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Mr Jairam Ramesh
Former Union Minister and Member of
Parliament, India
Jairam Ramesh is presently
Secretary of the Economic Affairs Department of the Congress Party. He also serves as an
economic advisor to various Congress-ruled states. He writes a weekly column called Kautilya
for Indias leading weekly newsmagazine India Today and is also a frequent TV
commentator. He has served as an aide to two Prime Ministers and two Finance Ministers,
apart from having occupied key positions in various government departments between
1983-1996. He serves on the board of various institutions and public service organizations
and has received prestigious fellowships and awards. He has authored many well-known
publications one of which Yankee Go Home But Take Me With You; A Perspective on
Indo-American Relations was published by the Asia Society and the Council for Foreign
Relations just before President Clintons visit to India. He has spent time Yale
Universitys recently-established Center for the Study of Globalisation. He is also
associated with the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. He has also advised the
Chinese Government on the WTO. The URL of his popular website is www.jairam-ramesh.com. He has studied
engineering, management, economics and technology policy at the Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, Carnegie-Mellon University and MIT.
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