Dr. Sitikantha Pattanaik is Chief Economist, NABARD, and former Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India. In a career spanning over three decades, he has contributed immensely in the areas of Monetary Policy and Economic and Policy Research.

He has published widely in the domains of inflation dynamics, monetary policy, growth and inequality, international finance and financial markets. He was worked with the Central Bank of Oman for over five years.

Dr. Pattanaik, a RBI Golden Jubilee Scholar, has a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Mumbai; an M.Phil in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University; a Master’s in International Finance from University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; and an MA in Economics from Utkal University, Odisha.