Dr. Ranjit K Pattnaik is a former central banker and a faculty member at SPJIMR. He is among the first team of writers to support The Blilion Press, having been recommended by the late Savak Tarapore, who acknowledged him as an expert on the fisc and a host of other issues related to the working of the Reserve Bank of India. As such. Dr. Pattnaik has been the de facto honorary Economic Adviser to The Billion Press.