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S. Venkitaramanan

Banking & finance Tamil Nadu Great mind of history

Sri Venkitaramanan was an Indian civil servant and economist who served as the 18th governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1990 and 1992, where he oversaw India's actions to tide over the balance of payments crisis. His actions were noted to have helped the country out of the crisis when its foreign-exchange reserves had almost depleted and helped usher in the country's economic liberalisation programme in the early 1990s.

BORN

28 January 1931

DIED

18 November 2023

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Key facts

Born
28 January 1931, Nagercoil
Died
18 November 2023
State of birth
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu
Sector
Banking & finance
Profession
Indian economist, (1931-2023)
Gender
Male

Biography

Sri Venkitaramanan was an Indian civil servant and economist who served as the 18th governor of the Reserve Bank of India between 1990 and 1992, where he oversaw India's actions to tide over the balance of payments crisis. His actions were noted to have helped the country out of the crisis when its foreign-exchange reserves had almost depleted and helped usher in the country's economic liberalisation programme in the early 1990s.

Summary based on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed by the RochakDuniya editorial team.

Timeline

  1. 1931Born in Nagercoil
  2. 1990Becomes Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
  3. 2023Dies
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