New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- The central government has extended the tenure of Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran by two years through March 31, 2027.

The office order on the tenure extension was issued dated February 20 (Thursday)

The government had appointed V Anantha Nageswaran as the Chief Economic Advisor and he had assumed charge on January 28, 2022.

Before this appointment, Nageswaran has worked as a writer, author, teacher and consultant.

He has taught at several business schools and institutes of management in India and in Singapore and has published extensively.

He was the Dean of the IFMR Graduate School of Business and a distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics at Krea University.

He has also been a part-time memb...