Deepak Mishra

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Deepak Mishra is a lead economist at the World Bank and the Co-director for the World Development Report 2026 on Internet and Development. He was former Director and Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). A leading expert on digital transformation, jobs, and economic growth, he previously served as Practice Manager for the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific region and co-directed the World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends.

Mishra is an active voice in policy debates and has served on high-level committees of the Ministry of Finance, NITI Aayog, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and during India’s G20 Presidency. He also leads the ICRIER Prosus Centre for Digital Economy and the ICRIER Vodafone Centre for Telecom.

He holds an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. His research has been published in leading academic journals.

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