Prem Shankar Jha (born 22 December 1938) is an Indian economist, journalist and writer. He has served in the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and as the information advisor to the Prime Minister of India. As a journalist, he held editorial positions at ''Hindustan Times'', ''The Times of India'', ''The Economic Times'' and ''The Financial Express''. He is currently the managing editor of ''Financial World'', the business daily from Tehelka and a senior journalist. Jha is the author of a dozen books including ''Kashmir 1947: Rival Versions of History'' and ''Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger: Can China and India Dominate the West?''. He is also the patron of ''Muslim Mirror''.
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