Shaktikanta Das

Shaktikanta Das
25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2018
President
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byUrjit Patel
Sherpa of India to the G20
In office
27 November 2017 – 11 December 2018
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterArun Jaitley
GovernorUrjit Patel
Preceded byArvind Panagariya
Succeeded bySuresh Prabhu
Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission
In office
27 November 2017 – 11 December 2018
Serving with Ashok Lahiri
Anoop Chand
Ramesh Chand
Appointed byPresident of India (then, Ramnath Kovind)
ChairmanN. K. Singh
Succeeded byAjay Narayan Jha
Economic Affairs Secretary
In office
31 August 2015 – 28 May 2017
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterArun Jaitley
Preceded byRajiv Mehrishi
Succeeded bySubhash Chandra Garg
Revenue Secretary
In office
16 June 2014 – 31 August 2015
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
MinisterArun Jaitley
Preceded byRajiv Thakur
Succeeded byHasmukh Adhia
Fertilizers Secretary
In office
21 November – 21 November
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Personal details
Born (1957-02-26) 26 February 1957 (age 67)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Alma materDelhi University (BA, MA); Utkal University (D.Litt.); University of Birmingham (MPA);
OccupationRetired IAS officer
ProfessionCivil servant
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Shaktikanta Das (born 26 February 1957) is serving as the current & 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He was earlier a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission and India's Sherpa to the G20. Das is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

During his career as an IAS officer, Das served in various capacities for Indian and Tamil Nadu governments, including as Economic Affairs Secretary, Revenue Secretary, Fertilizers Secretary. He has also served as India’s Alternate Governor in the World Bank, ADB, NDB & AIIB. He has represented India in various international forums like the IMF, G20, BRICS, SAARC, etc.[1]

  1. ^ "Reserve Bank of India". rbi.org.in. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2021.