As of October 2020, who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

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As of October 2020, Shaktikanta Das is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He took office on December 12, 2018. Before becoming the RBI Governor, he served in various key positions in the Indian government, including as Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs.

• Shaktikanta Das is a former IAS officer (1980 batch) from the Tamil Nadu cadre.
• He played a key role in demonetization (2016) and GST implementation while serving in the Finance Ministry.

Key points about theReserve Bank of India (RBI):​

• Founded 1935, under the Reserve Bank of India Act.
  
• ​Initially set up as a private entity, it was nationalized in 1949.
• Headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra.​

• Raghuram Rajan – Served as the 23rd RBI Governor (2013-2016); known for economic reforms and inflation control.
• Urjit Patel – Served as the 24th RBI Governor (2016-2018); focused on monetary policy and resigned citing personal reasons.
• (Arvind Subramanian – Was India’s Chief Economic Advisor (2014-2018) but never served as RBI Governor.