Prior to this, Kaushik Basu served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and is currently on leave from Cornell University where he is Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and received India' Padma Bhushan award and the National Mahalanobis Memorial award. His contributions span development economics, welfare economics, industrial organization, and game theory. In addition to Cornell, he has taught at the Delhi School of Economics, Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. He has published widely, including more than 160 papers in refereed journals and scholarly volumes, and has contributed articles to many widely read magazines and newspapers. He has authored several books including 'Beyond the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a new Economics' (Princeton University Press and Penguin). He holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. He is the second World Bank Chief Economist from a developing country and the first from India.