Rajiv Kumar Converse with Pulapre Balakrishnan

Rajiv Kumar is an economist and the author of several books on the Indian Economy and India’s national security. At Ashoka, while in conversation with Prof. Balakrishnan, he discussed his new book “Modi and his Challenges” which delves into Modi’s governance in India so far.Dr Kumar is also chancellor of the the Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics in Pune and the founding director of Pahle India Foundation, a non-profit research organisation that specialises in policy-oriented research and analysis. He was Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and a member of the Government of India’s National Security Advisory Board between 2006 and 2008.