Michael Debabrata Patra

Deputy Governor

Reserve Bank of India

Ph. D. [Economics] from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.

Fellow of the Harvard University, USA [Post-doctoral research].

Ex Officio Vice President of Indian Association for Research In National Income and Wealth[IARNIW]

Michael Debabrata Patra, a career central banker since 1985, has worked in various positions in the Reserve Bank of India. He has served as the Executive Director of the Bank. He is a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India, which is invested with the responsibility of monetary policy decision making in India. He has held the position of Principal Adviser of the Monetary Policy Department, Reserve Bank of India since July 2012.

He has worked in the International Monetary Fund as Senior Adviser to Executive Director (India) during December 2008 to June 30, 2012.

He has published a book and several papers in the areas of inflation, monetary policy, international trade and finance, including exchange rates and the balance of payments.

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