UN names Jayati Ghosh to high-level advisory board on economic, social affairs PTI New York | Updated on January 25, 2021 Jayati Ghosh× Ghosh is one among 20 20 “prominent personalities, globally renowned for their intellectual leadership in economic and social fields, will form the second UN High-level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs.” Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh is among 20 prominent personalities appointed by the United Nations to a high-level advisory board that will provide recommendations for the UN Secretary-General to respond to the current and future socio-economic challenges in the post-Covid-19 world. Ghosh, 65, is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University for nearly 35 years and has authored several books.