Indermit Gill is an Indian economist who has worked on economic growth, poverty, institutions, conflict, and climate change. He is the World Bank Group's Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and also their Senior Vice President for Development Economics. He has previously worked at Duke University, the Brookings Institution, Georgetown University and the University of Chicago. His Ph.D. was awarded by the University of Chicago. He completed his B.A. Hons in economics from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, in 1981, and an M.A.in economics from Delhi School of Economics in 1983.