The Governors of the Reserve Bank of India are the CEO of the Central Bank of India and the Ex-officio Chairman of its Central Board of Directors. Check the complete list of Governors of the RBI below.
List of the Governors of the Reserve Bank of India
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S.N. |
Governor Name |
Tenure |
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1. |
Sir Osborne Smith |
April 1, 1935, to June 30, 1937 |
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2. |
Sir James Braid Taylor |
July 1, 1937, to February 17, 1943 |
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3. |
Sir C. D. Deshmukh |
August 11, 1943, to June 30, 1949 |
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4. |
Sir Benegal Rama Rau |
July 1, 1949, to 14 January 1957 |
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5. |
K. G. Ambegaonkar | January 14, 1957, to 28 February 1957 |
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6. |
H. V. R. Iyengar |
March 1, 1957, to February 28, 1962 |
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7. |
P. C. Bhattacharya |
March 1, 1962, to June 30, 1967 |
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8. |
L. K. Jha |
July 1, 1967 to May 3, 1970 |
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9. |
B. N. Adarkar |
May 4, 1970, to June 15, 1970 |
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10. |
S. Jagannathan |
June 16, 1970, to May 19, 1975 |
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11. |
N. C. Sen Gupta |
May 19, 1975, to August 19, 1975 |
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12. |
K. R. Puri |
August 20, 1975 to May 2, 1977 |
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13. |
M. Narasimhan |
May 3, 1977 to November 30, 1977 |
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14. |
I.G. Patel |
December 1, 1977, to September 15, 1982 |
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15. |
Manmohan Singh |
September 16, 1982, to January 14, 1985 |
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16. |
Amitav Ghosh |
January 15, 1985, to February 4, 1985 |
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17. |
R. N. Malhotra |
February 4, 1985, to December 22, 1990 |
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18. |
S. Venkatraman |
December 22, 1990 to December 21, 1992 |
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19. |
C. Rangarajan |
December 22, 1992, to November 21, 1997 |
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20. |
Bimal Jalan |
November 22, 1997 to September 6, 2003 |
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21. |
Y. V. Reddy |
September 6, 2003, to September 5, 2008 |
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22. |
D. Subbarao |
September 5, 2008, to September 4, 2013 |
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23. |
Raghuram Rajan |
September 4, 2013, to September 4, 2016 |
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24. |
Urjit Patel |
September 4, 2016, to December 11, 2018 |
| 25. | Shashikanta Das | December 12, 2018, to present |
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the Chief Executive Officer of the Central Bank of India and the Ex-officio Chairman of its Central Board of Directors. The Indian note issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) bears the signature of the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
- The first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India was Sir Osborn Smith, while C.D. Deshmukh was the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
- At present, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is Shaktikanta Das, who took charge on 12 December 2018.