Poonam Gupta | |
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Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India | |
Assumed office 2 April 2025 | |
Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
Governor | Sanjay Malhotra |
Preceded by | Michael Patra |
Personal details | |
Born | Poonam Gupta 1969 (India) |
Nationality | (Indian) |
Alma mater | (B.A.) Hindu College,Delhi (M.A) Delhi School of Economics Delhi University (M.A) University of Maryland (PhD) University of Maryland |
Occupation | Economist |
Poonam Gupta (born 1969) is an Indian economist who is serving as a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India since 2 April 2025,becoming the first woman to hold the position in over a decade. She has been appointed for a three-year term. Known for her extensive expertise in international finance and economic policy,Gupta has previously held key roles in global financial institutions and domestic economic bodies.
Gupta holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree in economics from the University of Maryland,United States. She also earned a Master's degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and her Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hindu College,Delhi of Delhi University where she secured second rank in university. [1] [2] In addition to her academic qualifications,she has taught at the Delhi School of Economics and the University of Maryland. [3] [4]
Before her appointment at the RBI,Gupta served as the director general of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER),India's largest economic policy think tank. [5] She has nearly two decades of experience working with the World Bank,where she was a Lead Economist focusing on India,and the International Monetary Fund (IMF),where she contributed to various departments. [4]
Her academic roles include serving as a professor at the Delhi School of Economics,Visiting Faculty at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI),RBI Chair Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP),and professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). [4] [1] [6]
Gupta has also served in several prominent advisory capacities:
Gupta has published extensively on topics related to macroeconomics and emerging market economies. Her work has appeared in leading academic journals and has been featured in international media outlets such as The Economist,Financial Times,and The Wall Street Journal. [8] [10] [11]
In 1998,Gupta was awarded the EXIM Bank Award for her doctoral research in international economics. [12]