What are some lesser known facts about Arvind Subramanian, India's new chief economic adviser?
1. He holds an undergraduate degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad. 2. Taught at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government from 1999 to 2000 and at Johns Hopkins' School for Advanced International Studies from 2008 to 2010. 3. Served as Assistant Director in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. 4. He once said in an essay that “strong leaders, who will deliver good governance and reforms, like Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi” were part of the reason to maintain faith in India’s economic possibilities. 5. He is a Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Development, US. 6. He criticized the Modi government's stand on the WTO deal and suggested that India should withdraw its opposition to the Trade Facilitation Agreement, reformulate its position on agriculture, proceed to pe