List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India 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 Reserve Bank of India, bear the governor's signature. Since its establishment in 1935 by the government of India, the RBI has been headed by twenty-fiveTemplate:Nbspgovernors. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India is a member of the Strategic Policy Group headed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. It is a crucial wing of the National Security Council.Template:Clarify

The term of office typically runs for three years and can, in some cases,Template:Vague be extended for another two years.

The inaugural officeholder was the British banker Sir Osborne Smith, while Sir C. D. Deshmukh was the first native Indian governor. Holding office for over seven years, Sir Benegal Rama Rau was the longest-serving governor, while Amitav Ghosh's 20-day term is the shortest. The bank's fifteenthTemplate:Nbspgovernor, Dr Manmohan Singh, later became India's thirteenth prime minister. Shaktikanta Das is the twenty-fifth governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 12 December 2018. Template:Clear

List of governors

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Sir C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian to serve as the governor.

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Sir Benegal Rama Rau was the longest serving governor.

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I. G. Patel, the fourteenth governor

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Manmohan Singh, the fifteenth governor, later served as the thirteenth prime minister of India

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D. Subbarao, the twenty-second governor

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Raghuram Rajan, the twenty-third governor

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Urjit Patel, the twenty-fourth governor

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Shaktikanta Das, the twenty-fifth and incumbent governor

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Template:Abbr	Governor	Term	Length of tenure	Notes	References
1	Sir Template:Sortname	1 April 1935 — 30 June 1937	Template:Ayd	Smith was a British banker who served as the managing governor of the Imperial Bank of India prior to becoming the governor. He resigned the governorship before the completion of the term.
2	Sir Template:Sortname	1 July 1937 — 17 February 1943	Template:Ayd	Taylor was an Indian Civil Services officer who served as the controller of the currency and the deputy governor pf RBI prior to becoming the governor. He died while in office.
3	Sir Template:Sortname	11 August 1943 — 30 June 1949	Template:Ayd	Deshmukh was an Indian Civil Services officer who served as the deputy governor of RBI prior to becoming the governor. He was the first Indian to serve as the governor. His governorship oversaw the partition of India as the subsequent division of assets and liabilities between India and Pakistan.
4	Sir Template:Sortname	1 July 1949 — 14 January 1957	Template:Ayd	Rau was an Indian Civil Services officer who served as the Indian ambassador to the United States prior to becoming the governor. He resigned the governorship before the completion of his second extended term.
5	Template:Sortname	14 January 1957 — 28 February 1957	Template:Ayd	Ambegaokar was an Indian Civil Services officer who served as the Finance Secretary prior to becoming the deputy governor of RBI. He was appointed as the interim governor upon the resignation of Benegal Rama Rau.
6	Template:Sortname	1 March 1957 — 28 February 1962	Template:Ayd	Iyengar was an Indian Civil Services officer who served as the chairman of the State Bank of India prior to becoming the governor. Indian coinage was shifted from earlier systems to decimal coinage during his governorship.
7	Template:Sortname	1 March 1962 — 30 June 1967	Template:Ayd	Bhattacharya was an Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer who served as the chairman of the State Bank of India prior to becoming the governor.
8	Template:Sortname	1 July 1967 — 3 May 1970	Template:Ayd	Jha was an Indian Civil Services officer who served as the secretary to the prime minister prior to becoming the governor. He left the office upon his appointment as the Indian ambassador to the United States.
9	Template:Sortname	4 May 1970 — 15 June 1970	Template:Ayd	Adarkar was an economist who served as the economic advisor to the government prior to becoming the deputy governor of RBI. He was appointed as the interim governor.
10	Template:Sortname	16 June 1970 — 19 May 1975	Template:Ayd	Jagannathan was an Indian Civil Services officer who served as India's executive director of the World Bank prior to becoming the governor. He resigned the office to become the India's executive director of the International Monetary Fund.
11	Template:Sortname	19 May 1975 — 19 August 1975	Template:Ayd	Gupta served as the secretary to the Department of Banking, Ministry of Finance prior to becoming the interim governor.
12	Template:Sortname	20 August 1975 — 2 May 1977	Template:Ayd	Puri served as the chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation prior to becoming the governor. His governorship oversaw the formation of various regional rural banks.
13	Template:Sortname	3 May 1977 — 30 November 1977	Template:Ayd	Narasimham was a RBI research officer who served as an additional Secretary to the Department of Economic Affairs prior to becoming the governor.
14	Template:Sortname	1 December 1977 — 15 September 1982	Template:Ayd	Patel was an economist who served as a secretary in the Ministry of Finance prior to becoming the governor. His governorship oversaw the demonetization of ₹5,000 and ₹10,000 value currency.
15	Template:Sortname	16 September 1982 — 14 January 1985	Template:Ayd	Singh is an economist who served as the Finance Secretary prior to becoming the governor. His governorship oversaw various legal reforms related to banking.
16	Template:Sortname	15 January 1985 — 4 February 1985	Template:Ayd	Ghosh was the deputy governor of RBI who was appointed as the interim governor until R. N. Malhotra assumed the office.
17	Template:Sortname	4 February 1985 — 22 December 1990	Template:Ayd	Malhotra was an Indian Administrative Services officer who served as executive director of the International Monetary Fund prior to becoming the governor. His governorship oversaw the inauguration of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.
18	Template:Sortname	22 December 1990 — 21 December 1992	Template:Ayd	Venkitaramanan was an Indian Administrative Services officer who served as the Finance Secretary prior to becoming the governor. India adopted International Monetary Fund's stabilization program during his governorship.
19	Template:Sortname	22 December 1992 — 21 November 1997	Template:Ayd	Rangarajan is an economist who served as the deputy governor of RBI prior to becoming the governor. His governorship oversaw the establishment of unified exchange rate.
20	Template:Sortname	22 November 1997 — 6 September 2003	Template:Ayd	Jalan is an economist who served at various positions including being the chief economic adviser to the government and serving as the Finance Secretary prior to becoming the governor. His governorship oversaw less inflation and interest rates.
21	Template:Sortname	6 September 2003 — 5 September 2008	Template:Ayd	Reddy is an Indian Administrative Services officer who served as the deputy governor of RBI prior to becoming the governor. During his governorship, he contributed in the financial sector reforms and external commercial borrowings.
22	Template:Sortname	5 September 2008 — 4 September 2013	Template:Ayd	Subbarao is an Indian Administrative Services officer who served as the Finance Secretary prior to becoming the governor. He wrote on various issues including decentralization and public finance.
23	Template:Sortname	4 September 2013 — 4 September 2016	Template:Ayd	Rajan is an economist who served as the chief economic advisor to the government and the chief economist of International Monetary Fund prior to becoming the governor.
24	Template:Sortname	4 September 2016 — 10 December 2018	Template:Ayd
25	Template:Sortname	12 December 2018 — Incumbent	Template:Ayd

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