WASHINGTON: The head of the IMF economist Gita Gopinath will leave his job in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University, according to global financial institutions.
The 49-year-old Indian-American economist has joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as chief economist in January 2019.
He is the professor of International Study and Economy John Zawaanstra at Harvard University when he joined Washington-based global.
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Imf Director of the Imf Christian Georgieva on Tuesday announced that the search for the successor to Gopinath will begin soon.
“Gita’s contribution to our funds and membership is truly extraordinary – quite simple, the impact on the IMF work is extraordinary,” said Georgieva.
Gopinath Birth of Mysuru was the first head of the female economist from the IMF.
Harvard University has extended his absent leave with an extraordinary basis in one year, which allows him to serve as chief economist at the IMF for three years.
“He made history as head of the first women’s first fund economist and we got a lot of benefits from sharp intelligence and in-depth knowledge about international finance and macro when we navigate through the worst economic crisis since severe depression.” Gita also won respect and admiration of colleagues in Research departments throughout the funds, and throughout membership for strict analytical work and relevant projects with policy and high influence, “said Georgieva.
IMF said that as part of many significant initiatives, Gopinath co-wrote” Pandemic paper “about how to end the pandemic Covid-19 which sets targets supported globally to vaccinate the world.
This work causes the creation of a multilateral task unit consisting of IMF leadership, the World Bank, World Trade Organization and World Health Organization to end the pandemic and formation of work groups by identifying VA producers Ksin trading barriers, supply congestion, and accelerate the shipments of vaccines to middle and lower income countries, the IMF said in a statement.
Among other key achievements, Gopinath helped form a climate change team in the IMF to analyze, among others, the optimal climate mitigation policy.
“I want to reveal my personal award to Gita for its impressive contribution, her always wise advice, its service for the mission of the research department and more broad funds, and its an inclusive and accessible approach to colleagues and staff.,” Georgieva added.
Born in December 1971 for Malayalee’s parents, Gopinath has his school in Kolkata and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi.
He did a master of Delhi’s economic school and from the University of Washington.
Gopinath held a Ph.D degree in the economic field of Princeton University in 2001 and he was guided by Kenneth Rogoff, Ben Bernanke and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas.
He joined Chicago University in 2001 as assistant professor before moving to Harvard in 2005.
He became a tenor professor there in 2010.
He is the third woman in Harvard’s history to become the first economic professor and India since Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to hold that position.
Imf’s chief economist Gita Gopinath to leave work and return to Harvard University
