Ajit Ranade ( born 1961) is an economist, political science analyst, and reporter[1] based out of Mumbai, India.
[6] He is the chief economist of the Aditya Birla Group,[7] an Indian multinational conglomerate.
[12] He is a member of the National Executive Committee of FICCI and Economic Policy Council of CII.
[13] He is columnist with Mumbai Mirror[14] He also writes at FirstPost, Business Standard, IBNLive, The Economics Times.
[21] He is a co founder and trustee of Association for Democratic Reforms which is an Indian civil society group vying for transparency in the politics of India.