Congratulations to Professor Gita Gopinath on Being Awarded the 2019 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by the Government of India

December 5, 2019
Gita Gopinath

Professor Gopinath has also been named among the most influential people in 2019 by both Bloomberg and Foreign Policy.

Professor Gita Gopinath has been named among Bloomberg’s 50 people worldwide who defined 2019. Earlier this year, Foreign Policy named her one of the Top Global Thinkers in 2019.  And the President of India awarded her the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman for 2019, the highest honor conferred on overseas Indians by the Government of India.

Gita Gopinath is the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Economics at Harvard University. She is currently on leave of public service from the economics department to serve as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).