If finance, market and innovation are your cup of tea or if you are looking for new ideas on development then this event is for you.

Economist Dilip Ratha, renowned for his Ted Talk on ‘The hidden force in global economics: Sending money home’, would deliver a talk on ‘Innovative market-based financing for development’ at IIMA on Thursday. 

Ratha, who hails from Odisha and has been living in Washington, is the manager of the Migration and Remittances team at the World Bank and the head of the Global Knowledge Partnership On Migration And Development (KNOMAD). 

As per reports, he also co-coordinates the G8/G20 Global Remittances Working Group. He has done pioneering work on innovative financing including diaspora bonds and South-South foreign direct investment. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi where he also worked as a visiting lecturer and helped build a CGE model of the Indian economy.

The event at IIMA would be organized at 10.15 am in association with JSW School of Public Policy. So, are you ready to harp on this opportunity which might take your career to new heights. After all, it’s never too late to learn something new. Ain’t it.