ENA Sectors 2018-12-24 10:08:04 <p>New Delhi, Dec 24 (KNN) Krishnamurthy Subramanian today took charge as India's Chief Economic Adviser (CEA).</p> <p>He was appointed as CEA on December 7 by the Government for a period of three years.</p> <p>The post of CEA was lying vacant for over four months, after Arvind Subramanian earlier this year said that he will return back to the US for personal reasons.</p> <p>He had joined as the CEA on October 16, 2014, for a period of three years, which was later extended.</p> <p>Although his official contract was till May 2019, he cut short his extended tenure.</p> <p>Subramanian, was associate professor of finance (with tenure) and executive director for the Centre for Analytical Finance at country's premier business-school Indian School of Business.</p> <p>A PhD from Chicago-Booth and a top-ranking IIT-IIM alumnus, Krishnamurthy Subramanian is one of the worlds leading experts in banking, corporate governance and economic policy.</p> <p>In previous academic roles, Subramanian served on the finance faculty at Goizueta Business School at Emory University in the United States.</p> <p>The main role of a CEA is to advise the government on key economic issues.</p> <p>Besides, the adviser and its team come out with an annual Economic Survey ahead of Union Budget.</p> <p>Before beginning his academic career, Subramanian worked as a consultant with JP Morgan Chase in New York.</p> <p>He also served in a management role in the elite derivatives research group at ICICI Ltd, which at the time was Indias top project financing institution.</p> 21626 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/k-subramanian-takes-charge-as-indias-chief-economic-adviser 2018-12-24 10:08:04 knnindia.co.in