Gita Gopinath, 38, is the first female Indian-origin full professor at Harvard University’s economics department. Widely considered an authority on international price fluctuations and business cycles in emerging economies, the young professor, a Delhi School of Economics alumnus, says there’s a lot left to be done in improving the financial system in countries such as India and China. She is of the view that to prevent a slowing of growth, India needs to focus on education “at all levels” which alone can ensure amore skilled labour force. Gopinath, an admirer of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and writer JK Rowling, says she hopes that the Federal Reserve, under the chairmanship of Ben Bernanke , could help the US economy tackle problems arising out of rising unemployment and a shrinking housing market. The Kolkata-born economist, however, regrets that the outsourcing issue, which is on top of the agenda of ...
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