Raghuram Rajan is the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Dr. Rajan is also currently an economic advisor to the Prime Minister of India. Prior to resuming teaching in 2007, Dr. Rajan was the Economic Counselor and Director of Research (in plain English, the Chief Economist) at the International Monetary Fund.

Rajan received a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1985, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management in 1987, and a Ph.D. in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991.