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Shaktikanta Das is 25th RBI Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Shaktikanta Das is 25th RBI Governor: Details, Profile Highlights
After Urjit Patel resigned from the post of RBI Governor, the Government on 11th December 2018, has appointed Shaktikanta Das as the new Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Shaktikanta Das appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) and now he is the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and will serve for 3 years till 2021.
Prior to this appointment, Shaktikanta Day served as an economic affairs secretary from 2015 to 2017 and also worked with the central bank.
Currently, Shaktikanta Das is a member of the Finance Commission of India and India’s representative (Sherpa) at the Group of 20 summits.
Shaktikanta Das was born on 26th February 1957 (63-years-old) is a retired 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre and held various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu,
Shaktikanta Das did schooling from DM School, Bhubaneswar, Odisha and graduation (BA) and postgraduate (MA) in history from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi.
Shaktikanta Das did advanced financial management course from IIM Bangalore and development banking and institutional credit from the NIBM. He also got in-service professional training in financial management in IPE. He did diploma in basic project management from ASCI and mid career level training from IIM Calcutta.
