Sir Benegal Rama RauCIE,ICS (1 July 1889 –13 December 1969[1]) was an Indian diplomat and career civil servant. He was the fourth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 July 1949 to 14 January 1957.[2]
Joining the Indian Civil Service in 1919,he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1930,[5] and was knighted in 1939.[6] He was a member of the Indian Civil Service. While he had the longest tenure as Governor of the RBI,it was cut short when he resigned just before the expiry of his second extended term,due to differences with Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari.[2]
On joining the ICS and before joining the RBI he held the following posts.[7]
Under-Secretary and Deputy Secretary to the Government of Madras (1919–1924)
Finance Department (1925–1926) as Secretary to the Indian Taxation Committee
Finance Department (1926–1928) as Deputy Secretary
Simons Commission (1928–1930) as Financial Adviser
Industries Department Joint Secretary
Round Table Conference as Secretary
Indian Bill (1931–1934) in the Joint Select Committee of Parliament
Deputy High Commissioner for India in London (1934–1938)
When he returned to India,he was appointed Chairman of the Bombay Port Trust (1941–1946). After serving in the post he once again served as a diplomat as the Indian Ambassador to Japan (1947–1948),and as the Ambassador to the United States (1948–1949). His last position was as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He had been the longest-serving R.B.I Governor to date.[8]
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