R Gandhi
R. Gandhi | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India | |
| In office 3 April 2014 – 3 April 2017 | |
| Governor | Raghuram Rajan Urjit Patel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 Tamil Nadu, India |
| Education | V.O.Chidambaram College, Annamalai University, American University |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Known for | Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India |
Rama Subramaniam Gandhi was Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India from 2014 to 2017. Currently he is a freelance adviser and consultant in financial sector policy and regulation, payment systems, FinTech & currency management.
He was appointed as Deputy Governor in April 2014. During the three years in office as Deputy Governor, he held the portfolio of banking, non-banking and cooperative banking regulation, risk management (financial and operational risk management, internal control, and financial stability) and currency management. During the last year of his term, he held the portfolio of financial market regulation, foreign exchange and external reserves management, accounts, payment systems, information technology and currency management. For a brief period, he was one of the members of the first Monetary Policy Committee. As the Deputy Governor, he was Chairman of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Ltd (the currency printing subsidiary of the Reserve Bank) and Chairman of the IDRBT (a Banking technology research institute promoted by the Reserve Bank).