List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India

The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India is the most senior banker and the chairperson of the Board of Directors of RBI, India’s central bank. Following is the list of people who have served as theGovernor of Reserve Bank of India:-

No.	Name of Governor	Tenure
23	Raghuram Rajan	05-09-2013 to 04-09-2016
22	D. Subbarao	05-09-2008 to 04-09-2013
21	Dr. Y V Reddy	06-09-2003 to 05-09-2008
20	Dr. Bimal Jalan	22-11-1997 to 06-09-2003
19	C. Rangarajan	22-12-1992 to 21-11-1997
18	S. Venkitaramanan	22-12-1990 to 21-12-1992
17	R N Malhotra	04-02-1985 to 22-12-1990
16	A. Ghosh	15 January 1985 – 4 February 1985
15	Dr. Manmohan Singh	16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985
14	Dr. I. G. Patel	1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982
13	M. Narasimham	3 May 1977 – 30 November 1977
12	K. R. Puri	20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977
11	N. C. Sen Gupta	19 May 1975 – 19 August 1975
10	S. Jagannathan	16 June 1970 – 19 May 1975
9	B. N. Adarkar	4 May 1970 – 15 June 1970
8	L. K. Jha	1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970
7	P. C. Bhattacharya	1 March 1962 – 30 June 1967
6	H. V. R. Iyengar	1 March 1957 – 28 February 1962
5	K. G. Ambegaonkar	14 January 1957 – 28 February 1957
4	Sir Benegal Rama Rau	1 July 1949 – 14 January 1957
3	Sir C. D. Deshmukh	11 August 1943 – 30 June 1949
2	Sir James Braid Taylor	1 July 1937 – 17 February 1943
1	Sir Osborne Arkell Smith	1 April 1935 – 30 June 1937