Not the next RBI governor

Who will be the next Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor? The question is on top of everybody's mind these days. When Finance Minister P Chidambaram called a press conference this week, naturally the question had to come up. Chidambaram made it clear current Governor D Subbarao was not in the race as he wanted to "move on". Asked about the names of other likely candidate, Chidambaram joked, "I can tell you (Namo Narain) Meena, (Jesudasu) Seelam and I are not eligible." A reporter quickly asked whether people sitting on his right (Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram and Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan) were eligible. To which Chidambaram elliptically repeated that everybody except himself and his two Ministers of State for Finance was eligible.