India-born economist Gita Gopinath was appointed Chief Economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF).
She will take over as IMF chief economist after Maurice Obstfeld retires in December 2018.
It makes her second Indian after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to hold the position.
She has been an honorary economic adviser to Chief Minister of Kerala and also had served on advisory panel for G-20 issues for India’s Ministry of Finance.
In 2014, she had made into IMF’s list of 25 economists under 45. She was also chosen as Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2011.