Ramesh Chand
CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board, Voting Member
Prof. Ramesh Chand is a reputed agri-food economist and policy expert and strategic thinker with more than four decades of experience in academic research and policy formulation. He was a member of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, the apex think-tank of Government of India, from 2015 to 2026 and served as Chairman of the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. With effect from 1 June 2026, he has joined Indian Council for Research in International Economic Relations (ICRIER) as Distinguished Professor, working in the theme area of Agricultural Policy, Sustainability and Innovation. ICRIER India's most well-known policy research think tank in the areas of Agriculture, Climate Change, Digital Economy, Economic Growth, Jobs and Gender, Trade, Industry and Investment.
He is also a member of the Policy Advisory Council (PAC) of the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). In the past, he was a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of Government of India, a member of Board of Trustees of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico and a member of Global Future Council on the Future of Food Security and Agriculture, World Economic Forum from 2016 to 2018.
Prof. Chand has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India. He has been actively involved in policy research and formulation in the areas of agriculture and allied sectors, food security, nutrition, science policy, impact analysis, food systems and has worked in senior academic positions at National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, Institute of Economic Growth and Punjab Agricultural University. He was a visiting professor at University of Wollongong, NSW Australia and at Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba Shi, Japan. He has also been a consultant with international organizations such as FAO, UNDP, ESCAP, UNCTAD, Commonwealth and World Bank.
Prof. Chand has authored seven books and published more than 100 research papers in reputed national and international journals in the areas of agriculture growth and development, demand and supply, food policy, farmers' issues, agricultural markets and trade. In recognition of his contributions, Prof. Ramesh Chand has received several national and international awards.
