 Reuben Abraham is a Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions (CEMS). He was honoured as a Young Global Leader for 2009 by the World Economic Forum. He serves on the global Board of Directors of the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), which aims to catalyse growth in emerging markets. Under the aegis of SEDF, he has helped set up a unique India-focussed SME early stage fund with Google and Omidyar Network as co-investors, for which he is a senior adviser. He serves as an adviser to several companies, including several start-ups. A TED Global Fellow in 2007, he now serves on the TED Fellows selection committee, and is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Before the ISB, Professor Abraham finished his M A, MPhil and PhD from from Columbia University. For his doctoral research, he looked at the relationship between telecommunications (especially mobile telephony) and economic development. During his time at Columbia, he was an Associate Fellow in Global Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of the Public Policy Consortium and a Sloan Foundation/CITI Telecommunications Fellow. He also served as a consultant at the World Bank and conducted research at three Columbia University research labs. Before Columbia, he was involved in co-founding two start-up companies in the media/telecom space.
Professor Abraham is a audio/cine-phile, and his current interests include world music with a bias towards electronica and international cinema. A voracious reader, he also happens to believe that there is no such thing as too much travel. Professor Abraham blogs at Zoo Station and the Indian Economy Blog.
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