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Raghuram Rajan is an Indian economist, who served as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from September 2013 to September 2016. Currently, he is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Between 2003 and 2006, Rajan was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund More

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  • Raghuram Rajan warns US risks future by curbing foreign students

    Raghuram Rajan warns US risks future by curbing foreign students

    At the heart of Rajan’s concerns is the ongoing battle between the White House and universities — one that initially centered on elite schools such as Harvard University and Columbia University over antisemitism — but that’s morphed into a larger attack over the role of US higher education.

  • Davos 2025: India's stable policies and democracy will help attract investments under new Trump administration, says Raghuram Rajan

    Davos 2025: India's stable policies and democracy will help attract investments under new Trump administration, says Raghuram Rajan

    Every state must expand jobs wherever they can because that will give confidence to consumption, Rajan said

  • Trump's impact on India hard to assess, may create job opportunities in defence production, says Raghuram Rajan

    Trump's impact on India hard to assess, may create job opportunities in defence production, says Raghuram Rajan

    Speaking on Indian economy, Rajan said it is a little worrisome that there is so much dependence on government spending when the private investment is weak

  • Raghuram Rajan against excluding food inflation while setting benchmark interest rates

    Raghuram Rajan against excluding food inflation while setting benchmark interest rates

    Rajan further said it is best that inflation target a basket which is what the consumer consumes because that affects the consumers perception of inflation and ultimately inflationary expectations.

  • Govt needs to promote labour-intensive industries to generate jobs: Raghuram Rajan

    Govt needs to promote labour-intensive industries to generate jobs: Raghuram Rajan

    Rajan was asked whether the Indian economy, which is growing at 7 per cent, is creating enough jobs.

  • Raghuram Rajan advocates service-led growth, human capital development to secure India's economic future

    Raghuram Rajan advocates service-led growth, human capital development to secure India's economic future

    Raghuram Rajan also underscored the importance of job creation, particularly through the development of skills and called for greater collaboration between industry and training institutions to ensure that people have the skills needed to be employable.

  • Raghuram Rajan warns against his fake videos giving investment advice: 'perpetrators should be...'

    Raghuram Rajan warns against his fake videos giving investment advice: 'perpetrators should be...'

    Raghuram Rajan, who served as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, reiterated that he does not provide public investment advice, particularly on specific stocks.

  • India to stick to policy path even if PM Modi loses: Raghuram Rajan

    India to stick to policy path even if PM Modi loses: Raghuram Rajan

    India’s six-week elections comes to end on June 1, with results expected on June 4.

  • After FM Sitharaman, DPIIT secretary defends PLI incentives, subsidies for chip makers

    After FM Sitharaman, DPIIT secretary defends PLI incentives, subsidies for chip makers

    DPIIT secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said critics are losing sight of the fact that the aim of the PLI scheme is to ensure strategic autonomy and reduce dependence on insecure supply chains.

  • FM Sitharaman doubles down on govt's focus on manufacturing despite scepticism from former RBI guv Rajan

    FM Sitharaman doubles down on govt's focus on manufacturing despite scepticism from former RBI guv Rajan

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India needs to have greater sophistication in product making and assess how best the sector can be given policy support, adding that expanding manufacturing will also help the country achieve its goal of being a self-reliant economy.

  • 'Try and elevate, rather than bring the successful down': Raghuram Rajan on wealth redistribution debate

    'Try and elevate, rather than bring the successful down': Raghuram Rajan on wealth redistribution debate

    The former RBI governor also said there needs to be a thorough examination to identify groups who have not benefited from the growth of economy

  • Young India has a 'Virat Kohli mentality', not scared of anyone, says Raghuram Rajan

    Young India has a 'Virat Kohli mentality', not scared of anyone, says Raghuram Rajan

    The former RBI governor also said that the country needs to focus on creating more jobs and improving human capital and their skill sets

  • Hand spectrometers to students rather than subsidies to chip makers: Raghuram Rajan

    Hand spectrometers to students rather than subsidies to chip makers: Raghuram Rajan

    While the former central bank governor clarified that it is not that India should never make chips, "but with every nation trying to pursue the same, it would be a "ruinous race" to get into now."

  • Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah defends Raghuram Rajan; dismisses BJP's allegations on tax reduction

    Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah defends Raghuram Rajan; dismisses BJP's allegations on tax reduction

    BJP leaders alleged that the reduced tax share for Karnataka from 4.13% to 3.79% was suggested by former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.

  • Raghuram Rajan on taking up a seat in Rajya Sabha: 'I am an academic, not a politician'

    Raghuram Rajan on taking up a seat in Rajya Sabha: 'I am an academic, not a politician'

    Writing on LinkedIn on Friday, Raghuram Rajan said that he had not held any discussions about taking up a seat in the Rajya Sabha and did not look at himself as a politician.

  • Does Tamil Nadu need more bars? Ex-chief economic adviser responds

    Does Tamil Nadu need more bars? Ex-chief economic adviser responds

    Arvind Subramanian expressed concern about the migration of high-end talent to other states due to what he termed as an unattractive social infrastructure.

  • Manufacturing vs Services: Top economists Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Subramanian have different views on achieving Tamil Nadu's trillion dollar economy goal

    Manufacturing vs Services: Top economists Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Subramanian have different views on achieving Tamil Nadu's trillion dollar economy goal

    Despite the rising labour cost, Tamil Nadu has been able to achieve manufacturing investment owing to its skilled workforce, the economists said

  • Raghuram Rajan reveals his salary when he was RBI Governor: 'I don't get a pension'

    Raghuram Rajan reveals his salary when he was RBI Governor: 'I don't get a pension'

    Speaking on the Raj Shamani's "Figuring Out" podcast, Raghuram Rajan said that the biggest perk of being the RBI governor was he got to live in a big house that was close to Dhirubhai Ambani's residence.

  • Why Raghuram Rajan is wrong about India’s economic path

    Why Raghuram Rajan is wrong about India’s economic path

    From 2013 to 2018, Rajan “predicted” doom for the global economy at the rough rate of once a year. In 2015, he predicted a 1930s-style Great Depression. None of these came true. Perhaps his luck ran out

  • Raghuram Rajan shut his alma mater IIT-Delhi for a day: 'Not my proudest moment'

    Raghuram Rajan shut his alma mater IIT-Delhi for a day: 'Not my proudest moment'

    Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan studied electrical engineering at IIT-Delhi from 1981 to 1985 and headed the student council.

  • Naysayers have it wrong, incomes in India are rising

    Naysayers have it wrong, incomes in India are rising

    For a country that never dreamt of truly becoming a developed nation, it is understandable why some fail to grasp the scale of transformation happening in India, today. Statistics show the fortunes of Indians are changing for the better and changing fast

  • India needs to address issues like malnutrition to become developed country: Raghuram Rajan

    India needs to address issues like malnutrition to become developed country: Raghuram Rajan

    Speaking at an interactive session on a book co-authored by him at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad, he asked how the country can become a developed one when malnutrition is prevalent.

  • Raghuram Rajan calls on Telangana CM, discusses strategies for state's economic development

    Raghuram Rajan calls on Telangana CM, discusses strategies for state's economic development

    The former RBI governor shared his experiences in the field of economics with the chief minister. He also made some valuable suggestions to improve the economic situation of the state.

  • Growth rate at 6 per cent, India will remain lower middle economy by 2047, says Raghuram Rajan

    Growth rate at 6 per cent, India will remain lower middle economy by 2047, says Raghuram Rajan

    Raghuram Rajan warns India of remaining a lower-middle-income country if annual growth stays at 6%, reaching the end of demographic dividend by 2047.

  • If growth rate is not over 6%, India will remain lower middle economy by 2047: Raghuram Rajan

    If growth rate is not over 6%, India will remain lower middle economy by 2047: Raghuram Rajan

    Speaking at a programme organised by Manthan here, the economist said if the country does not grow faster, it will grow older (demographically) before it gets richer, which means there is the burden of an aging population to deal with also at that point.

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