Jottings - Slice of life - 264 ( Gita Gopinath - an incredible academic journey to the pinnacle of her profession)
Jottings - Slice of life - 264 ( Gita Gopinath - an incredible academic journey to the pinnacle of her profession) Amidst the media and hype a prominent actress is currently attracting because of the sheer scale of her extravagant wedding and the innumerable star studded receptions ; on the other side of the globe, in Washington DC, in a quiet, polished but significant ceremony conducted without much fanfare, a young and distinguished Indian economist who was serving as John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard, has taken over the mantle as chief economist of the IMF ( The International monetary fund), a global organization established in 1944 at Bretton woods to balance and arbitrate global economic health in times of need . It is one of the most prestigious positions in the world of global finance, and Professor Gita Gopinath is the first woman - among the eleven economists to have held this vital position since IMF’s inception - to occupy this ho