Rajan was youngest ever Chief Economist at IMF
In September 2003, Raghuram Rajan became the only Indian and the youngest person ever to be appointed as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund at 40 years of age. Rajan, son of an IPS officer, did his graduation from IIT Delhi and masters from IIM Ahmedabad before receiving his PhD from MIT Sloan School of Management in 1991. 