Amar Bhattacharya is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute at LSE. Amar will be working closely with Lord Stern and his team on international finance, climate action and sustainable growth, as well as economic and climate policies in India. He will co-lead joint projects between the Institute and Brookings Institution.

Background

Amar is a senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development, housed in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings Institution. From April 2007 until September 2014 he was Director of the Group of 24, an intergovernmental group of developing country Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

Prior to taking up his position with the G24, Amar had a long-standing career in the World Bank.  His last position was as Senior Advisor and Head of the International Policy and Partnership Group. In this capacity, he was the focal point for the Bank’s engagement with key international groupings and institutions such as the G7/G8, G20, IMF, OECD and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Amar completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Delhi and Brandeis University and his graduate education at Princeton University.

Research interests

• the global economy
• development finance
• global governance
• links between climate and development.