Ashok Lahiri


Ashok Kumar Lahiri is an Indian economist. Currently serving as a member of the FifteenthFinance Commission, Lahiri previously served as 12thChief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, reader at the Delhi School of Economics, chairman of Bandhan Bank, executive director at the Asian Development Bank and director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and had stints with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as a consultant and senior economist, respectively.

Education

Lahiri is an alumnus of the economics department of the Presidency University, Kolkata.

Career

Lahiri has served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, chairman of Bandhan Bank, economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance, executive director at the Asian Development Bank, director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, reader at the Delhi School of Economics, consultant with the World Bank, and senior economist at the International Monetary Fund.

Director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Lahiri served as the director of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy for fouryears between February1998 and October2002.

Chief Economic Adviser

Lahiri was appointed Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India by the prime minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet in December2002, and demitted the office of CEA in June2007, serving in the Ministry of Finance for more than fouryears.

Chairman of Bandhan Bank

Lahiri was appointed the non-executive, part-time chairman of the newly-formed Bandhan Bank in July2015; Lahiri resigned from his position as chairman in April2018 to serve as a full-time member of the FifteenthFinance Commission.

Member of the FifteenthFinance Commission

Lahiri was appointed a part-time member of the FifteenthFinance Commission in November2017 by the President of India, Lahiri was elevated to a full-time member in April2018 and was accorded the status of a minister of state.