Gita Gopinath (born 8 December 1971) [1] is an Indian-American economist who has served as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), since 21 January 2022. She had previously served as chief economist of the IMF between 2019 and 2022.

Gita Gopinath is a co-director of the international finance and macroeconomics program at the National Bureau of Economic Research and has earlier worked as the honorary economic adviser to the chief minister of Kerala.

Dec 2, 2021 · Gita Gopinath is all set to take over the number two position at the IMF from next month. It will be the first time ever in the history of the institution that two women would be heading it....

Gita Gopinath will take over as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund from January next year replacing Geoffrey Okamoto.

Gita Gopinath is an Indian American economist who was appointed as the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in January 2022. Gita Gopinath was born on Wednesday, 8 December 1971 (age 52 Years; as of 2023) in Kolkata, India. She completed her schooling at Nirmala Convent School in Mysore.

Jan 22, 2019 · It's a mega Network 18 exclusive, IMF chief economist, Gita Gopinath, gives a big thumbs up to Modinomics. Says India is growth rate is phenomenal but also raised concern over farm loan waiver. The chief economist said that farm loan waiver is not the ideal solution and that job creation and reforms in agriculture sector are key challenges for ...

Feb 24, 2023 · Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with Gita Gopinath, the first deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday evening, ahead of the G20 ministerial meeting. The IMF economist took to Twitter to share a picture with the FM.

Jul 7, 2022 · Gita Gopinath, the Indian-American economist appointed as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has got more reasons to smile. The renowned economist took to Twitter to share her joy after her picture was inducted into the wall of former Chief Economists of the IMF .

Gita Gopinath is the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Economics at Harvard University. She is currently on leave of public service from the economics department to serve as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).