Prof. Partha Ray joined NIBM as Director in May 2021. He was Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta during December 2011 – April 2021, where he taught Macroeconomics, Global Political Economy, and Recent Issues on Monetary Policy and Banking. During 2007 – 2011, he was Adviser to the Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. Earlier (during 1989-2006) he was working in the specialist cadre of Economists in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI); his last position was Director, Department of Economic and Policy Research, RBI. Educated in Kolkata, Mumbai and Oxford, he has written extensively on issues relating to Indian economy, global financial crisis, monetary policy, banking and finance.