Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn Passed Away

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Noted economist and former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Subir Vithal Gokarn passed away today. He is 60 years old.  He graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai in Economics in 1979. He had a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and received a doctorate in Economics from Case Western Reserve University, USA in 1989.

He served as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) between 2009 and 2013 and oversaw Monetary Policy, Research, Financial Markets, Communications and Deposit Insurance. He had the distinction of being the youngest RBI Governor at the time. He had the distinction of being the youngest deputy governor at that time. He was also associated with Brooking’s India.

He was appointed by the Narendra Modi government as Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in November 2015.Gokarn also represented India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan at the International Monetary Fund Executive Board.

He wrote a book titled "The Structure of Indian Industry" along with  Professor Anindya Sen and Dr Rajendra R. Vaidya. 

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