Dr. Narendra Jadhav is presently serving as Member, Planning Commission, Government of India in the rank and status of Minister of State.

Planning Commission is apex body for formulation and appraisal of the Five Year Plans chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia as the Deputy Chairman.

Dr. Narendra Jadhav took over as a Member, Planning Commission on June 16, 2009 and was sworn in by the Prime Minister on July 27, 2009.

As a Member, Planning Commission, Dr. Jadhav’s sectoral responsibilities include Education, Labour, Employment and Skill Building, Sports & Youth Affairs, and Social Justice & Empowerment. In addition, Dr. Jadhav looks after the States of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, and Goa besides Union Territories of Diu- Daman & Dadra Nagar Haveli.

Dr. Narendra Jadhav previously worked as the Vice Chancellor for University of Pune which is the largest traditional university in the world with around 6,50,000 students.

Dr. Narendra Jadhav served the Reserve Bank of India for 31 years, and took voluntary retirement as the Chief Economist (Executive Director) of the RBI.

He also served as Economic Advisor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as in Ethiopia and recently in Afghanistan.

Dr. Narendra Jadhav has contributed 11 books and more than 100 research papers in national and international journals. Dr. Jadhav’s family biography titled “Untouchables” has been published in 15 languages including English, French, Spanish, Korean and Thai, and has sold around 4,00,000 copies.