Prof. Gowda is a former Member of Parliament, who has also been Chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Director, Reserve Bank of India. He has a PhD in Public Policy and Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and was a John M.
Olin Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. With a career in academia and policymaking spanning over three decades in India and the USA, he is an influential intellectual voice in economics and public policy.