The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it has appointed Indranil Bhattacharyya as Executive Director (ED) with effect from March 19, 2025. Before this, Bhattacharyya was serving as Adviser in the Monetary Policy Department of the Bank.
As Executive Director, RBI said, Bhattacharyya will look after the Department of Economic and Policy Research.
Over a span of nearly three decades, Indranil 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).
He 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, the RBI statement stated.
Earlier this month, the RBI had appointed Ajit Ratnakar Joshi as Executive Director (ED) to look after the Department of Statistics and Information Management and Financial Stability Department.
