TDr. Charan Singh
Visiting Faculty – Finance
Background:
Dr. Charan Singh is the CEO and Founder Director, EGROW Foundation. He was also the Non-Executive Chairman of Punjab & Sind Bank in two stints - May 2018 to May 2021
and November 2022 to November 2024. He continues to pursue his academic interests by regularly teaching courses on Macro, Monetary Policy, Global Economics
(International Finance) and contemporary issues on Indian Economy at IIM Visakhapatnam and IIM Rohtak. Earlier, he also taught a course on International Finance at
UCLA Anderson, LA in 2018 (April to June).
Dr Singh has published extensively and has two academic books to his credit, on published by Springer and the other by Cambridge. He has also contributed significantly
in public domain through writings in professional journals. He also contributes in discussions on current affairs in leading newspapers and important TV channels.
Courses Taught at MSB:
• 2026 batch - Integrated Banking - PGDM2
Education:
Dr Singh completed M.Phil in Applied Economics from JNU, Delhi and PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales, Sydney in 1997. He followed it up with
post-doctoral studies at Department of Economics, Harvard University from Aug 2003 to Aug 2004 and Stanford University from August 2004 to Jan 2006.
Academic Experience:
He was the RBI Chair Professor of Economics at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Industry Experience:
Senior Economist at the IMF, Washington DC (August 2009-December 2012); and Research Director (Economic Policy, Debt Management; 1997-2009) at the RBI
where he joined as Research Officer in the economics department in 1984. He started his career in 1983 as management trainee in Punjab National Bank. Among
other positions, Dr Singh served on the Board of NHB and NABFINS.
Teaching Interests:
His expertise is on Fiscal Policy (especially Market Borrowings, Debt Management); Monetary Policy (especially Public Sector Banks, Interest Rates,
Inflation Targetting); Financial Markets (especially Money Market, Financial Inclusion) and he has worked extensively on issues like External Trade,
International Reserves, Global Hunger Index, Old Age Pension, other development issues related to India's Growth and Public Policy.
Research Interests:
• Macroeconomics