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Dr Ravindra Dholakia

Dr. Dholakia is a Professor in Economics Area at IIM Ahmedabad. He has about 33 years of experience in teaching Economics to different groups like students, executives, policymakers and senior government officers. Since 1985 he has been on the Faculty of IIM-A. He was a regular Visiting Faculty to teach at the European Management Institute (ESCP-EAP), Paris from 2002 to 2005.

He has practical experience in high powered policymaking and evaluation bodies in both state and central governments. He has carried out numerous consulting assignments in the private and public sector companies in India and has done work for the international organizations like WHO, World Bank, UNDP, Millennium Development Goals Project, Hewlett Foundation, UN Mongolia, etc. He was a Member of the Sixth Central Pay Commission in India (2006-08) and a Member of the High Level Committee on Estimation of Savings and Investment (2008-09) appointed by the Government of India. Currently he is a Member of the High Level Expert Committee to suggest measures for efficient management of public expenditure (2010) appointed by the Government of India. He was a member of the State Public Finance Reform Committee (1998-2001), High Powered Expert Committee to Restructure Public Sector Units (2004-07), High Level Committee to Restructure Public Debt (2003-05) appointed by the Government of Gujarat. He has written about 39 monographs, 16 books, and more than 130 research papers published in journals of national and international repute. He has also developed 15 international cases on economic planning and policy reforms based on experiences of countries in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean Islands, and North America