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RBI Appoints Sitikantha Pattanaik and Rajiv Ranjan as Executive Directors

Category : Business and economics
Published on: May 19 2022 Share on facebook

  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik as executive directors.
  • Before being promoted as executive director, Rajiv Ranjan was serving as Adviser-in-Charge of the Monetary Policy Department and Secretary to the Monetary Policy Committee.
  • Prior to being promoted as ED, Pattanaik was an Adviser in the Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR).
  • Mr Ranjan has an experience of more than three decades in macroeconomic policy and research including monetary policy, fiscal policy, real sector, external sector and international relations.
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