Michael Patra

Michael Patra
Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
In office
15 January 2020  14 January 2025
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
GovernorShaktikanta Das
Sanjay Malhotra
Preceded byViral Acharya
Succeeded byPoonam Gupta (Economist)
Personal details
Born
Michael Debabrata Patra

(1960-09-29) 29 September 1960
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Alma mater(BA)Ravenshaw University
(M.A)Utkal University
(PhD Economics)IIT Bombay
(Post Doctorate)Harvard University
OccupationCentral banker
Economist
Civil servant

Michael Debabrata Patra (born 29 September 1960) is an Indian economist and former central banker who has served as the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India from 2020 to 2025. As a central banker he has spent most of his career at RBI.