Dr. Poonam Gupta is the Director General of NCAER, and a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. Before joining NCAER, Dr. Gupta was the Lead Economist for Global Macro and Market Research and led the policy research work on india at the Policyl; Professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations; Professor at the Delhi Scholl of Economics; and Researcher at the International Monetary Fund. Her research has been published and cited widely in scholarly journals and has also featured in leading international business dailies such as The Economist, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Dr. Gupta holds a Master’s Ph.D in Economics from the University of Maryland, USA, and a Master’s in Economics from the Delhi Scholl of Economics, Delhi University.