Mihir Rakshit, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mihir Rakshit

Indian economist

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1936

Place of Birth: Chittagong, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

Profession: economist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mihir Rakshit (born 1 July 1936) is a reputed Indian economist, known for his work on fiscal, monetary and other policy, especially issues that concern developing economies.
Originally from Chittagong, which is now in Bangladesh, he did his graduation from Presidency College, Calcutta and post-graduation from the University of Calcutta.
He taught at the departments of Economics of The University of Calcutta, The University of Burdwan, Presidency College Calcutta, and Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta, as faculty.
He also taught at Delhi School of Economics and Erasmus University Rotterdam, as visiting faculty.
He served the Reserve Bank of India for two terms as a member of its central board of Directors.
He was Editor-in-chief of the open access quarterly journal Money and Finance published by ICRA Limited from 1997 to July 2016.