Yaga Venugopal Reddy (b. 17 August 1941 in Andhra Pradesh) is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) (India's central bank). He took over from Bimal Jalan on 6 September 2003.[1]
Reddy is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch. Prior to joining the IAS, he worked as a lecturer from 1961. He holds a Ph.D. from Osmania University, Hyderabad, and was a visiting faculty at the Osmania University and the London School of Economics. He has held post of Banking Secretary. In 1996, he was appointed deputy governor of RBI. He has also worked with the International Monetary Fund, the highest position being Executive Director in 2002.
| Preceded by Bimal Jalan |
Governor of RBI 6 September 2003 - |
Succeeded by current |