Mr. Dharmakirti Joshi - Panelist, National Finance Symposium 2011 - Session III

Mr. Dharmakirti Joshi is the Director of the CRISIL Centre of Economic Research and Chief economist at CRISIL Ltd.  He currently also oversees the Asia Pacific Economic Research for S&P which is done out of CRISIL. He has extensive experience in macroeconomic analysis, medium term assessment of Indian economy and demand forecasting as well as in public finance issues.

With 22 years experience in economic research and consultancy, his career began in National Council of Applied Economic Research where he spent 11 years. He then moved on to Central Electricity Regulatory Commission as Deputy Chief Economist. He has been a part of the faculty that trains senior regulatory officials from the South Asia region. He is member of the Working Group of Savings for the 12th Five Year Plan.  He is also a member of the industry monitoring group of Reserve bank of India. He is the co-chairman of Economic Affairs Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and member of Economic Policy Group of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Advisory Committee of Economic Research Foundation of Indian Merchant Chamber. He often writes for leading newspapers and expresses his views on the economy in the electronic media.

Mr. Joshi holds a masters degree in economics. He has attended program on Macroeconomic Policy and Management at Harvard University and was a visiting scholar to Economic Research Unit of University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Dharmakirti Joshi will be sharing his thoughts during Session III - Panel Discussion on “Inclusive Growth: A Utopian dream or a reality?” of the Symposium.