Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia Bio

2015/02/25
Dr. IsherJudgeAhluwalia Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia is Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), where she is also leading a research programme on urbanisation in India. She was Chairperson of the High Powered Expert Committee on Urban Infrastructure and Services. She was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2009.
She is on the Board of Governors of International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and was Chairperson, Board of Trustees of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C. She was a member of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of Asian Development Bank. She has written

numerous books, the latest being “Transforming Our Cities: Postcards of Change”, and a co-edited volume titled “Urbanisation in India: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward”. She holds Ph.D. in economics from MIT.