List of RBI Governors of India | GK quiz on India
RBI Governors of India:- The Reserve Bank of India, mainly known as RBI, is India’s central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulating the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible for the issue and supply of the Indian rupee. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the chief executive officer of India’s central bank
and the ex-officio chair of its Central Board of Directors. Indian Rupee currency notes, issued by the
The Reserve Bank of India bears the governor’s signature. Since its establishment in 1935 by the government of India, the RBI has been headed by twenty-five governors.
Here is the list of RBI governors names, their term tenure, and backgrounds.
Name | Term Start | Term End | TERM LENGTH | Background |
Osborne Smith | 1 April 1935 | 30 June 1937 | 2 years, 90 days | Banker |
James Braid Taylor | 1 July 1937 | 17 February 1943 | 5 years, 231 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
C. D. Deshmukh | 11 August 1943 | 30 June 1949 | 5 years, 323 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
Benegal Rama Rau | 1 July 1949 | 14 January 1957 | 7 years, 197 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
K. G. Ambegaonkar | 14 January 1957 | 28 February 1957 | 45 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
H. V. R. Iyengar | 1 March 1957 | 28 February 1962 | 4 years, 364 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
P. C. Bhattacharya | 1 March 1962 | 30 June 1967 | 5 years, 121 days | Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer |
Lakshmi Kant Jhaa | 1 July 1967 | 3 May 1970 | 2 years, 306 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
B. N. Adarkar | 4 May 1970 | 15 June 1970 | 42 days | Economist |
Sarukkai Jagannathan | 16 June 1970 | 19 May 1975 | 4 years, 337 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
N. C. Sen Gupta | 19 May 1975 | 19 August 1975 | 92 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
K. R. Puri | 20 August 1975 | 2 May 1977 | 1 year, 255 days | Indian Civil Services (ICS) |
M. Narasimham | 3 May 1977 | 30 November 1977 | 211 days | Career Reserve Bank of India officer |
I. G. Patel | 1 December 1977 | 15 September 1982 | 4 years, 288 days | Economist |
Manmohan Singh | 16 September 1982 | 14 January 1985 | 2 years, 120 days | Economist |
Amitav Ghosh | 15 January 1985 | 4 February 1985 | 20 days | Banker |
R. N. Malhotra | 4 February 1985 | 22 December 1990 | 5 years, 321 days | IAS Officer |
S. Venkitaramanan | 22 December 1990 | 21 December 1992 | 1 year, 365 days | IAS Officer |
C. Rangarajan | 22 December 1992 | 21 November 1997 | 4 years, 334 days | Economist |
Bimal Jalan | 22 November 1997 | 6 September 2003 | 5 years, 288 days | Economist |
Y. Venugopal Reddy | 6 September 2003 | 5 September 2008 | 4 years, 365 days | IAS officer |
D. Subbarao | 5 September 2008 | 4 September 2013 | 4 years, 364 days | IAS officer |
Raghuram Rajan | 4 September 2013 | 4 September 2016 | 3 years, 0 days days) | Economist |
Urjit Patel | 4 September 2016 | 10 December 2018 | 2 years, 98 days | Economist |
Shaktikanta Das | 12 December 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 146 days | IAS officer |