Ashoka Mody

Ashoka Mody
Born 14 January 1956
India
Nationality Indian
Institution Princeton University
Field Economics - emerging markets' access to foreign capital
Alma mater Boston University
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Ashoka Mody (born 14 January 1956),[1] is an Indian-born economist. He is the Charles and Marie Robertson visiting professor in international economic policy and lecturer in public and international affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton.[2]

Education

Mody studied Electronics at the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. After his B.Tech. (1978) he switched fields and obtained a M.Phil. in Applied Economics at the Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum 1979, where he worked as a Research Associate until completing his PhD in Economics from Boston University in 1986.[3]

Career

He briefly joined AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of their technical staff before joining the World Bank. In 1997/1998, Mody was a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Wharton School. From 2001 until his retirement Mody was the assistant director of the International Monetary Fund's European Department. He is opposed to fiscal austerity.[4]

He is also affiliated with the Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory BRUEGEL.[5]

Attempt on Mody's life

In October 2009 as Mody returned to his home in Bethesda, Maryland when he was shot multiple times whilst in his car by a masked gunman who then fled on foot. Police issued an arrest warrant for Mohau Mercy Mathibe who worked for a trial period at the IMF under Mody.[6][7]

Personal life

Mody is married with two children.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mody, Ashoka". Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 November 2014. data sheet (b. 1/14/56)
  2. ↑ "Profile: Ashoka Mody". Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Princeton University. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Biography: Ashoka Mody". Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Princeton University. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Newenham, Pamela; Crosbie, Judith (22 July 2013). "IMF distances itself from Ashoka Mody comments on Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Profile: Ashoka Mody". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Morse, Dan (9 October 2010). "Man shot in garage identified as IMF economist". Washington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Davis, Bob (5 January 2010). "IMF worker sought in attack". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

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