39th Annual Meeting

Yaga V. Reddy
 

YAGA V. REDDY has been governor, Reserve Bank of India since 2003. Before this, he was executive director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He has held several positions in the Government of Andra Pradesh, including principal secretary and secretary of the Finance, Planning and Public Enterprise Departments; collector and district magistrate; and deputy secretary. He was secretary, Ministry of Finance and additional secretary in the Ministry of Commerce with the Government of India. He has also served as advisor to the executive director at the World Bank. He joined the Reserve Bank of India as deputy governor in 1996, where his responsibilities included monetary policy, public debt, exchange rate and external investments, economic analysis and policy, and government accounts. He is chairman of the Standing Committee on International Standards and Codes and a member of the National Statistical Commission. He is visiting professor at Osmania University, Hyderabad, a visiting member of faculty at the Administrative Staff College of India, and a visiting fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He has written numerous publications and books, and been awarded doctor of letters (honoris causa) by Sri Ventakeswara University, India. He has a master’s degree from Madras University, India, and a doctoral degree from Osmania University. He holds a diploma in economic planning from Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Netherlands.