Dr. Urjit Patel, who has been appointed recently as Governor of Reserv

Dr. Urjit Patel, who has been appointed recently as Governor of Reserve Bank of India, was holding which position immediately prior to this appointment ?

Chief Economist, IMF
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India
Professor of Economics at Harvard University
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UPSC NDA-1 – 2017
Immediately prior to his appointment as Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Urjit Patel was holding the position of Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India.
Urjit Patel served as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from January 2013 before being elevated to the position of Governor in September 2016. He succeeded Raghuram Rajan.
Urjit Patel has a background in economics and had previously worked with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Brookings Institution, and served on various government committees in India. His appointment as Governor followed his role in heading a committee on monetary policy reform which recommended the establishment of a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).