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Dr. Arvind Virmani

Arvind Virmani is Chairman of the Foundation for Economic Growth and Welfare (EGROW). He was member of NIti Aayog and President of the Forum For Strategic Initiatives (FSI, Delhi). He has been a Mentor (economic policy) to FICCI & a member of RBI Technical Advisory Committee on Monetary policy. He was earlier Executive Director, IMF and Chief Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance and Principal Advisor, Planning Commission. During his tenure he advised on a host of economic policy reforms, through 100s of policy papers, notes and committees. He has served as Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and as Director & Chief executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). He has published 35 journal articles and 20 book chapters and written over 50 other working papers in the areas of Macroeconomics, growth and finance, tax reform, International trade & Tariffs, International relations, and national security strategy.

Dr. Deniz Igan

Deniz Igan is the Chief of the IMF Research Department’s World Economic Studies Division. Between 2021 and 2024, she was the Head of Macroeconomic Analysis at the Bank for International Settlements. Prior to that, she held various positions at the IMF, including as co-editor of the IMF Research Perspectives, an advisor to the editor for the IMF's Finance & Development magazine, and a recurring contributor to the Global Financial Stability Report, the World Economic Outlook, and the IMF-FSB Early Warning Exercise. Her research interests include macro-financial linkages, financial crises, real estate markets, and the political economy of financial regulation. Her work has been published in academic journals including policy-oriented volumes and presented widely in conferences and workshops. Deniz is a CEPR Research Fellow, an EUI Young Policy Leaders Fellow, and an expert panelist at Zillow’s House Price Expectations Survey. Deniz holds a PhD from Princeton University.