Rakesh Mohan joins Yale faculty

WASHINGTON - Former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rakesh Mohan has been appointed professor in the Practice of International Economics and Finance in the Yale School of Management from July 1.

The eminent economist will also serve as Senior Fellow in the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University, Richard C. Levin, president of the New Haven, the Connecticut-based Ivy League university, announced.

Mohan joins a Yale renowned faculty that includes former British prime minister Tony Blair, former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo, former US deputy secretary of state John Negroponte and Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

“Rakesh Mohan has been among India’s most distinguished economists and admirably served the RBI and the central banking community during a period of unprecedented growth and challenges,” Levin said.

“I am pleased that Professor Mohan will bring his experience and knowledge to his teaching at Yale in training of the next generation of economists and international leaders.”

Rakesh Mohan stated: “I am honoured to return to Yale, this time on its faculty, because it was at Yale forty years ago as an undergraduate that I began my studies in economics. I have long admired the calibre and the talent of Yale’s students and faculty, and I am very much looking forward to again being part of this extraordinary scholarly community.”

Mohan received his BA in Economics from Yale University and MA and PhD in Economics from Princeton University. He also holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.

He has been a member of the Yale President’s Council on International Activities (PCIA) since 2005. Mohan is currently the non-executive vice chairman of the Indian Institute of Human Settlements, and Global Adviser to the McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey and Company.

The mission of the Yale School of Management is to educate leaders for business and society. Founded in 1974, it is the youngest of Yale University’s professional schools.

Established in April 2009, the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs aims to inspire students to pursue careers in diplomacy and public service. Its faculty includes renowned scholars and practitioners of international affairs.