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Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal

Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal, the Executive Director of J-PAL which stands for The Abdul LatifJameel Poverty Action Lab was born in Bangalore. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics in 1994 and also emerged the best in the whole college at the time for which he received a gold medal. He went on the bag his Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from Princeton’s University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Dhaliwal, before joining J-PAL in 2009 has held several administrative positions enabling him to display his economic prowess. He was once a director in economic analysis practice of a consulting firm in Boston and the Deputy Secretary in a state government as a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

He is also the recipient of the Director’s Gold Medal for coming top in the Civil Service selection and training conducted Nationwide at India’s National Academy of Administration. Not resting on his oars, he also received the Dean’s Fellowship at Princeton University.