List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India

1

Sir Osborne Smith

1 Apr 1935 – 30 Jun 1937

2

Sir James Braid Taylor

1 Jul 1937 – 17 Feb 1943

3

Sir C. D. Deshmukh

11 Aug 1943 – 30 Jun 1949

4

Sir Benegal Rama Rau

1 Jul 1949 – 14 Jan 1957

5

K. G. Ambegaonkar

14 Jan 1957 – 28 Feb 1957

6

H. V. R. Iyengar

1 Mar 1957 – 28 Feb 1962

7

P. C. Bhattacharya

1 Mar 1962 – 30 Jun 1967

8

L. K. Jha

1 Jul 1967 – 3 May 1970

9

B. N. Adarkar

4 May 1970 – 15 Jun 1970

10

S. Jagannathan

16 Jun 1970 – 19 May 1975

11

N. C. Sen Gupta

19 May 1975 – 19 Aug 1975

12

K. R. Puri

20 Aug 1975 – 2 May 1977

13

M. Narasimham

3 May 1977 – 30 Nov 1977

14

Dr. I. G. Patel

1 Dec 1977 – 15 Sep 1982

15

Dr. Manmohan Singh

16 Sep 1982 – 14 Jan 1985

16

Amitav Ghosh

15 Jan 1985 – 4 Feb 1985 (20 days)

17

R. N. Malhotra

4 Feb 1985 – 22 Dec 1990

18

S. Venkitaramanan

22 Dec 1990 – 21 Dec 1992

19

C. Rangarajan

22 Dec 1992 – 21 Nov 1997

20

Bimal Jalan

22 Nov 1997 – 6 Sep 2003

21

Y. V. Reddy

6 Sep 2003 – 5 Sep 2008

22

D. Subbarao

5 Sep 2008 – 4 Sep 2013

23

Raghuram Rajan

4 Sep 2013 – 4 Sep 2016

24

Urjit R. Patel

4 Sep 2016 – 11 Dec 2018

25

Shaktikanta Das

12 Dec 2018 – 10 Dec 2024

26

Sanjay Malhotra

11 Dec 2024 – Present