Speaker  
   

Sanjaya Baru
Media Advisor to Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister's Office

  

 



Other Positions
Current
  
  Member, Governing Board, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
Member, Governing Board, Centre for Good Governance, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh & DFID, Hyderabad, India.
Member, Governing Board, United Services Institute, Delhi.
Member, Board of Trade, Govt of India.
Member, INDIA-CSCAP Committee, Min. of External Affairs.
Member, Advisory Board, TERI Institute of Advanced Studies, Delhi.
Member, India-US Group, CII-Aspen Strategy Group (USA).
Founder-Member, India-Republic of Korea Friendship Society
Guest Faculty, National Defence College, India; Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.
   

Other Positions Held
  
  Chief Editor, The Financial Express, New Delhi (2000-04).
Professor, Indian Council for Research in International Economic
Relations, New Delhi, 1998-2000.
Editorial Page Editor, The Times of India (1995-97).
Business & Economics Editor, The Times of India (1994-95).
Associate Editor, The Economic Times (1990-95).
TV Anchor, Business Agenda (Star TV), Crossfire (Doordarshan)
J Wataumull Visiting Fellow, East West Centre, Hawaii 2000.
Consultant, UNDP, New York, 1997.
Senior Consultant, Research and Information System for Non-Aligned
Countries, (RIS), New Delhi, 1997-98.
Associate Professor in Economics, University of Hyderabad (1979-89).
Jawahar Lal Nehru University (1984-85) and University of East Anglia (UK) (1989-90).
Member, Advisory Council, India International Centre, New Delhi.
Member, National Security Advisory Board, India (1998-2001).
Member, National Defence University Committee, Min of Defence (2001).
   
Academic Qualifications:  
  Ph.D in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
M.Phil in Applied Economics, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum.
M.A. (Eco.), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
B.A. Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
   
Personal Details: Born on 28th May 1954, at Hyderabad, India. Wife teaches public health at Jawaharlal Nehru University. One daughter at school.