Nitin Desai

Biography

 Nitin Desai is Non-Executive Independent Director of Shree Cement Limited. He is a graduate from London School of Economics and a well known Economist and has had a long and distinguished career in the Government of India and United Nations. Shri Desai is a Member of Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, which is coordinating the national action for assessment, adaptation and mitigation of climate change and has set out eight “National Missions” as the way forward in implementing India’s climate change strategy. He is a distinguished visiting fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Honorary Professor at the Indian Council for Research in International Economics Relations (ICRIER), Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He is connected with the Governing Bodies of several NGOs and research institutions and also chairs the Governing Body of the Institute of Economic Growth. He is also a member of the National Broadcasting Standards Authority. Shri Desai has worked at senior levels in the Planning Commission from 1973 to 1987. From 1988 to 1990, he was the Chief Economic Adviser and Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance. He is on the Board of Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation.

Research Interest

 Economics