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Duvvuri Subba Rao

Duvvuri Subbarao
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22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India
In office
5 September 2008 – 4 September 2013
Preceded by Y. Venugopal Reddy
Succeeded by Raghuram Rajan
Personal details
Born (1949-08-11) 11 August 1949 (age 68)
Eluru, Andhra pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Independent
Spouse(s) Urmila Subbarao
Children Mallik, Raghav
Alma mater IIT Kharagpur
IIT Kanpur
Ohio State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andhra University
Profession Civil servant
Known for Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Duvvuri Subbarao (born 11 August 1949), is an Indian Economist, Central Banker and Civil Servant. He was the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India, served under Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh. He currently lives in Singapore and is a distinguished visiting faculty at National University of Singapore.

Dr. D. Subbarao is a 1972 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre. He was appointed the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 5 September 2008, with an extension in 2011 till 4 September 2013.

Subbarao's hometown is Eluru in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He did his schooling from the Sainik School in Korukonda, Andhra Pradesh. He graduated in Physics B.Sc Hons. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (class of 1969).

He received a M.Sc degree also in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Subbarao topped the Civil Services Examination in 1972 and was assigned the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

In 1978, he did a master's degree in economics from Ohio State University, United States. After a few years, Subbarao joined the Humphrey Fellowship program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study Quantitative Economic Modelling. He became a Humphrey Fellow at MIT in 1982. He later received a Ph.D. in Economics from Andhra University. His doctoral thesis was titled "Fiscal reforms at the sub-national level" (1998).


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