Narendra Jadhav

Narendra Damodhar Jadhav (born 1953) is an Indian economist, bureaucrat, writer and educationist who is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He previously served as member of the Planning Commission of India and the National Advisory Council. Prior to this, he had worked with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and headed economic research at the Reserve Bank of India.

Narendra Jadhav was born in a Mahar family (now Buddhist) and grew up in the village of Ozar and Mumbai suburb of Wadala

Jadhav attended Chhabildas High School, Dadar. He did his BSc in Statistics from Ramnarain Ruia College, University of Mumbai in 1973. He also did his MA in Economics from University of Mumbai in 1975. He later received a PhD in Economics from Indiana University in 1986.

Jadhav served in the Reserve Bank of India for 31 years, taking voluntary retirement in October 2008, from the position of Principal Adviser and Chief Economist (in the rank of Executive Director). In the RBI, he steered a team of 120 career economists and played a significant role in macroeconomic policy-making in India especially after the macroeconomic crisis in 1991. He worked for four and half years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), first as Adviser to Executive Director for India and briefly as a Consultant to the Independent Evaluation office of the IMF.

He worked as Chief Economic Counsellor for Afghanistan (2006) and earlier, also as an Advisor to the Government of Ethiopia (1988). He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pune from 24 August 2006 to 15 June 2009. In 2008, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra appointed him as the Chairman of a One Man High Powered Committee in the context of 'Farmers' Suicides'. He was appointed to the Planning Commission by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the second UPA government.

In April 2016, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the President of India.

A writer with 100 research papers, 14 books on economic and social issues including four in Marathi to his credit. His latest contributions are two books in Marathi on Rabindranath Tagore – one is an anthology of Gurudev's poems translated into Marathi and the other one (being released) is on Gurudev's life and times. Jadhav's writings include:

• Dr. Ambedkar : An Intellectual Biography (2013)
• Ambedkar Writes (editor, two volumes, 2013)
• Pradnya Mahamanavachi (2013)
• Lasavi (editor)
• Dr. Ambedkar Speaks (editor, three volumes, 2013)
• Bol Mahamanavache
• Ravindranath Tagore : Yug Nirmata Vishvamanav (2011)
• Ravindranath Tagore : Samagra Sahitya Darshan (2011)
• Bhayshoonya Chitta Jeth ... Ravindranathanchya Pratinidhik Kavita 151 (2010)
• Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India (2005)
• Monetary Policy, Financial Stability and Central Banking in India, (2005)
• Re-emerging India: A Global Perspective (2005)
• Outcaste – A Memoir, Life and Triumphs of an Untouchable Family In India (2003), winner of the Sahitya Academy Award for the Hindi version
• Governors Speak (editor, 1997)
• Challenges to Indian Banking: Competition, Globalization and Financial Markets (editor, 1996), winner of All-India Publishers' Association Award
• Monetary Economics for India (1994), winner of All-India Publishers' Association Award
• Amcha Baap Aan Amhi (1993)
• Our Father and Us (2009)
• Dr. Ambedkar : Economic Thought and Philosophy (1992)
• Dr. Ambedkar: Aarthik Vichar Aani Tatvadnyan (1992), winner of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad Award and Asmita Darsha Award
• Macroeconomic Investment Management in LDCs: A Social Cost-Benefit Approach (1986)