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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Amitav Ghosh<br />
| office = 16th [[Governor of Reserve Bank of India]]<br />
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| predecessor = [[Manmohan Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[R. N. Malhotra]]<br />
| term_start = 15 January 1985<br />
| term_end = 4 February 1985<br />
| office2 = Deputy Governor of [[Reserve Bank of India]]<br />
| term3 = 21 January 1982 – 15 January 1985<br />
| term2 = 5 February 1985 – 20 January 1992<br />
| governor2 = [[I.G. Patel]]<br>[[Manmohan Singh]]<br />
| governor3 = [[R.N. Malhotra]]<br>[[S. Venkitaramanan]]<br />
| birth_date = 1930<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|9|16|1930|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| signature = <br />
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'''Amitav Ghosh''' (1930 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian [[bank]]er. He served for 20 days from 15 January to 4 February 1985, as the 16th [[List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India|Governor]] of the [[Reserve Bank of India]].<ref name="RBI">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx#ghosh <br />
|title=A Ghosh <br />
|accessdate=2008-09-15 <br />
|publisher=Reserve Bank of India <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916083919/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx <br />
|archivedate=16 September 2008 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Anup |date=16 September 2020 |title=Amitabha Ghosh, who served as RBI governor for 21 days, passes away at 90 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/amitabha-ghosh-who-served-as-rbi-governor-for-15-days-passes-away-at-90-120091601680_1.html |access-date=18 March 2025 |work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> His term was the shortest ever served by any Reserve Bank of India governor.<ref name="RBI" /> He died at age 90.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Previously, Ghosh had been appointed RBI deputy governor. Before this Ghosh was the chairman of [[Allahabad Bank]]. He was also a Director of the [[IDBI Bank]] and was on the governing body of the National Institute of Bank Management.<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061230121809/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx List of Governors of RBI]<br />
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