Dr Jagdish Shettigar

Dr Jagdish Shettigar is a reputed economist with a doctoral degree in Economics from IIT-Delhi. His professional exposure ranges from academic, research, apex chambers of commerce & industry, and corporate governance. Recently retired as a Professor in Economics at Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida. He served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council under the Vajpayee government. [1999-2004]. Dr Shettigar was also a member of the National Security Advisory Board [2000-02] , and contributed inputs relating to economic security. He was a member of the Government-Industry Task Force [2009-15]. He was an Independent Director on the boards of MTNL, IREDA, and New Mangalore Port Trust. Dr Shettigar was a member of the Board of Governors, IIT-Madras. He has been articulating his views on current economic issues through articles, interviews and TV debates. His views are covered by almost all National channels in English [including BBC, China TV] & Hindi, and a few regional channels. He had a weekly column on “The Mint” from 2020 to 2023. The book on “Resurgent India, The Economics of Atmanirbhar Bharat” was published by the Oxford University Press, and circulated in the US, UK, and Australia besides India & online portals.

1. Guided a research project on ” Impact of Fiscal Deficit on Interest Rate, Investment and Corporate Profits”, wherein we examined how the fiscal deficit of the government ultimately affects the private sector’s access to credit support, interest payments, and financial performance.

2. Guided a research project on ” Impact of Fluctuations in Rate of Exchange on External Commercial Borrowings”. As many companies get attracted to the external commercial borrowings because of lower interest rates as compared to the domestic banking sector, we examined how often they end up with higher debt servicing as compared to the original estimate due to depreciation of the rupee.

3. Guided a research project on ” Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Measures on Investment and Industrial Growth”. Through this project, we observed in what situations the RBI’s ‘Inflation-targeting’ approach fails to contain inflation and the reasons.

4. As a part of the Social-auditing team on behalf of FICCI, we assessed corporate social responsibility projects adopted by a few leading companies like Tata Motors, Suzlon, and Jindal Steel.