Gita Gopinath is an Indian American economist who was appointed as the first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in January 2022.
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Wiki/Biography
Geeta Gopinath was born on Wednesday, 8 December 1971 (age 52 years; as in 2023) in Kolkata, India. She completed her schooling from Nirmala Convent School, Mysore. In 1992, she obtained her BA in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University, and in 1994, she obtained her MA in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. Later, he earned a master’s degree from the University of Washington in 1996. In 2001, Geeta did her PhD in Economics from Princeton University. In July 2018, Geeta was invited for an interview for Chief Economist at the IMF, she passed the interview and was appointed as the Chief Economist of the IMF. Geeta was the first Indian woman to be selected as the IMF’s Chief Economist, and is also the first Director of the IMF’s Research Department and an economic advisor to the Fund.
Geeta Gopinath has done a lot of research on International Finance and Macroeconomics published by many top economic journals.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Geeta hails from a Hindu middle-class Malayali family, which lived in Kolkata and later shifted to Mysuru, Karnataka when Geeta was 9 years old. Geeta often comes to India to meet her parents.
parents and siblings
Geeta Gopinath’s father’s name is TV Gopinath. He is an agriculturist and the Vice President of Raita Mitra Farmer Producer Company Limited. Geeta’s mother’s name is VC Vijaya Lakshmi. She owned a playschool and worked there for almost 30 years. Geeta has an elder sister Anita.
Geeta Gopinath’s parents
husband and children
Geeta’s husband’s name is Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal. He is the Global Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Iqbal and Geeta were classmates in Delhi University. Geeta and Iqbal got engaged in 1997 and got married in 1999. During their college studies, both of them prepared for UPSC exam. Iqbal passed the examination as a first rank holder in 1995 and became an IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, and he served as an IAS officer for 5 years after which he left his job and moved to the United States with Geeta. , where they blessed with a son, Rahil Singh Dhaliwal.
Geeta Gopinath’s husband Iqbal and son Rahil
livelihood
teaching
In 2001, Gita Gopinath joined the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago as Assistant Professor of Economics. Geeta Gopinath joined Harvard University in the US in 2005. She joined Harvard University as the John Zwanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics. For a few years, Geeta was on public service leave from the Department of Economics to work as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the third woman and second Indian to become a permanent member of the economics department at Harvard.
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Geeta Gopinath’s research areas include international finance and macroeconomics. He has written various articles on exchange rates, investing and trading.
Economist at IMF
In July 2018, Gita Gopinath was invited to interview for Chief Economist at the IMF. He passed his interview and was appointed Chief Economist of the IMF. Geeta is the first Indian American woman to be selected as the Chief Economist at the IMF. He worked as the Fund’s Economic Counselor and Director of its Research Department for 3 years and later, he was promoted to First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF, the second position in the organization.
In addition, Geeta Gopinath is also the Co-Director of the International Finance and Macroeconomics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Earlier, Geeta Gopinath served as a member of the Economic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and an economic advisor to Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala (India). In 2018, Geeta Gopinath was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society. In 2019, she became editor of the International Economic Handbook, and has also served as co-editor of the US Economy.
award
- Geeta Gopinath received the Bhagwati Award for the best paper published in the Journal of International Economics in 2003 and 2004.
- Geeta Gopinath was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the Indian Embassy in Washington DC USA on 9 January 2019.
Geeta Gopinath receiving Pravasi Bharatiya Award
- In 2017, Geeta Gopinath received the Economics Department’s Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Washington.
- Geeta was awarded the Princeton Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Research Award for doctoral research at Princeton University.
achievements
- Geeta was named one of the top 25 economists by the International Monetary Fund in 2014.
- Geeta was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
- Geeta Gopinath was named one of the 25 most influential women of the year by the Financial Times in 2021.
- In 2020, Geeta Gopinath was declared Woman of the Year by Vogue India.
- In 2021, the International Economic Association named Geeta The Schumpeter-Haberler Distinguished Fellow.
- Geeta Gopinath was named in the list of ’50 People Who Defined 2019′ by Time Magazine.
Favorite
- Sports: Cricket and Football
Facts/General Knowledge
- Gita Gopinath is the third woman and second Indian American, after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, to be appointed as a permanent member of the Department of Economics at Harvard University.
- According to Geeta Gopinath, she once participated in a fashion show during her childhood days.
- In an interview, Geeta’s parents had told that in her childhood she was more interested in sports than studies.
- Apart from Hindi and English, Geeta can also speak American English, Kannada and Malayalam.
- Geeta is also Co-Director of the International Finance and Macroeconomics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Before joining as Chief Economist, Geeta was also a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
- Gopinath is also a member of the Economic Advisory Panel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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