Dr. Charan Singh is Visiting Faculty in the Economics & Social Sciences area of IIM Bangalore. His research and teaching areas include Monetary, Fiscal, Debt Management, International Reserves, Financial Markets, Banking, and Infrastructure. Prior to joining IIMB, he served as Senior Economist at the IEO of IMF from 2009-2012. He was Director (Departments: Research; Debt Management) at the RBI from 1997-2009 where he had joined in 1984 as a Research Officer in the Economic Policy Department. Earlier, he was Management Trainee with Punjab National Bank.