S. Venkitaramanan

In this Indian name, the name Sri is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venkitaramanan.

S. Venkitaramanan
18th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
In office
22 December 1990 – 21 December 1992
Preceded byR. N. Malhotra
Succeeded byC. Rangarajan
Personal details
Born
Sri Venkitaramanan

(1931-01-28)28 January 1931
Nagercoil, Travancore, British India
Died18 November 2023(2023-11-18) (aged 92)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater

Sri Venkitaramanan (28 January 1931 – 18 November 2023) was an Indian civil servant and economist who served as the 18th governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1990 and 1992, where he oversaw India's actions to tide over the balance of payments crisis. His actions were noted to have helped the country out of the crisis when its foreign-exchange reserves had almost depleted and helped usher in the country's economic liberalisation programme in the early 1990s.[1][2]

He earlier served as the finance secretary in India's Ministry of Finance, from 1985 to 1989.[3][4]

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