Arvind virmani biography channels

Arvind Virmani is Chairman of the Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare (EGROW) and President of the Forum for Strategic Initiative (FSIdelhi.org).

He served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of RBI on Monetary Policy from February 2013 to August 2016, as Mentor (Public Policy) to FICCI during 2015-16 and 2016-17.

He was till end-2012, Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC, representing India (as its Ambassador to IMF), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.

He has been an adviser to the Indian Government at the highest levels for 25 years, including as Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance and Principle Adviser, Planning Commission.

During this period he advised on a host of economic policy reforms, including as Chair of committees on Public Debt management and Customs duty reform, member of numerous committees and over a hundred policy papers and notes.

He also served as Member, Telecom Regulatory Authori