# Prof. Arun Sundararajan on Raghuram Rajan's appointment to the Reserve Bank of India

1 Faculty News April 3, 2014 ![CNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_034412.gif?itok=MRidxYS3)>

Excerpt from [CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101544075) -- "'He is one the world's top academic economists,' said [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), an economist at New York University's Stern School of Business and an expert on India. 'In my view, there's a lot of optimism in putting him in charge because it means we will start getting world-class thinking on fiscal and monetary policy.'"

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