RBI Governors
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- It was set up in 1935 by virtue of the RBI Act, 1934.
- It was setup as a Private bank but was Nationalized on 1st Jan, 1949.
- Banking Regulation Act was also passed in 1949.
- RBI acts as government’s bank for both Centre and State Government. It performs several developmental and promotional functions and implements India’s Monetary Policy.
RBI is Government’s Bank.
RBI is Bankers Bank.
The Governor of RBI is the chief executive officer of India’s central bank and the ex-officio chair of its Central Board of Directors.
RBI
Governor Hierarchy
| Name | Office Tenure | |
| 1 | Sir Osborne Arkell Smith
|
01-04-1935 − 30-06-1937 |
| 2 | Sir James Braid Taylor | 01-07-1937 − 17-02-1943 |
| 3 | Sir C. D. Deshmukh | 11-08-1943 − 30-06-1949 |
| 4 | Sir Benegal Rama Rau | 01-07-1949 − 14-01-1957 |
| 5 | K. G. Ambegaonkar | 14-01-1957 − 28-02-1957 |
| 6 | H. V. R. Iyengar | 01-03-1957 − 28-02-1962 |
| 7 | P. C. Bhattacharya | 01-03-1962 − 30-06-1967 |
| 8 | L. K. Jha | 01-07-1967 − 03-05-1970 |
| 9 | B. N. Adarkar | 04-05-1970 − 15-07-1970 |
| 10 | S. Jagannathan | 16-07-1970 − 19-05-1975 |
| 11 | N. C. Sen Gupta | 19-05-1975 − 19-08-1975 |
| 12 | K. R. Puri | 20-08-1975 − 02-05-1977 |
| 13 | M. Narasimham | 03-05-1977 − 30-11-1977 |
| 14 | Dr. I. G. Patel | 01-12-1977 − 15-09-1982 |
| 15 | Dr. Manmohan Singh
|
16-09-1982 − 14-01-1985 |
| 16 | A. Ghosh | 15-01-1985 − 04-02-1985 |
| 17 | R N Malhotra | 04-02-1985 − 22-12-1990 |
| 18 | S. Venkitaramanan | 22-12-1990 − 21-12-1992 |
| 19 | C. Rangarajan
|
22-12-1992 − 21-11-1997 |
| 20 | Dr. Bimal Jalan
|
22-11-1997 − 06-09-2003 |
| 21 | Dr. Y V Reddy | 06-09-2003 − 05-09-2008 |
| 22 | D. Subbarao | 05-09-2008 − 04-09-2013 |
| 23 | Raghuram Rajan
|
05-09-2013 − 04-09-2016 |
| 24 | Urjit R. Patel | 05-09-2016 − 11 December 2018 |
25 Shaktikanta Das 12 December 2018 -Incumbent
