Shamika Ravi, a senior fellow at Brookings India, would be appointed as a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), a senior government official said.
Headed by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy, the EAC-PM includes NITI Aayog's Principal Advisor Ratan Watal as its member and economists Surjit Bhalla, Rathin Roy and Ashima Goyal as part-time members.
"The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has cleared the appointment of Ravi as a part-time member of the EAC-PM," a senior government official told PTI.
Shamika leads the development economics research vertical at Brookings India. She is also a visiting professor of economics at the Indian School of Business where she teaches courses in Game Theory and Microfinance.
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