Economist extraordinaire and former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Raghuram Rajan was born on February 3, 1963. We already know how erudite he is, but we chose the following tale to bring out how he has a sensitive heart to go with it.
In 2013, when ten-year-old Laila Indira Alva heard her parents talking about the Indian economy and how weak the rupee had grown as opposed to the dollar, the Delhite promptly wrote a letter to the then RBI Governor Rajan expressing her distress with regards to the economy. She even enclosed a $20 note which she had saved from her trip abroad. Never in her wildest dreams would she have expected a reply from the MIT alumni. She received an invitation to visit him in Mumbai during which, she quizzed him about inflation and so on. How endearing is that!
Rajan is most notably known to have eased inflation and stabilised the rupee. Under him, the RBI also licensed two universal banks and approved eleven payment banks so that banking facilities could reach those who need it the most. He continues to be vocal about several issues that plague India and its economy today.
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Also, do you know what's common between former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? Apart from the fact that they are the finest economists our country has produced, they were both 50 years old when they became the governor of RBI.
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