After Bibek Debroy’s resignation, Sanjeev Sanyal appointed as chancellor of GIPE

In the same post, he assured that his duties as Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister won’t be affected due to this appointment, “For those uninitiated with the structure of academic administration, the Chancellor of a university is somewhat like a “non-executive chairman” – duties relate to broad direction and governance rather than the daily running of the institution. This role does not impact my normal work as a full-time member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council”.

Sanyal was earlier the Principal Economic Adviser to the Finance Minister for five years till February 2022. He has also represented India on many international forums such as OECD and G7, and served as Co-Chair of G20’s Framework Working Group. He was one of the architects of the G20’s Global Action Plan that kept the world economy functioning during the pandemic years.

Dr Bibek Debroy, who was appointed Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) chancellor in July, resigned from his position in the last week of September. GIPE officials said Debroy sent his resignation to the trustees of The Servants of India Society (SIS). In his letter, Debroy had expressed a desire to distance himself from the ongoing controversy regarding the termination of Dr Ajit Ranade, the institute’s former vice-chancellor, whose case is currently being reviewed by the Bombay High Court.