Subir Gokarn
| Subir Gokarn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 (age 57–58) |
| Occupation |
Executive Director - International Monetary Fund, Director-Research, Brookings India- Brookings Institution |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Jyotsna Bapat |
Subir Vithal Gokarn (born 3 October 1959) was one of the four Deputy Governors of the Reserve Bank of India along with Anand Sinha, K. C. Chakrabarty and H. R. Khan. He was replaced by Urjit Patel in January 2013.
Appointed by the Government Of India on 19 November 2009 for a three-year term beginning 24 November 2009, he succeeded Rakesh Mohan after the latter took up an assignment for six months and joined the Stanford Center for International Development at Stanford University, US.
Prominent economists like Jahangir Aziz (Chief Economist, JP Morgan) and Dr.Arvind Virmani ( Senior Economic Advisor -Ministry of Finance (India)) were also considered for the post that was eventually handed to Dr.Gokarn after a decision by a search panel headed by Duvvuri Subbarao and comprising Janki Ballabh (former SBI Chairman) and Vepa Kamesam (former Deputy Governor- RBI).
Prior to his appointment as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Dr.Gokarn was the Chief Economist of global rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P ) Asia-Pacific since August 2007. He is the head of CRISIL's Research and Information business and also a nominee Board Member of the State Bank Of India.
Appointed at the age of 49, Dr.Gokarn is one of the youngest Deputy Governors of RBI in its 76-year history and will supervise the Monetary Policy Department,Department of Statistics and Information Management, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy,Credit Guarantee Corporation, Department of Communication and Deposit Insurance and also represent the Reserve Bank at the G-20 Deputies’ forum.
Subir has recently joined as Director-Research at Brookings India - an independent think-tank. He will also serve as a Brookings Senior Fellow.
Dr.Gokarn completed his B.A in Economics (Hons.) from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, M.A in Economics (Hons.) from Delhi School of Economics and pursued his Ph.D in Economics from Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio. He is a Fulbright Scholar and spent an academic year at the Economic Growth centre at Yale University,USA on a Fulbright Research Fellowship which he was awarded in 1997.
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