PANAJI: Born and raised in the US, Deepa Dhume Datta would visit Goa every three years as a child, to spend time with family. This week, Deepa returned to Goa, not only as a daughter of the land, but as an economist representing the US Federal Reserve board, for the G20 meetings.
Deepa currently serves as the chief of the advanced foreign economies section at the division of international finance of the central bank of the US. Though her parents moved to the US in the 1970s, where Deepa was born and raised along with her sister, she never lost touch with her roots, including continuing to speak Konkani.
She has a PhD in economics from Harvard and is researching energy markets. “Because we visited Goa every three years from 1988 to 2008, I was able to clearly observe the trade liberalisation and economic development taking place between each of our visits,” said Deepa.
Deepa currently serves as the chief of the advanced foreign economies section at the division of international finance of the central bank of the US. Though her parents moved to the US in the 1970s, where Deepa was born and raised along with her sister, she never lost touch with her roots, including continuing to speak Konkani.
She has a PhD in economics from Harvard and is researching energy markets. “Because we visited Goa every three years from 1988 to 2008, I was able to clearly observe the trade liberalisation and economic development taking place between each of our visits,” said Deepa.