some mathematical accuracy …
to understand today’s problems.
“The fact that there are very few female faculties at the top of the US universities is the reason for the concern for Gopinath too.
He felt that the guidance of the elderly was an important tool in solving gender glass ceilings at the Ivy League universities in the US.
“Junior women can benefit from having senior women as a mentor, so when the pool is very small this is only more difficult to achieve.
In academics, the whole hour tenure makes having a difficult family, so this is a bigger challenge for women.”