Seeking Prosperity in Turbulent Times

A.K. Bhattacharya is Editorial Director of Business Standard and a leading commentator on government affairs and economic policy. He has previously served as Editor of The Pioneer and held senior positions at The Economic Times and Financial Express. He is the author of several books on India’s economic and financial policy history and received the Shriram Lifetime Achievement Award for Financial Journalism

Albert F. Park is Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank and Director General of its Economic Research and Development Impact Department. He is a leading development economist specialising in China and emerging Asia. His research spans poverty and inequality, migration, labour markets, microfinance, foreign investment and the future of work.

Andrés Velasco is Dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a former Finance Minister of Chile. He has held senior academic positions at Columbia, Harvard, and New York University. His work spans macroeconomics, international finance, economic development, and public policy, with extensive experience in multilateral and governmental advisory roles.

Anoop Singh is a Distinguished Fellow at NITI Aayog and the Centre for Social and Economic Progress. He previously served on India’s 15th Finance Commission and held senior positions at the International Monetary Fund, including Director of the Asia and Pacific Department. His expertise covers macroeconomics, fiscal federalism, financial regulation, international finance, and economic policy.

Assaf Razin is Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University and a former Professor of International Economics at Cornell University. A Fellow of the Econometric Society and recipient of the EMET Prize in Economics, his research focuses on international economics, public economics, taxation, fiscal policy, globalization, population economics, and the political economy of democratic and institutional change.

Bai Chong-En is Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University and a Distinguished Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. A Harvard-trained economist, he studies the relationship between economic institutions, public policy, development, and the Chinese economy. He has also served on the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China.

Cesar V. Purisima is a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute and Founding Partner of IKHLAS Capital. He served as Secretary of Finance of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016 and earlier as Trade and Industry Secretary. His expertise spans fiscal policy, economic reform, finance, investment, corporate governance, and regional economic development across Asia.

Chia Der Jiun is Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, a position he has held since January 2024. He previously served as Permanent Secretary at Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower and held senior roles at MAS. His experience spans monetary policy implementation, reserve management, macroeconomic surveillance, banking supervision, regulation, payments, and institutional development.

Choi Byung-il is President of the Trade Strategy & Innovation Hub at BAE, KIM & LEE LLC and Professor Emeritus at Ewha Womans University. A former Korean trade negotiator and academic leader, he specializes in international trade, trade negotiations, and US-China economic relations. He has also led major Korean economic, trade, and international studies organizations.

Ed Conway is Economics and Data Editor at Sky News, an author, and an award-winning journalist. He is best known for Material World, which examines the raw materials underpinning the global economy. His work focuses on economics, data, industry, resources, supply chains, and the structural forces shaping growth, technology, trade, and contemporary economic policy.

Guo Kai is Executive President and Senior Fellow of the CF40 Institute. He previously worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund and held senior positions at the People’s Bank of China. His research focuses on the Chinese economy, macroeconomic policy and international finance, drawing on extensive experience in both Chinese and international financial institutions.

Hans H. Tung is Associate Dean for Research & Development at National Taiwan University and Yageo Professor of Political Economy. His research examines political-economic dynamics under authoritarian rule, institutional development, political communication and China’s rise in East Asia. His work combines formal and empirical approaches to understand governance, political behaviour and regional economic dynamics.

Dr. Joël Ruet is Founder and Chairman of The Bridge Tank and a member of the Innovation Faculty at École Polytechnique, France. His expertise spans energy, strategic materials, new mobility technologies and climate finance. He advises governments and businesses across Asia, Africa and Europe and contributes to international policy forums including the G20, B20 and World Economic Forum.

Prof. Bornali Bhandari is a Professor at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), specialising in international economics and macroeconomics. Her research examines globalisation, development, trade, FDI, infrastructure, skilling, digitalisation and climate finance. She has undertaken extensive industry and policy research, including work on automobiles, farm mechanisation and digitisation. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oregon.

Meeta Keswani Mehra: Meeta Keswani Mehra is a Professor of Economics at the Centre for the Study of the World Economy (CSWE) (formerly Centre for International Trade and Development (CITD), School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). With a Ph.D. in Economics
from the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre, she has been a part of JNU since 2004. Her research interests are in the interface of environmental and climate economics, climate adaptation, extreme climate and welfare, heat and health impacts, growth theory, development macroeconomics,
international trade, energy economics, and politics of regulation.

Prof. Pami Dua is Senior Professor of Economics and former Director of the Delhi School of Economics. She is a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and has served on the RBI’s first Monetary Policy Committee. Her research focuses on time-series econometrics, forecasting, macroeconomics, monetary policy and business cycles. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Dr. Prakarsh Singh is Chair Professor and DSEB Program Chair at Plaksha University. Previously a Science Leader at Amazon and Professor at Amherst College, he has over 14 years of research experience across academia and industry. His research spans development, health, behavioural, personnel and conflict economics. He has published extensively and received research grants from organisations including the World Bank and Gates Foundation.

Professor Saon Ray is an economist specialising in industry and international trade, with research interests spanning low-carbon growth and financial inclusion. She is a Visiting Professor at ICRIER and has authored and co-edited books on global cooperation, G20 finance, global value chains and low-carbon pathways for India. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University.