Subir Gokarn joins RBI as Deputy Governor

Microfinance Focus, Nov. 25, 2009: Dr. Subir Vithal Gokarn has been appointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for three years. He will be the fourth Deputy Governor, the other three being Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, Smt. Usha Thorat and Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty.
As Deputy  Governor,  Dr. Gokarn will look after the Monetary Policy Department, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy, Department of Statistics and Information Management, Department of Communication and Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation. Dr. Gokarn will also represent the Reserve Bank at the G-20 Deputies’ forum.

Prior to joining the Reserve Bank, Dr. Gokarn was Chief Economist of Standard & Poor’s Asia-Pacific, based in New Delhi.

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