Jayanth Varma, Ashima Goyal, Shashanka Bhide: New members of RBI MPC

The three new members represent a diversity of experience and have engaged with policy making through their careers

The government has appointed Jayanth Varma who is a professor in Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad,  Ashima Goyal, member of Economic Advisory Council of Prime Minister and Shashanka Bhide, senior advisor at National Council for Applied Economic Research as external members of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy committee. Here is what each of them brings to the table:  

Jayanth R Varma

Jayanth R Varma

Jayanth Varma is a known expert in financial markets. He is currently a professor at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad