Arth Niti | Conversations with Shekhar Tomar

In this interview, hosted by Professor Shekhar Tomar, Professor Viral V. Acharya talks about central banking, the NPA crisis, and the performance of the central banks during the pandemic. Viral served as the Deputy Governor at the Reserve Bank of India, in charge of Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, Financial Stability, and Research, between 2017-19. This discussion also presents the broad rationale behind some of the policy decisions during his tenure.

Interview date: 24 Feb 2022.

This episode of Arth Niti sees Professor Shekhar Tomar in conversation with Professor Dilip Mookherjee about his work on land reforms, market power of intermediaries in agriculture, inequality, and the rise of automation. Prof. Mookherjee is Professor of Economics and Director, Institute for Economic Development at Boston University.

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This episode of Arth Niti sees Professor Shekhar Tomar engaging Professor Arvind Panagariya in a conversation on the debate around growth issues in India since the 1930s, and his work on economic reforms, trade policy, and inequality. Professor Panagariya, the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University, is a Padma Bhushan awardee who served as the first vice-chairman of NITI Aayog.

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In this interview, hosted by Professor Shekhar Tomar, Professor Ila Patnaik brings forth her views on financial sector regulation and how the intersection of economics and politics ultimately shapes policymaking.

Ila Patnaik is a professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and works on open economy macroeconomics. She served as the Principal Economic Adviser during the first term of Prime Minister Modi. Her research work has provided a foundation for some of India's crucial financial sector reforms in the last decade.

Interview date: 16th Feb 2022.

This episode of Arth Niti, hosted by Professor Shekhar Tomar, sees him in conversation with Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Professor of Finance, ISB, and Former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. The discussion is centred on firm growth, the bias of credit rating agencies, and asset quality review, among many other policy-related issues pertinent to India.

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Interview date: 01st July 2022