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Poonam Gupta took over as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. The Centre had on April 2, 2025, appointed her to the post of Deputy Governor for a period of three years from the date of joining.
As Deputy Governor, Dr. Gupta will look after the departments of Monetary Policy, Financial Markets Operations, Economic and Policy Research, Financial Stability , International, Statistics and Information Management, Corporate Strategy and Budget, and Communication.
She had been the Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), leading the works on issues related to Economic Growth, International Financial Architecture, Central Banking, Macro Economic Stability, Public Debt, and State Finances. She had also served as member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and as Convener of the Advisory Council to the 16th Finance Commission.
Before joining NCAER, Dr. Gupta had worked at senior positions for nearly two decades at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
Dr. Gupta also taught at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Maryland (USA) and as a visiting faculty at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Delhi.
She had been the RBI Chair Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and a Professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER).
Published – May 02, 2025 08:05 pm IST
