Ashwani Mahajan
National Co-Convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch
Dr. Ashwani Mahajan is an author, columnist, National Co-Convener of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Associate Professor at PGDAV College, University of Delhi. He teaches at the Department of Economics located at PGDAV College. His publications include Datt & Sundharam Indian Economy (12 editions from 61st to 72nd edition, co-author), Datt & Sundharam Bhartiya Arthvyavastha (Hindi) (6 editions from 50th to 55th editions, co-author). These books are widely read pan India by students, teachers, researchers, policy makers & civil services aspirants and are included in the curriculum of almost all universities in India. He has many more publications including Econometrics, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, and Encyclopaedia of World Economic Crisis 2 Volumes. Dr. Mahajan has published more than 400 articles in various national dailies & periodicals including Deccan Herald, The Statesman, Pioneer, The Excelsior, The Economic Times, Business Today, Organiser, Dainik Jagran (Hindi), Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi), Amar Ujala (Hindi), Hindustan (Hindi). He has also published a number of research articles in reputed journals like Mainstream and others.
As National Co-Convener of Swadeshi Jagran Manch he has been instrumental in getting changes in economic policies, by virtue of his in depth study of economic issues faced by the nation. His successful policy interventions include withdrawal of controversial ordinance on land acquisition, getting field trials of GM crops policy revisited, FDI policy of the government especially retail trade, e-commerce etc. He has been guiding the government on the matters of public policy and also the Foreign Trade Policy. As a researcher and activist on World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international trade agreements, he has attended four ministerial conferences of WTO held at Geneva, Bali, Nairobi and Buenos Aires, as representative of Swadeshi Jagran Foundation, which is an accredited NGO with WTO.
Dr. Mahajan is an economist of repute and his opinion is sought by different TV channels on current economic issues and is a known face as a commentator on economic issues. He frequently appears on different channels including DD News, Zee Business, DD Kisan, ABP News, CNBC, News X etc. Different anchors have interviewed him exclusively, including Karan Thapar. Different newspapers and periodicals, which include Statesman, Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle, India Today, Outlook, Rediff and many others have published exclusive interviews with him, which are available on web.