Adarsh Kishore Author

Adarsh Kishore is Chairman of Axis Bank Ltd. He has held several important positions, such as Principal Finance Secretary to the State Government of Rajasthan, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, and Union Finance Secretary of Government of India. He has also served as Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka at the IMF, Washington D.C., USA. He has published several papers in academic journals and books such as Economic Reforms: State–Market Synergy (1996). Michael Debabrata Patra is Senior Adviser to Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka at the IMF. He is a career central banker with 25 years of experience in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in key policy positions and had held the position of Adviser-in-Charge in the Monetary Policy Department before joining the IMF. He has published in national and international journals. Partha Ray is Professor, Department of Economics at Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata. He was Director, Department of Economic and Policy Research, RBI. He is a career central banker with 20 years of experience in the RBI. During August 2007–April 2011, he was Adviser to Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka at the IMF. He has published in national and international journals.