C. Rangarajan

C. Rangarajan or Chakravarthi Rangarajan (born 1932) is an Indian economist. He was the 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is the former Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. He was a professor in Ahmedabad University.^[1] From 1997 to 2003, he was Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

His Excellency C. Rangarajan
C. Rangarajan at the Conference on "Fiscal Policy in India", 2004
Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council
In office August 2009 – 16 May 2014
Succeeded by	Bibek Debroy
In office 2005 – 2008
Preceded by	Suresh D. Tendulkar
Member of Rajya Sabha
In office August 2008 – August 2009
Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission of India
In office 2003–2004
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
In office 24 November 1997 – 3 January 2003
Preceded by	Krishan Kant
Succeeded by	Surjit Singh Barnala
19th Governor of Reserve Bank of India
In office 22 December 1992 – 21 November 1997
Preceded by	S. Venkitaramanan
Succeeded by	Bimal Jalan
Member of Planning Commission of Government of India
In office 21 August 1991 – 21 December 1992
Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India
In office 12 February 1982 – 20 August 1991
Governor	Manmohan Singh Amitav Ghosh (banker) R.N. Malhotra S. Venkitaramanan
Personal details
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Madras (B.A.) University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)
Profession	Economist Civil servant
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