Prof. Ramesh Chand is a former Member of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), the Government of India’s premier public policy think tank. He is also a Member of the Integrated Partnership Board (IPB) of CGIAR and the Policy Advisory Council (PAC) of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). In the past, he has served as Chairman of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India, Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico, and Member of the Global Future Council on the Future of Food Security and Agriculture of the World Economic Forum (2016–2018).
Prof. Chand holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. He has been actively involved in policy research and formulation in the areas of agriculture and allied sectors, food security, nutrition, science policy, impact analysis, and food systems. He has held senior academic and research positions at the National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP), New Delhi, the Institute of Economic Growth, and Punjab Agricultural University. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan. In addition, he has worked as a consultant with several international organizations, including FAO, UNDP, ESCAP, UNCTAD, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the World Bank.
Prof. Chand has authored seven books and published more than 100 research papers in reputed national and international journals on agricultural growth and development, demand and supply, food policy, farmers’ issues, agricultural markets, and trade. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to research and public policy, he has received several national and international awards.
