Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Tamil: ஜோமோ குவாமே சுந்தரம், romanized: Jōmō Kuvāmē Cuntaram) (born 11 December 1952) is a Malaysian economist who currently serves as research advisor at the Khazanah Research Institute, a visiting fellow at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, and an adjunct professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

Jomo's early education began at Westlands Primary School (1959–1963), Penang Free School (1964–1966), and the Royal Military College (1967–1970). In 1970, he was listed as a delegate for Malaysia at the World Youth Forum.

Jomo graduated cum laude in economics from Yale University and obtained a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard University in 1974. He completed his PhD at Harvard in 1977, after which he returned to Malaysia to teach at the Science University of Malaysia (USM).

In mid-1982, Jomo joined the University of Malaya, where he served as a faculty member until 2004. His academic career also included appointments as a visiting professor and fellow at Cambridge University (1987–88, 1991–92) under the British Academy program, a Fulbright Visiting Professor position at Cornell University (1993), and a senior research fellow role at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore (2004).