Urjit Patel

India's new GDP series in February 2026 to spur IMF rating upgrade

The IMF has 'assured' that its 'C' rating for India's national accounts data will be reassessed once the new gdp series is released in feb 2026

Updated On: 28 Nov 2025 | 11:30 PM IST

Centre appoints former RBI Governor Urjit Patel as IMF's executive director

Patel's appointment comes four months after Krishnamurthy Subramanian was recalled by the government from IMF

Updated On: 29 Aug 2025 | 5:17 PM IST

Urjit Patel appointed executive director at IMF for 3-year term: Who is he

Former RBI governor Urjit Patel has been appointed executive director at the IMF for three years. Here's a look at his career and what the role entails

Updated On: 29 Aug 2025 | 11:45 AM IST

Ex-RBI governor Urjit Patel appointed as vice president of AIIB

Former RBI governor Urjit Patel was on Tuesday appointed as vice president for investment operations in South Asia at the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Updated On: 11 Jan 2022 | 7:51 PM IST

Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed Additional Director of Britannia

He has been appointed as the Additional Director with effect from March 31 for a five-year period

Updated On: 01 Apr 2021 | 2:28 PM IST

Blaming clean-up efforts of Rajan, Patel for slowdown a 'tragedy': Acharya

Acharya said there are analysts who blame the efforts undertaken by RBI under Rajan and Patel for the current slowdown

Updated On: 10 Nov 2020 | 11:16 PM IST

FM Sitharaman insisted on my transfer from North Block, says S C Garg

Former finance secretary Garg had last year opted for voluntary retirement after being transferred to Power ministry

Updated On: 31 Oct 2020 | 9:53 PM IST

Economy needs action; govt should exit its bubble and listen to advice

Govt must be open to economists' advice and correct course

Updated On: 10 Sep 2020 | 6:38 AM IST

Govt must heed Urjit Patel's warning on NPAs, come up with policy response

The former RBI governor has served a warning on the intractable problem of bad loans

Updated On: 03 Sep 2020 | 9:52 AM IST

A theory of everything

This book hit the markets on the same day as the one by Urjit Patel, who was RBI governor at that time

Updated On: 25 Aug 2020 | 1:56 AM IST

RBI's first Monetary Policy Committee bows out with CPI above target

The MPC held its first meeting in October 2016 under then-Governor Urjit Patel

Updated On: 20 Aug 2020 | 12:07 PM IST

Wanted: An MPC with more power and 'flexibility'

The members can come from diverse backgrounds such as finance, labour and economics, and must have a say in the entire interest-rate architecture

Updated On: 09 Aug 2020 | 9:50 PM IST

Dealing with the Trilemma

The basic argument that Mr Patel has been making has its roots in the discourse on banking reform and reducing dominant state ownership and control over the banks

Updated On: 03 Aug 2020 | 11:39 PM IST

Great Eastern Shipping appoints Urjit Patel as additional director

Patel served as the 24th governor of the Reserve Bank of India from September 2016 to December 2018

Updated On: 30 Jul 2020 | 10:30 PM IST

Is greed good?

A more caring India would provide for Universal Basic Income

Updated On: 29 Jul 2020 | 11:54 PM IST

Efforts to clean banking system cost Urjit Patel his job: Rahul Gandhi

"'Efforts to clean the banking system cost him his job'. Why? PM didn't want him to go after wilful defaulters," Gandhi said

Updated On: 28 Jul 2020 | 9:29 PM IST

Capital crunch

Structural problems in banking system would affect recovery

Updated On: 26 Jul 2020 | 10:42 PM IST

Govt wanted to dilute bankruptcy law: Urjit Patel on what led to the rift

Patel recalls the events surrounding his resignation in a book released on Friday

Updated On: 24 Jul 2020 | 2:54 PM IST

Former RBI governor Urjit Patel pens book on dealing with NPA issue

Patel's book description says that sovereigns do not need to earn or save before spending money. They can either print or borrow.

Updated On: 05 Jul 2020 | 4:40 PM IST

Is Urjit Patel's return to policy space a sign of reconciliation with govt?

In many ways, this is Patel's home ground. Two of his papers, co-authored with Willem H Buiter, on fiscal policies and deficits were acclaimed by economists

Updated On: 26 Jun 2020 | 11:01 PM IST