Sanjeev Sanyal
Chancellor,
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune
Sanjeev Sanyal is currently a Member of Prime Minister Modi’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM). He was the Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Minister for five years till February 2022. He has represented India on many international forums including as Co-Chair of the G20’s Framework Working Group.
During his time in government, he has been responsible for several key reforms and was part of the core team that managed the Indian economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. He was also one of the key architects of the G20’s Global Action Plan that kept the world economy functioning during the pandemic years.
Prior to joining the government, he had spent over two decades in financial markets and was a Global Strategist and Managing Director at Deutsche Bank.
An alumni of Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, Mr. Sanyal later attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship in 2007 for his work on urban dynamics. In 2010 he was named as Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in Davos.
He has been a visiting professor/fellow of numerous institutions such as Oxford University, Royal Geographical Society, Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), and Jawaharlal Nehru University (Delhi). He also chairs the board of advisors of the Delhi School of Public Policy and Governance (Delhi University).
Mr. Sanyal is the author of a number of best-selling books including Revolutionaries, Land of the Seven Rivers, The Ocean of Churn, India in the Age of Ideas, The Incredible History of the Indian Ocean, and the Indian Renaissance. He has also published around two hundred and fifty articles and columns in leading national and international publications. His writings have received many awards including the Kalinga Book Award 2023, the International Indian Achievers’ Award (for Literature) 2013, the Art Karat Award 2018, and so on.