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Just a mercenary : notes from my life and career /
Subbarao, Duvvuri
Just a mercenary : notes from my life and career / Duvvuri Subbarao. - xvi, 435 pages
Author's Note -
Career Trajectory -
1. My Life, My Career -
2. Make Your Bed Every Morning -
3. Whatever the Assistant Collector Pleases -
4. Chasing the Monsoon -
5. A CIA Agent? -
6. Make Haste Slowly -
7. Racing to the Bottom -
8. Why Me? -
9. Capital Heights -
10. If Something Cannot Go on Forever, It Will Stop -
11. Shun Beauty Contests -
12. 'Subbarao Is Too Quiet' -
13. North Block Ruminations -
14. Baptism by Fire -
15. May You Live in Interesting Times -
16. It's Expensive to Be Poor -
17. Pursuing My Bucket List -
18. Letter to My Mother -
Snippets/Op-Eds -
• Where Do You Draw the Line on Probity? -
• Azharuddin -
• Has the IAS Failed the Nation? -
• Jyoti Basu to the Rescue of Our Federalism -
• Should We Be Sinning against Our Children? -
• States Grievances against the Centre on Resource Transfers -
• Why Farmers Won, People Lost -
• Winning a Lottery in Fiji.
At the start of his career as sub-collector of Parvathipuram sub-division in north-coastal Andhra Pradesh way back in 1974, Subbarao learnt—the hard way—that tribal development requires more than enthusiasm; it requires, most of all, an understanding of poverty.
Nearly forty years later, in 2013, as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India in the midst of a fierce exchange rate crisis, Subbarao learnt—once again the hard way—the harsh challenges of emerging economies in an unequal world.
Bookended by these assignments is the remarkable journey of a small-town boy from a modest background to the top echelons of India’s civil service and then on to the helm of the country’s central bank. Subbarao recounts that journey—his hopes and despair, his successes and setbacks, his mistakes and misdeeds, and the lessons he learnt along the way—with rare candour and honesty. The subtext of that story though is his constant soul searching about whether he has given back to society more than he received.
Just a Mercenary? is a warm, engaging and earnest account of an extraordinary career that is bound to inform and inspire young professionals trying to find their way up their career ladders and discover meaning in their journeys.
9780143467298 (Hbk)
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2024357505
History and Geography
Biography, genealogy, insignia
People in social sciences
Governor of Reserve Bank of India
Secretary of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
923.5
Just a mercenary : notes from my life and career / Duvvuri Subbarao. - xvi, 435 pages
Author's Note -
Career Trajectory -
1. My Life, My Career -
2. Make Your Bed Every Morning -
3. Whatever the Assistant Collector Pleases -
4. Chasing the Monsoon -
5. A CIA Agent? -
6. Make Haste Slowly -
7. Racing to the Bottom -
8. Why Me? -
9. Capital Heights -
10. If Something Cannot Go on Forever, It Will Stop -
11. Shun Beauty Contests -
12. 'Subbarao Is Too Quiet' -
13. North Block Ruminations -
14. Baptism by Fire -
15. May You Live in Interesting Times -
16. It's Expensive to Be Poor -
17. Pursuing My Bucket List -
18. Letter to My Mother -
Snippets/Op-Eds -
• Where Do You Draw the Line on Probity? -
• Azharuddin -
• Has the IAS Failed the Nation? -
• Jyoti Basu to the Rescue of Our Federalism -
• Should We Be Sinning against Our Children? -
• States Grievances against the Centre on Resource Transfers -
• Why Farmers Won, People Lost -
• Winning a Lottery in Fiji.
At the start of his career as sub-collector of Parvathipuram sub-division in north-coastal Andhra Pradesh way back in 1974, Subbarao learnt—the hard way—that tribal development requires more than enthusiasm; it requires, most of all, an understanding of poverty.
Nearly forty years later, in 2013, as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India in the midst of a fierce exchange rate crisis, Subbarao learnt—once again the hard way—the harsh challenges of emerging economies in an unequal world.
Bookended by these assignments is the remarkable journey of a small-town boy from a modest background to the top echelons of India’s civil service and then on to the helm of the country’s central bank. Subbarao recounts that journey—his hopes and despair, his successes and setbacks, his mistakes and misdeeds, and the lessons he learnt along the way—with rare candour and honesty. The subtext of that story though is his constant soul searching about whether he has given back to society more than he received.
Just a Mercenary? is a warm, engaging and earnest account of an extraordinary career that is bound to inform and inspire young professionals trying to find their way up their career ladders and discover meaning in their journeys.
9780143467298 (Hbk)
Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office
2024357505
History and Geography
Biography, genealogy, insignia
People in social sciences
Governor of Reserve Bank of India
Secretary of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
923.5
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