Gita Gopinath

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Gita Gopinath

The Times of India

1st Indian woman full professor at Harvard

Chicago: Gita Gopinath, an Indian-origin associate professor at Harvard University’s Department of Economics, has been appointed a full professor, the first Indian woman in the institution’s history to be given this appointment.

Gopinath’s position as a tenured full professor of Economics at Harvard begins on July 1. University president Drew G Faust confirmed tenure for Gopinath last month, making her only the third woman to be a tenured full professor in the department. “I am delighted at the appointment. This is a great recognition for me,” Gopinath, who has been working in the area of international macroeconomics and finance, said over phone.

The economics department had voted at an executive committee meeting in February to nominate Gopinath, who had been working as an associate professor in the department, for tenure, which is a status indicating that the position is permanent and life-long.

The university’s newspaper Harvard Crimson quoted Chairman of Harvard’s Economics department Professor John Campbell as saying that “Gopinath is really becoming a professional leader in terms of training economists” given her ability to move between theory and data analysis, and her strong skills as a teacher. PTI