Shaktikanta Das appointed as new RBI Governor
Earlier he was member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2018-12-11 13:14 GMT
Mumbai: Former finance secretary and current member of the finance commission Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday, a government statement said.
Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the central bank chief a day after Urjit Patel resigned from the post citing personal reasons.
Das, an IAS officer of Tamil Nadu, has been appointed for a term of three years.
He is the 25th Governor of the RBI.
Das retired as Economic Affairs Secretary in May 2017.
At the recent G-20 meet in Argentina, Shaktikanta Das was India’s Sherpa.