Global Governance: Montek Singh Ahuluwalia

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies in partnership with

Stanford Center on International Development

presents

Global Governance: What to Expect from the G20

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission 2004-2014, Goverrnment of India

A public reception will follow the lecture.

Cosponsored by Center for South Asia

Montek Ahluwalia is the Former Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India. In 1979, he came back to India to serve as an Economic Advisor to the Finance Minister. Noticing his vast knowledge, the Government of India appointed him as the Additional Secretary and later as a Special Secretary to Prime Minister. Montek was appointed as Secretary of Commerce in 1990 and then he became Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance. In 1998, Ahluwalia was appointed as the Member of Planning Commission and Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. In 2001, the Government appointed him as the Director of Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF (International Monetary Fund). However, he resigned from this position in 2004 to become the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. Apart from being an economist, Montek Singh Ahluwalia has also written articles in international journals and books regarding economical aspects of India and the world. He has also co-authored 'Re-Distribution with Growth: An Approach to Policy'. Along with writing, Ahluwalia has edited 'Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy: Issues for a Reforming the Global Financial Architecture' along with Y.V. Reddy and S.S. Tarapore.