| Bharat Ramamurti | |
| Office: | Deputy Director of the National Economic Council |
| Term Start: | January 20, 2021 |
| Term End: | August 2023 |
| President: | Joe Biden |
| Predecessor: | Andrew Olmem |
| Successor: | Jon Donenberg |
| Office1: | Member of the COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission |
| Term Start1: | April 17, 2020 |
| Term End1: | January 20, 2021 |
| Appointed1: | Chuck Schumer |
| Predecessor1: | Office established |
| Successor1: | Office disestablished |
| Birth Place: | Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | Harvard University (AB) Yale University (JD) |
Bharat Ramamurti is an American attorney and political advisor who served as the deputy director of the National Economic Council for manufacturing, innovation and domestic competitiveness from 2021 to 2023.[1] He previously served as a member of the COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission, a congressional oversight body tasked with overseeing the Department of the Treasury's and the Federal Reserve Board's management of stimulus and loan programs mandated by the CARES Act.[2]
Ramamurti graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, MA in 1999. He then earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. His father Ravi Ramamurti did his doctorate at Harvard, and so did Bharat's twin siblings Gita and Arjun Ramamurti, according to Harvard Magazine.[3]
After graduating from law school, Ramamurti worked as an intern in the legal department of the Boston Red Sox. He also worked as a litigator at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.[4]
A longtime United States Senate staffer, Ramamurti worked as senior counsel for banking and economic policy in the Senate office of Elizabeth Warren from 2013 to 2019. He then served as economic policy director on the Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign.[5] In 2017, Ramamurti was mentioned as a possible appointee to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[6] [7]
On April 17, 2020, it was announced that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had appointed Ramamurti to serve on the newly created COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission. The Commission will have five members, one each appointed by the House Speaker, House Minority Leader, Senate Majority Leader, and Senate Minority Leader.[8] [9] After Ramamurti was nominated to serve on the Committee, he authored an op-ed in The New York Times about the panel's role in the oversight of the President's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.[10] He served in the role until December 2020.[11]
Ramamurti left the Biden administration in August 2023.[12]
Ramamurti's parents came to the United States from the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu.[3] Ramamurti is married to Paige Ammons, an attorney and consultant at TIME'S UP.[13] Ramamurti and Ammons have three children and live in Washington, DC.