Dr. Siddharth Tiwari of India appointed as Secretary of IMF

Indian Economist Dr. Siddharth Tiwari has been named as the “Secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)” by its Managing Director Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn.Dr. Tiwari is at present the ‘Director of the Office of Budget & Planning- IMF’. Mr. Shailendra Anjaria had been the Secretary of IMF and he retired from IMF earlier this year.As the the Secretary of IMF Mr. Tiwari will play a role which involves active work with the International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board and its daily interactions with Management and staff.Dr.Tiwari, with more than 20-years career at the IMF, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the “London School of Economics”, and a “Doctorate in economics” from the University of Chicago.

It is a pride to India, that a young Indian has been appointed to a key post in the “International Monetary Fund”.