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Gopinath has hit several major milestones in her career that have brought India and Indian women to the centre stage.
She was the first woman globally to occupy the top economist post at IMF, and the second Indian to hold this position after Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
During her tenure, she led the IMF team, which produced the closely-watched quarterly World Economic Outlook, which provides analysis and forecasts of economic developments and policies of its member countries.
The previous managing director of IMF, Christine Lagarde, described Gopinath as one of the ‘world’s outstanding’ economists with impeccable academic credentials.
“She is phenomenal, not just in her leadership of the IMF but as a role model for women around the world,” Lagarde said during Gopinath's appointment as Chief Economist in 2018.