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Ruchir Agarwal

Ruchir Agarwal is President and Co-Founder of the Global Talent Fund, which identifies and nurtures exceptional STEM talent worldwide and advances the field of Talent Economics. He is an M-RCBG Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

He previously spent over a decade at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), working across emerging markets, advanced economies, and global policy. As Head of the IMF Global Health & Pandemic Response Task Force, he created and implemented the $50 billion IMF Pandemic Plan.

He was Director of the Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies at Columbia University, Senior Advisor to the G20 Finance–Health Task Force, and Executive Fellow at Yale SOM, and has advised the IMF, World Bank, WHO, and UNDP.

He also co-founded the Deep Past Initiative, which uses AI and modern technology to accelerate the study of ancient societies and languages. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

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Twitter:  @RuchirAgar

For inquiries, please email contact@agarwal.org. Due to limited capacity, I may not be able to respond to all messages. I am not active on LinkedIn, Facebook, or other social media platforms.