Duvvuri Subbarao | |
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22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India | |
In office 5 September 2008 – 4 September 2013 |
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Preceded by | Y. Venugopal Reddy |
Succeeded by | Raghuram Rajan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Eluru, Andhra pradesh, India |
11 August 1949
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Urmil 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 on 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).