Brief Biography

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• Brief Biography
• As Vice Chancellor
  • UoP FIrst Year Report
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• As Leading Economist
• As  Prolific Writer

Brief Biography

Dr. Narendra Jadhav, an Indian national (born in 1953) is a leading educationist, eminent economist and policy maker, well-known social scientist and best selling author. Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has recently called him “a role model for the disempowered millions in our country”.
 

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics (Indiana University, USA, 1986)
M.A. in Economics (Bombay University, 1975)
B.Sc. in Statistics (Bombay University, 1973)

Professional Profile:

Hon. Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has appointed Dr. Narendra Jadhav as Member, Planning Commission on July 27, 2009.

Educationist

• Served as the Vice Chancellor of University of Pune (August 2006  to June2009)  – the largest traditional University in the world with 6,50,000 students. In the last 2½ years, Dr. Jadhav has completely transformed the University to make it most dynamic, vibrant, socially conscious and indeed, a Model State University, which is also the most favored destination for the foreign students coming to India.

Economist

• Dr. Jadhav has served the Reserve Bank of India for 31 years, taking voluntary retirement in October 2008, from the position of Principal Adviser and Chief Economist (in the rank of Executive Director). Dr. Jadhav has steered a team of 120 career economists and played an important role in macroeconomic policy making in India especially after the macroeconomic crisis in 1991.

• Worked for four and half years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), first as Adviser to Executive Director for India and briefly as a Consultant to the Independent Evaluation office of the IMF.

• Worked as Chief Economic Counsellor for Afghanistan (2006) and earlier, also as an Advisor to the Government of Ethiopia (1988).

• Recently, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra appointed Dr. Jadhav as the Chairman of a One Man High Powered Committee in the context of ‘Farmers Suicides’. Dr. Jadhav Committee Report has been accepted by the Government and is being implemented.

Social Scientist and Author

• Dr. Jadhav is a prolific writer with 11 books and over 100 research papers to his credit. His family biography has been an international best seller (translated into 17 languages; over 4,00,000 copies sold) and has won several awards including the coveted Sahitya Academy Award (for the Punjabi Version of the book).

• Dr. Jadhav is celebrated public figure; has featured in Time, International Herald Tribune, and (on the cover page of) Readers’ Digest. He has participated in discussions on almost all leading national and international TV channels. Dr. Jadhav has been a recipient of as many as 25 national and international awards for his contribution to the fields of economics, education, literature, culture and social work.