Pearson Indian Economy By Gaurav Agarwal For UPSC And State Public Services Examination Original Book English Medium

About the Author

Gaurav Agrawal is the IAS Rank 1 of Civil Services 2013 exam and is currently serving in Rajasthan. His current posting is as Director of School Education and before this he has held posts of District Collector, Commissioner in urban development authorities and Chief Executive in rural development at district level. Apart from being the overall exam topper, he was also the Economics Optional topper in the exam. In his first attempt, he secured Rank 244 and joined the IPS before writing the exam again. Prior to this, he worked as a credit derivatives trader at the Asia Pacific trading desk of Citigroup in Hong Kong, between 2008 to 2011. He used to closely follow macroeconomy and government policies while working there which helped him develop his core understanding in the subject. Before joining Citi, he did MBA from IIM Lucknow in Finance, where he was the gold medalist. His CAT percentile was 99.8. Before IIM, he graduated from IIT Kanpur in Computer Science and Engineering and secured an all-India rank of 45 in the IIT JEE exam in 2001 to reach there. Over the years, Gaurav has developed a keen interest and expertise in economics and is looking forward to sharing it.