Dr. Pami Dua is Senior Professor of Economics and Former Director of the Delhi School of Economics. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi and a member of the Governing Council of the Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), Mumbai. She is also a member of the Governing Body of the Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Agra) and of the Research and Innovation Council in Vidyashilp University (Bengaluru). She has also been serving as a Senior Research Fellow with the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) in New York.

She earlier served the University of Delhi in various capacities including Dean of Academic Activities and Projects; Chairperson, Research Council, Dean Research of Humanities and Social Sciences and Coordinator of the University’s Internal Quality Assurance Cell.

She has been a member of the first Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India (2016-2020). She has served as Co-Chair of the Task Force on Macroeconomics, Trade and Livelihoods under Think20 (T20) / G20, India, 2023. She has been a Distinguished Fellow of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai and a member of the Governing Council of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. She earlier served as the President of the Indian Econometric Society (2015-16) and as the India Coordinator of the United Nations Global Forecasting Model – Project LINK. She has also served as Editor of the Indian Economic Review, journal of the Delhi School of Economics, for almost two decades.

She has published widely in time series econometrics, forecasting, macroeconometrics, monetary policy, business cycle analysis and sustainable development. She has four decades of experience in teaching of macroeconomics, econometrics and forecasting. She earlier taught at the University of Connecticut, USA and Wayne State University, Michigan, USA, and has also been affiliated with Yale University as well as Columbia University.

She completed her B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi and obtained her Masters (with distinction) and Doctorate in Economics from London School of Economics.

She has been conferred the highest honour of the University of Delhi, Nishtha Dhriti Satyam Samman, for exemplary contribution to the development of the University and adherence to its ideals, values and principles. She has been honoured with the Distinguished Alumni Award from Lady Shri Ram College.She has also been conferred the National Systems Gold Medal by the Systems Society of India for her outstanding contributions in the area of Economics and Social Sciences.