Poonam Gupta appointed Governor of the RBI DY: Declaration

Mumbai, April 3 (PTI) The government has appointed Ncaer’s director -general Poonam Gupta General General, the Central Bank in a statement on Thursday. The appointment is for a period of three years from the date he joined the post, or to further orders, which is earlier, it said. The post of the Deputy Governor of RBI fell vacant after MD Patta diminished in January. He was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). With the appointment of Gupta, all four posts of deputy governors were filled. The first bi-monthly MPC meeting of the current financial year is scheduled for April 7-9. Currently, Gupta is the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (Ncaer), India’s largest thinking policy of economic policy. She is also a member of the Economic Advisory Board to the Prime Minister and convener of the Advisory Council at the 16th Finance Commission. She joined Ncaer in 2021 after working at senior positions at the IMF and the World Bank in Washington DC. Gupta taught the Delhi School of Economics, University of Maryland (USA) and as a visiting faculty in ISI, Delhi. She was also the RBI chairman professor at NIPFP and a professor at ICRIER. Gupta holds a master’s degree and PhD in economics at the University of Maryland, USA, and a master’s degree in economics at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She won the Exim Bank Award for her PhD on international economy. Catch all the business news, corporate news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. Business Newscompaniesnewspoonam Gupta appointed Governor of the RBI DY: Declaration more less