Hon. Prime Minister has appointed Dr. Narendra Jadhav as Member, Planning Commission. Dr. Jadhav is expected to take charge of this responsibility on June 16, 2009

Dr. Narendra Jadhav is presently the Vice Chancellor of the 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.