Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) - List Of Governors Till Date

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
The Reserve Bank of India is the central bank of our Country. This bank governs the working of other banks and financial institutions in India. RBI launched its operations from its headquarters in Kolkata on 1st April 1935. Currently, the headquarters of the RBI is in Mumbai. The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the chief executive of India's central bank and the ex-officio chairperson of its Central Board of Directors. The Central Government appoints the RBI Governor, along with other Deputy Governors. Specifically, the Prime Minister’s Office consults the finance minister and the outgoing governor to decide the next Governor.

Role of RBI Governors
The RBI governors are responsible for maintaining the monetary stability in an economy. Thus, plays an important role in formulating the policies of the Reserve Bank of India.  The responsibility for issuing licenses to open new foreign and private banks is also headed by the governor of RBI. They handle the framing of policies on the priority sectors and support the agriculture banks. RBI governor also controls the operations under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 which facilitates external trade and payment and promotes orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in the country. So far, 24 governors have headed RBI. The Term of Office typically runs for 3 years.

The RBI Governor has many powers, but the most significant ones are mentioned below:-
1. Control over Monetary, Currency, and Credit system
2. Heads all the Schedule Banks 
3. Signatures on Currency Notes 
4. Control over Stock Market 
5. Influence on Micro and Macro Economies  

List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 

S.No.	Name of the RBI Governors	Time-Period (1935-2022)
1.	Sir Osborne Smith	April 1, 1935 – June 30, 1937
2.	Sir James Braid Taylor	July 1, 1937 – February 17, 1943
3.	Sir C.D. Deshmukh	August 11, 1943 – June 30, 1949
4.	Sir Bengal Rama Rau	July 1, 1949 – January 14, 1957
5.	K.G. Ambegaonkar	January 14, 1957 – February 28, 1957
6.	H.V.R Lyengar	March 1, 1957 – February 28, 1962
7.	P.C Bhattacharya	March 1, 1962 – June 30, 1967
8.	L.K. Jha	July 1, 1967 – May 3, 1970
9.	B.N. Adarkar	May 4, 1970 – June 15, 1970
10.	S. Jagannathan	June 16, 1970 – May 19, 1975
11.	N.C. Sen Gupta	May 19, 1975 – August 19, 1975
12.	K.R. Puri	August 20, 1975 – May 2, 1977
13.	M. Narasimham	May 3, 1977 – November 30, 1977
14.	I.G. Patel	December 1, 1977 – September 15, 1982
15.	Manmohan Singh	September 16, 1982 – January 14, 1985
16.	Amitav Gosh	January 15, 1985 – February 4, 1985
17.	R.N. Malhotra	February 4, 1985 – December 22, 1990
18.	S. Vpnldraramanan	December 22, 1990 – December 21, 1992
19.	C. Rangarajan	December 22, 1992 – November 21, 1997
20.	Bimal Jalan	November 22, 1997 – September 6, 2003
21.	Y.V. Reddy	September 6, 2003 – September 5, 2008
22.	D. Subbarao	September 5, 2008 – September 4, 2013
23.	Raghuram G. Raj an	September 4, 2013 – September 4, 2016
24.	Urjit Ravindra Patel	September 4, 2016 – December 10,2018
25.	Shaktikanta Das	December 12, 2018 – To Date