Arun Shourie (born 2 November 1941) is an Indian journalist, author and politician. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank, a consultant to the Planning Commission of India, editor of the Indian Express and The Times of India and a minister in the government of India (1998–2004). He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982 and the Padma Bhushan in 1990.He is currently Chairman, Board of Governors of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Arun Shourie was born in Jalandar, India, on 2 November 1941.He studied at Modern School, Barakhamba[citation needed] and St. Stephen’s in Delhi.He obtained his doctorate in Economics from Syracuse University in the United States and worked for the World Bank from 1967 to 1978. Simultaneously, between 1972–74, he was a consultant to the Indian Planning Commission and it was around this time that he began writing articles as a journalist, criticising economic policy.
(Ref:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arun_Shourie & The Financial Express)