Background
SENGUPTA, Arjun was born on June 10, 1937 in Calcutta. Son of J. K. Sengupta.
SENGUPTA, Arjun was born on June 10, 1937 in Calcutta. Son of J. K. Sengupta.
Presidency College, Calcutta and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Minister for Economics Affairs, High Commission, of India, London 1977-1979. Visiting Fellow, Queen Elizabeth’s House, Oxford University, England and Chr. Michelsens Institute, Bergen, Norway 1979-1981.
Special Secretary to Prime Minister 1981-1985.
Executive Director, International Monetary Fund 1985-1988, Special Adviser to Manager Director 1988-1990. Ambassador to European Economic Community, Belgium and Luxembourg since 1990.
Has taught at London School of Economics and Delhi School of Economics and has been consultant to several international organisations. Chairman International Monetary Fund-International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Group of 24, Working Group on Reform of the Institute Monetary System 1985.
Chairman Group of 24, Working Group on Role of International Monetary Fund 1986-1987.
Consultant and
Various Expert Groups of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations, Commonwealth Seer, and Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development.
Married Jayshree Sengupta in 1966.