Gita Gopinath Resigns from IMF Chief Economist Post

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its chief economist Gita Gopinath will leave her current post in January next year and return to the prestigious Harvard University.

This 49-year-old prominent Indian-American economist had joined the International Monetary Fund in January 2019 as the Chief Economist.

She was the John Zwanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard University when she joined the Washington-based global lender.

Mysore-born Geeta Gopinath has been the first woman chief economist of the IMF.

Born in December 1971 to Malayali parents, Ms. Gopinath did her schooling in Kolkata and graduated from Lady Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi. She holds a master’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics as well as the University of Washington.

Ms. Gopinath did her PhD in economics from Princeton University in 2001 and was directed by Kenneth Rogoff, Ben Bernanke and Pierre-Olivier Gourinches.