Y. V. Reddy | |
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21st Governor of the Reserve Bank of India | |
In office 6 September 2003 – 5 September 2008 | |
Preceded by | Bimal Jalan |
Succeeded by | Duvvuri Subbarao |
41st Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India | |
In office 14 September 1996 – 31 July 2002 | |
Governor | |
Preceded by | R. V. Gupta |
Succeeded by | Jagdish Capoor |
Personal details | |
Born | Yaga Venugopal Reddy 17 August 1941 Cuddapah district, Madras Presidency, British India |
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Occupation | |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan (2010) |
Website | www.yvreddy.com |
Yaga Venugopal Reddy (born 17 August 1941) is an Indian economist and a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch belonging to Andhra Pradesh cadre. Reddy served as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India's central bank, from September 2003 until September 2008.
In 2010, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.[1]