Jairam Ramesh
Minister of Commerce — Indian Parliament
Jairam Ramesh is a Congress Member of the Indian Parliament. He has been a member of several committees of Parliament and of the National Advisory Council. He helped put together the National Common Minimum Program of the United Progressive Alliance that came to power in May 2004.
Mr. Ramesh has held numerous government and political posts, serving in the Planning Commission, Ministry of Industry and other economic departments of the Central government. He was a key player on the team that formulated and implemented India's economic reforms in 1991 and 1997, and was a founding member of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. He is the author of Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India.