After Bibek Debroy’s resignation, Sanjeev Sanyal appointed as chancellor of GIPE

In the identical publish, he assured that his duties as Financial Advisory Council to the Prime Minister received’t be affected attributable to this appointment, “For these uninitiated with the construction of educational administration, the Chancellor of a college is considerably like a “non-executive chairman” – duties relate to broad route and governance slightly than the day by day operating of the establishment. This function doesn’t affect my regular work as a full-time member of the Prime Minister’s Financial Advisory Council”.

Sanyal was earlier the Principal Financial Adviser to the Finance Minister for 5 years until February 2022. He has additionally represented India on many worldwide boards resembling OECD and G7, and served as Co-Chair of G20’s Framework Working Group. He was one of many architects of the G20’s World Motion Plan that saved the world economic system functioning in the course of the pandemic years.

Dr Bibek Debroy, who was appointed Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) chancellor in July, resigned from his place within the final week of September. GIPE officers stated Debroy despatched his resignation to the trustees of The Servants of India Society (SIS). In his letter, Debroy had expressed a want to distance himself from the continuing controversy concerning the termination of Dr Ajit Ranade, the institute’s former vice-chancellor, whose case is at present being reviewed by the Bombay Excessive Courtroom.