Parthasarathi Shome Editor & Author

Parthasarathi Shome is Adviser to the Indian Finance Minister. He was Chairman of the Expert Committee on General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR), Government of India, from July to October 2012; Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, from 2011 to 2012; Chief Economist of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, United Kingdom, from 2008 to 2011; and Adviser to the Indian Finance Minister (Secretary) from 2004 to 2008. He received the highest civilian honour of the Government of Brazil, Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross, in 2000, for his contributions to Brazilian tax reform.