Current Position
June 2009
Member
Planning Commission, Government of India.
Positions / Experience Held
August 2006 – June 2009
Vice Chancellor
University of Pune
Dr. Narendra Jadhav was the Vice Chancellor of the
University of Pune, which is a premier institution of higher
education in India and the largest traditional University in the
world with 6,50,000 students, 536 affiliated Graduate Colleges
and 330 Recognized Institutes.
February 2006 to August 2006
Chief Economic Counselor, Da Afghanistan bank
September 2004 to February
2006
Principal Adviser and Chief Economist of the Reserve Bank of
India (in the rank of Executive Director).
August 2003 to September 2004
Principal Adviser, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy (DEAP),
Reserve Bank of India.
December 1996-December 1997
and March 2002-July 2003
Officer-in-Charge, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy (DEAP),
Reserve Bank of India.
In the above-mentioned roles steered a team of about 120 economists to thrive to reach the highest professional standards in terms of economic analysis and communication so as to serve as the economic think-tank of the Reserve Bank of India. In this capacity also played the role of lead author and principal editor for most of the Reserve Bank’s economic publications. In addition, acted as the chief economic advisers to the highest level executives of the Reserve Bank, served in various capacities in the official committees set up by the Government, the Reserve Bank and other official organizations, represented the country in international meetings and conferences on economic and financial issues and acted as the key spokesperson in the interaction with the international agencies and market players with the objective of dissemination of information and the Reserve Bank of India’s official viewpoints on important economic issues.