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List of RBI Governors of India PDF:

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List of RBI Governors of India PDF

Name of Governor Tenure Term in office Background

Sir Osborne Smith April 1, 1935 – June 30, 1937 2 years, 90 days Banker

Sir James Braid 5 years, 231

July 1, 1937 – February 17, 1943 Indian Civil Service (ICS)
Taylor days

5 years, 323
Sir C.D. Deshmukh August 11, 1943 – June 30, 1949 ICS officer
days

7 years, 197
Sir Bengal Rama Rau July 1, 1949 – January 14, 1957 ICS officer
days

K.G. Ambegaonkar January 14, 1957 – February 28, 1957 45 days ICS officer

4 years, 364
H.V.R Lyengar March 1, 1957 – February 28, 1962 ICS officer
days

5 years, 121 Indian Adult and Accounts Service

P.C Bhattacharya March 1, 1962 – June 30, 1967
days officer

2 years, 306
Lakshmi Kant Jha July 1, 1967 – May 3, 1970 ICS officer
days

B.N. Adarkar May 4, 1970 – June 15, 1970 42 days Economist

4 years, 337
Sarukkai Jagannathan June 16, 1970 – May 19, 1975 ICS officer
days

N.C. Sen Gupta May 19, 1975 – August 19, 1975 92 days ICS officer

K.R. Puri August 20, 1975 – May 2, 1977 1 year, 255 days

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 M. Narasimham May 3, 1977 – November 30, 1977 211 days Career Reserve Bank of India officer

December 1, 1977 – September 15, 4 years, 288

I.G. Patel Economist
1982 days

September 16, 1982 – January 14, 2 years, 120

Manmohan Singh Economist
1985 days

Amitav Gosh January 15, 1985 – September 4, 1985 20 days Banker

5 years, 321 Indian Administrative Service (IAS)

R.N. Malhotra February 4, 1985 – December 22, 1990
days officer

December 22, 1990 – December 21,

S. Vpnldraramanan 1 year, 365 days IAS officer
1992

December 22, 1992 – November 21, 4 years, 334

C. Rangarajan Economist
1997 days

November 22, 1997 – September 6, 5 years, 288

Bimal Jalan Economist
2003 days

September 6, 2003 – September 5, 4 years, 365

Y.V. Reddy IAS officer
2008 days

September 5, 2008 – September 4, 4 years, 364

D. Subbarao IAS officer
2013 days

September 4, 2013 – September 4,

Raghuram G. Rajan 3 years Economist
2016

September 4, 2016 – December 10,

Urjit Ravindra Patel 2 years, 98 days Economist
2018

Shaktikanta Das December 12, 2018 – to Present 3 years, 76 days IAS officer

Deputy Governor of RBI:

The Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the second most senior executive officer of RBI after its
Governor. Since its establishment in1934 the RBI has had 63 deputy governors. The term of office runs for three
years and in some cases, be extended for another two years. The list of deputy governors of RBI is tabulated below.

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Name of Deputy Governor Tenure Term in Office Background

James Braid Taylor 1 April 1935 30 June 1937 2 years, 90 days Civil Servant

Sikandar Hayat Khan 1 April 1935 20 October 1935 202 days Politician

Manilal Balabhai Nanavati 21 December 1936 21 December 1941 5 years, 0 days Freedom fighter

Indian Civil Service

C. D. Deshmukh 22 December 1941 10 October 1943 1 year, 292 days
(ICS) officer

Wajahat Hussain 16 August 1943 04 December 1945 2 years, 49 days ICS officer

C.R. Trevor 16 August 1943 31 December 1949 6 years, 137 days ICS officer

M.G. Mekhri 08 July 1946 07 July 1951 4 years, 364 days ICS officer

W.T. McCallum 15 April 1946 14 July 1948 2 years, 90 days ICS officer

N. Sundaresan 01 January 1950 31 December 1954 4 years, 364 days ICS officer

Ram Nath 08 June 1951 08 July 1959 8 years, 30 days ICS officer

K. G. Ambegaonkar 01 March 1955 29 February 1960 4 years, 365 days ICS officer

Borra Venkatappaiah 01 July 1955 28 February 1962 6 years, 242 days Career Banker

M.V. Rangachari 01 March 1960 28 February 1965 4 years, 364 days Career Banker

Dattatreya Gopal Karve 01 March 1962 29 February 1964 1 year, 365 days Economist

12 November 11 November
C.S. Divekar 2 years, 364 days Econimist
1962 1965

M.R. Bhide 29 February 1964 25 January 1967 2 years, 331 days Economist

B.K. Madan 1 July 1964 31 January 1967 2 years, 214 days Economist

B. N. Adarkar 16 June 1965 03 May 1970 4 years, 321 days Economist

A. Bakshi 24 January 1967 08 September 2 years, 227 days Economist

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 1969

J.J. Anjaria 1 February 1967 28 February 1970 3 years, 27 days Economist

P.N. Damry 13 February 1967 15 March 1972 5 years, 31 days Economist

27 November 26 November
Rabindra Kishen Hazari 7 years, 364 days Economist
1969 1977

17 November 30 November
V. V. Chari 5 years, 13 days Economist
1970 1975

S.S. Shiralkar 18 December 1970 25 July 1976 5 years, 220 days Economist

R.K. Sheshadri 26 July 1973 25 July 1976 2 years, 365 days Economist

K.S. Krishnaswamy 29 December 1975 31 March 1981 5 years, 92 days Economist

P.R. Nangia 29 December 1975 15 February 1982 6 years, 48 days Economist

J.C. Luther 04 January 1977 01 June 1977 148 days Economist

Indian Administrative
M. Ramakrishnayya 04 January 1977 01 June 1977 148 days
Service officer

Amitav Ghosh 21 January 1982 20 January 1992 9 years, 364 days Career Banker

C. Rangarajan 12 February 1982 20 August 1991 9 years, 189 days Career Banker

M.V. Hate 12 March 1982 11 March 1985 2 years, 364 days Career Banker

30 September
R.K. Kaul 01 October 1983 2 years, 364 days Career Banker
1986

P.D. Ojha 29 April 1985 28 April 1990 4 years, 364 days Career Banker

P.R. Nayak 01 April 1987 31 March 1992 4 years, 365 days Career Banker

R. Janakiraman 01 April 1987 31 March 1992 4 years, 365 days Career Banker

S.S. Tarapore 30 January 1992 30 September 4 years, 244 days Career Banker

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 1996

11 November
D. R. Mehta 21 February 1995 3 years, 102 days Economist
1992

07 November
S.P. Talwar 30 June 2001 6 years, 235 days Economist
1994

30 November
R.V. Gupta 02 May 1995 2 years, 212 days Economist
1997

14 September
Y. V. Reddy 31 July 2002 5 years, 320 days Career Banker
1996

Jagdish Capoor 01 January 1997 30 June 2001 4 years, 180 days Career Banker

Vepa Kamesam 01 July 2001 23 December 2003 2 years, 175 days Career Banker

G P Muniappan 01 July 2001 31 May 2003 1 year, 334 days Career Banker

09 September
Rakesh Mohan 10 June 2009 6 years, 274 days Economist
2002

K J Udeshi 10 June 2003 12 December 2005 2 years, 185 days Career Banker

21 September
V Leeladhar 08 December 2008 4 years, 78 days Career Banker
2004

21 September
Shyamala Gopinath 08 December 2008 4 years, 78 days Career Banker
2004

10 November 09 November
Usha Thorat 4 years, 364 days Career Banker
2005 2010

Kamalesh Chandra
15 June 2009 25 April 2014 4 years, 314 days Career Banker
Chakrabarty

24 November
Subir Gokarn 31 December 2012 3 years, 37 days Economist
2009

Anand Sinha 19 January 2011 18 January 2014 2 years, 364 days Career Banker

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 Harun Rashid Khan 04 July 2011 04 July 2016 5 years, 0 days Career Banker

04 September
Urjit Patel 11 January 2013 3 years, 237 days Career Banker
2016

R Gandhi 03 April 2014 02 April 2017 3 years, 237 days Career Banker

Subhash Sheoratan Mundra 31 July 2014 30 July 2017 2 years, 364 days Career Banker

Viral Acharya 23 January 2017 23 January 2019 2 years, 0 days Career Banker

N. S. Vishwanathan 04 July 2016 31 March 2020 3 years, 271 days Career Banker

B.P. Kanungo 03 April 2017 02 April 2021 3 years, 364 days Career Banker

Mahesh Kumar Jain 22 June 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 248 days Career Banker

Michael Patra 15 January 2020 Incumbent 2 years, 41 days Career Banker

M. Rajeshwar Rao 09 October 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 139 days Career Banker

T. Rabi Sankar 03 May 2021 Incumbent 298 days Career Banker

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