--- title: "Who is the current Governor of Reserve Bank of India?" description: "Who is the current Governor of Reserve Bank of India?" author: "Aniruddh Singh" published: 2018-02-04 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34019/who-is-the-current-governor-of-reserve-bank-of-india category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Who is the current Governor of Reserve Bank of India? Who is the current [Governor of Reserve Bank](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52064/who-is-the-governor-of-reserve-bank-of-india-at-present) of [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health)? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani **Urjit Patel is the [current Governor](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45177/who-is-the-current-governor-of-punjab-as-of-2017-2018) of [Reserve Bank](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32079/in-which-year-reserve-bank-of-india-was-nationalized) of India, Urjit was officially appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 September 2016 for the post of Governor.** Before becoming the RBI governor Urjit Patel **was an RBI deputy governor,** he looked after monetary policy, economic policy research, statistics and information management, deposit insurance, communication and Right to Information. ![Who is the current Governor of Reserve Bank of India?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/536682dc-6e98-40e8-a81e-38b86e3493e4/images/ee2b2d22-aa6e-46a8-8776-83def3129da8.png)\ **Urjit Patel completed his graduation in Economics from the London School Economics, from Oxford University in the year 1986**. He got his Economics Degree from Yale University in the year 1990; Urjit was also at the IMF India desk during the transition time 1991 to 1994. Under his tenure, the BJP government demonetized the **?1000 and ?500 currency notes** and it was one of the most important decisions to diminish the ratio of corruption, black money, fake currency and terrorism from 9 November 2016.\ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34019/who-is-the-current-governor-of-reserve-bank-of-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.