The Indian Economy: Navigating a Global Turning Point

Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist who was the Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. He is the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University. From 2009 to 2012, during the UPA government's second term, Basu served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.

Sonalde Desai is a sociologist and demographer. She is a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park and a professor at the National Council of Applied Economic Research, where she serves as the first direction of the National Data Innovation Centre.

Ashwini Deshpande is Professor and Head, Department of Economics, and Founding Director, Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA) at Ashoka University, India.

Nirvikar Singh is Distinguished Professor of Economics, Co-Director of the Center for Analytical Finance, and Sarbjit Singh Aurora Chair of Sikh and Punjabi Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Economics, Management and Religion. He works on the Indian economy, the economics of religion, economic development and political economy.