Shaktikanta Das

Shaktikanta Das
25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 December 2018
President	Ram Nath Kovind Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Urjit Patel
Sherpa of India to the G20
In office 27 November 2017 – 11 December 2018
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Arun Jaitley
Governor	Urjit Patel
Preceded by	Arvind Panagariya
Succeeded by	Suresh Prabhu
Member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission
In office 27 November 2017 – 11 December 2018 Serving with Ashok Lahiri Anoop Chand Ramesh Chand
Appointed by	President of India (then, Ramnath Kovind)
Chairman	N. K. Singh
Succeeded by	Ajay Narayan Jha
Economic Affairs Secretary
In office 31 August 2015 – 28 May 2017
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Minister	Arun Jaitley
Preceded by	Rajiv Mehrishi
Succeeded by	Subhash Chandra Garg
Revenue Secretary
In office 16 June 2014 – 31 August 2015
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Minister	Arun Jaitley
Preceded by	Rajiv Thakur
Succeeded by	Hasmukh Adhia
Fertilizers Secretary
In office 27 July – 27 July
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Personal details
Born	(1957-02-26) 26 February 1957 (age 67) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Alma mater	Delhi University (BA, MA); Utkal University (D.Litt.)
Occupation	Retired IAS officer
Profession	Civil servant
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Shaktikanta Das (born 26 February 1957) is serving as the current & 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He was earlier a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission and India's Sherpa to the G20. Das is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

During his career as an IAS officer, Das served in various capacities for Indian and Tamil Nadu governments, including as Economic Affairs Secretary, Revenue Secretary, Fertilizers Secretary. He has also served as India’s Alternate Governor in the World Bank, ADB, NDB & AIIB. He has represented India in various international forums like the IMF, G20, BRICS, SAARC, etc.^[1]