List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India
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- Sir Osborne SmithOsborne SmithSir Osborne Arkell Smith, KCSI, KCIE, Kt was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937....
(1935 – 1937) - Sir James TaylorJames Braid TaylorSir James Braid Taylor, KCIE, Kt was the second Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1937 until he died in office on 17 February 1943. He succeeded Sir Osborne Smith who was the Governor from 1 April 1935 to 30 June 1937...
(1937 – 1943) - Sir C. D. DeshmukhC. D. DeshmukhSir Chintāman Dwārakānāth Deshmukh, CIE , better known as C. D. Deshmukh, was the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities...
(1943 – 1949) - Sir Benegal Rama RauBenegal Rama RauSir Benegal Rama Rau CIE was the fourth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1949 to 14 January 1957. He was educated at Presidency College, Madras, and at Kings College, Cambridge. He was knighted in 1936. He was a member of the Indian Civil Service...
(1949 – 1957) - K. G. AmbegaonkarK. G. AmbegaonkarK. G. Ambegaokar was the fifth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 14 January 1957 to 28 February 1957. He was a member of the Indian Civil Service, and served as Finance Secretary before his appointment as Deputy Governor of the RBI. On the resignation of B Rama Rau he took over as the...
(1957) - H. V. R. IyengarH. V. R. IyengarH. V. R. Iyengar was the sixth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1957 to 28 February 1962.He was a member of the Indian Civil Service, and served as the Chairman of State Bank of India, before his appointment as the Governor of the Reserve Bank.During Iyengar's tenure the Indian...
(1957 – 1962) - P. C. BhattacharyaP. C. BhattacharyaP. C. Bhattacharya was the seventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1962 to 30 June 1967. Unlike his predecessors he was a member of the Indian Audits and Accounts Service...
(1962 – 1967) - L. K. Jha (1967 – 1970)
- B. N. AdarkarB. N. AdarkarB. N. Adarkar was the ninth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 4 May 1970 to 15 June 1970. His term was the second shortest after Amitav Ghosh who had served for only 20 days. His term was short since he was filling in as interim before S...
(1970) - S. JagannathanS. JagannathanS. Jagannathan was the tenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 16 June 1970 to 19 May 1975.Jagannathan was a member of the Indian Civil Service, and had served with the Central Government. Prior to becoming the Governor of the RBI, he was India's Executive Director at the World Bank.The...
(1970 – 1975) - N. C. Sen GuptaN. C. Sen GuptaN. C. Sen Gupta was the eleventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 19 May 1975 to 19 August 1975.He was the interim governor until K R Puri took office. Prior to that, he was the secretary to the Department of Banking of the Ministry of Finance. Even though his tenure was short, his...
(1975) - K. R. PuriK. R. PuriK. R. Puri was the twelfth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 20 August 1975 to 21 May 1977. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of the Life Insurance Corporation of India prior to his appointment as Governor of the RBI....
(1975 – 1977) - M. NarasimhamM. NarasimhamM. Narasimham was the thirteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2 May 1977 to 30 November 1977RBI follows a policy of in house promotions, where all staff persons are promoted internally. The only two jobs where this is not done is for the Governor and one Deputy Governor. In...
(1977) - Dr. I. G. PatelI. G. PatelDr Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel IAS GCSI popularly known as I. G. Patel, was the fourteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 December 1977 to 15 September 1982....
(1977 – 1982) - Dr. Manmohan SinghManmohan SinghManmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian...
(1982 – 1985) - A. Ghosh (1985)
- R. N. MalhotraR. N. MalhotraR. N. Malhotra was the seventeenth governor of the Reserve Bank of India , serving from 4 February 1985 to 22 December 1990.Malhotra was a member of the Indian Administrative Service. He had served as Secretary, Finance, and as India's Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund before...
(1985 – 1990) - S. VenkitaramananS. VenkitaramananS. Venkitaramanan was the eighteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 22 December 1990 to 22 December 1992.Venkitaramanan holds a Master's degree in Physics from the University of Kerala and also a Master's Degree in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA...
(1990 – 1992) - Dr. C. Rangarajan C. RangarajanC. Rangarajan is an Indian economist and a distinguished former Member of Parliament and Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council...
(December 22, 1992 – November 10, 1997) - Dr. Bimal JalanBimal JalanBimal Jalan is a former Governor of India's Reserve Bank anda nominated member of the Upper House of India's Parliament, the Rajya Sabha during 2003-2009.- Education and career :...
(November 11, 1997 – September 5, 2003) - Dr. Y. Venugopal ReddyY. Venugopal ReddyDr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy , better known as Y.V. Reddy, is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1964 batch who served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008.In 2010, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma...
(September 6, 2003 – September 5, 2008) - Dr. D. SubbaraoDuvvuri SubbaraoDuvvuri Subbarao is an Indian economist, central banker, and civil servant. He is the 22nd and current Governor of Reserve Bank of India, serving under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
(September 6, 2008 - Till Date)