Bibek Debroy Age, Caste, Biography, Wife, Family, Facts & More

Bio
Real Name	Bibek Debroy
Profession	Economist
Major Designations	1979-83: Served as a Professor at Presidency College, Kolkata. 1983-87: Served as a Professor at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. 1987-93: Served at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi. 1993-98: Served as The Director of a Ministry of Finance/UNDP project on legal reforms. 1994-95: Served at the Department of Economic Affairs. 1997-2005: Served at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies. 2005-06: Served at the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 2007-2015: Served at the Centre for Policy Research. January 2015: On 5 January, appointed as permanent member of NITI Aayog. 2017: On 25 September, appointed as the Chief of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 65 kg in pounds- 143 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Grey
Personal Life
Date of Birth	25 January 1955
Age (as in 2017)	62 Years
Birth Place	Not Known
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Aquarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Not Known (Lives in New Delhi)
School	Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, Hassan district, Karnataka, India
College/University	Presidency University, Kolkata Delhi School of Economics, Delhi Trinity College, Cambridge, England
Educational Qualification	A Post Graduate Degree in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge, England
Family	Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Bengali Brahmin
Hobbies	Travelling, Reading, Writing, Doing Translation of Epics
Favourite Things
Favourite Book(s)	Ramayana, Mahabharata
Favourite Language(s)	Sanskrit, Hindi
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Wife/Spouse	Suparna Banerjee
Children	Not Known
Money Factor
Salary	Not Known
Net Worth	Not Known

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He was born in a modest Bengali-Brahmin family.

Mr. Debroy is a noted Indian Economist and has served in different capacities for the Government of India.

He has lent his teaching services at various renowned academic institutions such as Presidency College, Kolkata, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, etc.

He is also Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.

Mr. Debroy has authored several books, popular articles, and papers.

He has also been the Consulting Editor of Indian financial and other newspapers.

From November 2004 to December 2009, he served a member of the National Manufacturing Competitive Council.

Mr. Debroy has also served as the Chairman of a Committee set up by the Jharkhand’s Chief Minister to recommend a development plan for the State.

In 2006, he published a translation of the Bhagavad Gita.

In 2010, Mr. Debroy started authoring a 10-volume unabridged English translation of the Hindu epic- The Mahabharata, which was concluded in 2014.

In 2016, he published a translation of the Harivamsha.

Mr. Debroy has done a 3-volume translation of the Valmiki Ramayana, to be published in October 2017.

He is also working on an unabridged translation of the Bhagavata Purana.

In 2015, Mr. Debroy was awarded Padma Shri by Pranab Mukherjee (the then President of India).

On 25 September 2017, he was appointed the Chief of the newly set-up “Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).” Mr. Debroy will be to Prime Minister Narendra Modi what C Rangarajan was to former prime minister Manmohan Singh.