Abheek Barua
Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President, HDFC Bank
Formerly, Chief Economist, ABN-AMRO Bank
Other positions include position as India Economist for Merrill Lynch Asian Economics team; Head, Crisil Centre for Economic Research
Educated at the Delhi School of Economics and University of Maryland, USA
Professional affiliations:
Member, Academic Advisory Committee, Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
Former Chairman, Economic Affairs Committee, Bombay Chamber of Commerce
Former Member- CII National committee on Economic Affairs
Former Member – Indian Business delegation in 2003 to Seoul, South Korea
Member – Working Group on Financing 11th Five Year Plan –worked with representatives of Planning Commission, Finance ministry and RBI
Member – Monetary Policy Committee, Indian Banks Association
Member – RBI standing group on industrial performance and monitoring
Member- Group of economists interacting with RBI governor prior to annual monetary policy
Public lectures given to:
Institute of Directors, London 2007
CFA (US) institute, Mumbai, 2009
RBI Department of Supervision – RBI College of Banking, Pune, 2009
Forex Association of India,Goa, 2009
Fixed Income, Money Markets and Derivatives Association (FIMMDA)- Hong Kong 2010
Economist magazine India Business Roundtable –New Delhi 2010
Inter-Arab Banking conference, Istanbul --2010
Columnist, Business Standard and regular commentator on business television.