New Delhi: Global rating agency Standard and
Poor's Asia Pacific Chief Economist Subir Gokarn has been
appointed as RBI deputy governor in place of Rakesh Mohan who
quit months ahead of his retirement.
"I have received the notification from the government for
becoming RBI deputy governor," Subir Gokarn told PTI.
The post of deputy governor in Reserve Bank has been
lying vacant since mid-June after Rakesh Mohan quit ahead of
his retirement.
The apex bank traditionally has four deputy governors.
Currently, the other three deputy governors are Usha
Thorat, KC Chakrabarty and Shyamala Gopinath.
Before joining S&P in August 2007, Gokarn was chief
economist with S&P's Indian arm Crisil. He has also worked as
an economist with the think-tank National Council of Applied
Economic Research.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 16:39