Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist who serves as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He also serves as Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Rajan is also a visiting professor for the World Bank, Federal Reserve Board, and Swedish Parliamentary Commission.

Raghuram Govind Rajan is an Indian-born American economist. (Bhopal, India, February 3, 1963) He was the "Economic Counselor and Director of Research" (Chief Economist) at the International Monetary Fund from September 2003 until January 2007. He has thus far been the youngest person to hold the position (beginning at the age of 40). In 2003, he was the inaugural recipient of the Fischer Black Prize awarded by the American Finance Association. He has been criticised for the fact the sub-prime crisis originated during his watch at the IMF but he himself disagrees, citing his 2005 paper "Has Financial Development Made the World Riskier", where he believes he indicated the probability of a catastrophic meltdown affecting the modern financial system. In early 2007 Rajan returned to the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago where he is the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance

Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist who serves as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He also serves as Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Rajan is also a visiting professor for the World Bank, Federal Reserve Board, and Swedish Parliamentary Commission.

Raghuram Govind Rajan
) (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist who serves as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He also serves as Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Rajan is also a visiting professor for the World Bank, Federal Reserve Board, and Swedish Parliamentary Commission.

He formerly served as the president of the American Finance Association and was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Rajan's previous work with the Indian government includes his helmsmanship of a Planning Commission-appointed committee on financial reforms, and as honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist who serves as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. He also serves as Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Rajan is also a visiting professor for the World Bank, Federal Reserve Board, and Swedish Parliamentary Commission.
He formerly served as the president of the American Finance Association and was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Rajan's previous work with the Indian government includes his helmsmanship of a Planning Commission-appointed committee on financial reforms, and as honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.