RBI appoints Indranil Bhattacharyya as Executive Director w.e.f. March 19, 2025.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Shri Indranil Bhattacharyya as Executive Director (ED) with effect from March 19, 2025.

Prior to his promotion as ED, Shri Bhattacharyya was serving as Adviser in the Monetary Policy Department of the Bank.

Over a span of nearly three decades, Shri Bhattacharyya has worked in the areas of monetary policy, fiscal policy, banking, and international economic relations in the Monetary Policy Department, Department of Economic and Policy Research and the International Department of the Reserve Bank. He has also served as an Economic Expert in the Technical Office of the Governor at Qatar Central Bank, Doha, Qatar for 5 years (2009-14).

As Executive Director, Shri Bhattacharyya will look after the Department of Economic and Policy Research.

Shri Bhattacharyya has a Postgraduate degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research interests are primarily in monetary theory and policy, financial markets, market microstructure and fiscal policy.

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