RBI Governors

 

RBI Governors	Time Period 1935-2021
Sir Osborne Smith	April 1, 1935 – June 30, 1937
Sir James Braid Taylor	July 1, 1937 – February 17, 1943
Sir C.D. Deshmukh	August 11, 1943 – June 30, 1949
Sir Bengal Rama Rau	July 1, 1949 – January 14, 1957
K.G. Ambegaonkar	January 14, 1957 – February 28, 1957
H.V.R Lyengar	March 1, 1957 – February 28, 1962
P.C Bhattacharya	March 1, 1962 – June 30, 1967
L.K. Jha	July 1, 1967 – May 3, 1970
B.N. Adarkar	May 4, 1970 – June 15, 1970
S. Jagannathan	June 16, 1970 – May 19, 1975
N.C. Sen Gupta	May 19, 1975 – August 19, 1975
K.R. Puri	August 20, 1975 – May 2, 1977
M. Narasimham	May 3, 1977 – November 30, 1977
I.G. Patel	December 1, 1977 – September 15, 1982
Manmohan Singh	September 16, 1982 – January 14, 1985
Amitav Gosh	January 15, 1985 – February 4, 1985
R.N. Malhotra	February 4, 1985 – December 22, 1990
S. Vpnldraramanan	December 22, 1990 – December 21, 1992
C. Rangarajan	December 22, 1992 – November 21, 1997
Bimal Jalan	November 22, 1997 – September 6, 2003
Y.V. Reddy	September 6, 2003 – September 5, 2008
D. Subbarao	September 5, 2008 – September 4, 2013
Raghuram G. Raj an	September 4, 2013 – September 4, 2016
Urjit Ravindra Patel	September 4, 2016 – December 10,2018
Shaktikanta Das	December 12, 2018 – to date

Important Note-

• The person who served as the RBI Governor for the longest time period was Benegal Rama Rao. He worked for 7 years from 1st July 1949 to 14th January 1957.
• Amitabh Ghosh served RBI as Governor for the shortest time, only for 20 days starting from January 15, 1985, to February 4, 1985.