Emerging Economies: Food and Energy Security and Technology and Innovation

Parthasarathi Shome is Adviser at the level of Minister of State to the Finance Minister, Government of India. He was Chief Economist at Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), UK, Chief of Tax Policy at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Director of National Institute of Public Finance Policy (NIPFP) and Indian Council of Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi. He chaired India’s Ninth and Tenth Five-Year Plan Task Forces on Tax Policy and Administration. He has provided technical assistance in taxation to over thirty countries.