"Trade frictions, even symbolic ones, are obviously bad for business."

Pravin Krishna is the Chung Ju Yung Distinguished Professor of International Economics and Business at Johns Hopkins University. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and is also a regular host on the podcast Transforming India.

Pravin is a prominent supporter of Narendra Modi’s liberalisation of India, although has recently cited concerns that Modi’s government might be backsliding into protectionism.
His main areas of research interest are international economics and economic development, and his research has been published in countless journals.

"Professor Krishan has made fundamental contributions in the areas of trade theory and policy." India Today