Dr. Urjit R. Patel has been a Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India since January 7, 2013. He was appointed by UPA government.
He served as a Consultant to the Ministry of Power, Department of Economic Affairs, New Delhi from 1998 to 2001.
From 1995 to 1997 he served as a Consultant to RBI on deputation from International Monetary Fund, providing advice on banking sector reforms and development of foreign exchange market.
He has been a Director of State Bank of India since February 6, 2013.
He was President of Reliance Industries Limited in 2015.
He serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Gujarat State Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
He served as an Executive Director of Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Ltd., which he joined in 1997.
He served as a Non Executive Independent Director of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. from June 17, 2005 to December 31, 2008.
Dr. Urjit Patel obtained his BA from the London School of Economics [LSE, University of London], M. Phil. degree from Oxford University in 1986. He received his doctorate in Economics from Yale University in 1990.
Before his 2013 RBI appointment, he was an advisor to the Boston Consulting Group, an American think-tank.
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