Member, 16th Finance Commission and Group Chief Economic Adviser of SBI.

Soumya Kanti Ghosh is currently member, 16th Finance Commission and Group Chief Economic Advisor, State Bank of India. Previously, he has worked at the Tata AIA, American Express and ICRA among others. Dr Ghosh has been a co-author in a pioneering work to capture payroll data in India for the first time, both formal and informal, and providing inputs in designing the PMKISAN scheme for farmers and the ECLG scheme for MSME borrowers among others that have been very successful during the times of pandemic. Following his report, EPFO and ESIC has started to give out monthly payroll data. He is a member of Technical Advisory Committee for revision of Index of Industrial Production, member of Working Group for the revision of current series of WPI, member of the Expert Committee for revision of Economic classifications (NIC and NPC) and member of Editorial Advisory Board of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. Dr Ghosh is also a member of Governing Board at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and a distinguished fellow at Infra Vision Foundation. He serves as a Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association’s Economist Group. For 8 successive years ending 2025, Dr Ghosh has been ranked as one of the Best Individuals in Research in India by the Asset magazine. Dr Ghosh is a regular contributor in print media and has also an extensive list of publications in both domestic and international journals. Dr Ghosh has completed his under graduation from Kolkata University, post-graduation from Delhi School of Economics and doctoral thesis from JNU.