About us

Dr. H. K. Pradhan is an Independent Director of CCIL since August 2021. 

Dr. H. K. Pradhan has more than 35 years of experience as a Professor of Finance / Economics with reputed institutes namely XLRI, Jamshedpur, IFMR Chennai and NIBM, Pune. He has served as a member of the RBI Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on Financial Markets and is currently the Chairman of the Governing Council of Institute of Chartered Economists. He also worked as the Pacific Regional Advisor for the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, while serving concurrently as the Resident Debt Advisor with the Ministry of Finance, Government of Fiji Islands, during 2005–2007. He was involved in advising government debt management programs in Commonwealth developing countries, acted as expert for the United Nations Economic Commission for the Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), and acted as an expert for the Commonwealth Secretariat, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Crown Agent (London).

He possesses a Master’s degree in Arts (Economics) from Utkal University, M. Phil and PhD from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He also holds Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow from Columbia University.