New Delhi (16.03.2021): Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) on Saturday announced that Deepak Mishra will succeed Rajat Kathuria as the next Director and Chief Executive of ICRIER; one of India’s leading think tanks.

Deepak will take over as the Director Designate from mid-April and come on board fully from July 1, 2021. Further, Rajat Kathuria will continue to be associated with it as Senior Visiting Professor.

It may be underlined that Mishra was working as a Practice Manager in the World Bank’s Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice, responsible for East Asia and the Pacific region. He led a large team of macroeconomists responsible for delivering policy advice, financial assistance, and economic research. Deepak has held various positions at the World Bank, including Co-director of the World Development Report 2016 (Digital Dividends), Country Economist for Ethiopia, Pakistan, Sudan, and Vietnam. His research work has been published in various academic journals including the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of International Economics, and the Journal of Agriculture Economics.

He also served as the World Bank’s Country Economist for India, based in Delhi, from 2001-04, working closely with the Government of India and with several state governments including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Punjab. Prior to joining the World Bank, Deepak worked at Tata Motors, the Federal Reserve Board, and the University of Maryland.

Born in Orrisa, Deepak received his M.A. (Economics) from the Delhi School of Economics and Ph.D. (Economics) from the University of Maryland.