INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Narendra Modi to appoint an interim governor, as has been the practice in the past, with that post likely to go to N
Vishwanathan, currently the most senior of the four deputies at the central bank
In 2016, it took more than two months for then-deputy governor Patel to be named as a replacement for central bank chief Raghuram
Vishwanathan, Deputy Governor, RBIVishwanathan joined the central bank in 1981 and was appointed deputy governor for a three-year term in
which would make Vishwanathan the likely choice
Prior to becoming a deputy governor, he was an executive director at the central bank
its excess capital to the state
worst-performer this year.
Subir Gokarn, Executive Director at IMFA former RBI deputy governor between 2009 and 2012, Gokarn has been
At the central bank, he oversaw monetary policy, research, financial markets, communications, and deposit insurance
Holding a PhD in Economics from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, Gokarn was also director of research at Brookings India
financial services division of the Finance Ministry, Kumar has been focused on cleaning up the banking system since his appointment last
year, including having to deal with fraud at a large state-owned bank and a debt default at a shadow lender
Prior to his current post, he worked at the personnel department, where he introduced an online system to improve bureaucracy
economic affairs secretary from 2015 to 2017, Das worked closely with the central bank
Modi initially brought Das into the Finance Ministry to head up the revenue department, later moving him to economic affairs, where he
PhD degree in yoga, retired as the top bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry last month
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Adhia declined several plum positions to pursue his favorite passions of spirituality and yoga, and spend
Adhia had worked with Modi when the latter was chief minister of Gujarat state
Considered a close ally to the prime minister, he was one of the few people who knew about the surprise cash ban in 2016
Even though he was the top bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, he hardly spoke on subjects other than taxation.
