Subir Gokarn Age, Biography, Wife & More

Bio
Real Name	Subir Vithal Gokarn
Nickname	Not Known
Profession	Economist
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 183 cm in meters- 1.83 m in Feet Inches- 6’
Weight	in Kilograms- 90 kg in Pounds- 198 lbs
Eye Colour	Hazel Brown
Hair Colour	White
Personal Life
Date of Birth	3 October 1959
Age (as in 2016)	56 Years
Birth Place	Not Known
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Libra
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Not Known
School	Not Known
College	St Xavier’s College, Mumbai- B.A in Economics (Hons.) Delhi School of Economics, Delhi- M.A in Economics (Hons.) Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio, USA- Ph.D in Economics Economic Growth Centre, Yale University,USA- Research Fellowship
Educational Qualifications	Ph.D in Economics
Family	Father- Not Known Mother- Not Known Brothers- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Reading, Traveling
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Wife	Jyotsna Bapat
Children	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Subir Gokarn

• Subir Gokaran is considered one of the finest economists of India and has served at several prestigious economic institutions in India as well as in abroad.

• He served as an associate professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) in Mumbai from 1991 to 2000.

• At present, he is the Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund.

• Subir was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by the Government of India on 19 November 2009. He became the youngest Deputy Governor of the RBI in its 76 years of history.

• His responsibilities as the RBI Deputy Governor included overseeing departments like the Monetary Policy Department, the Department of Statistics and Information Management, the Department of Economic Analysis and Policy, and the Credit Guarantee Corporation.

• His three-year term began on 24 November 2009, succeeding Rakesh Mohan, who had completed a six-month tenure before joining the Stanford Center for International Development at Stanford University in the USA.

• He also represented the Reserve Bank at the G-20 Deputies’ forum.

• Subir served as the RBI Deputy Governor till 31 December 2012. He later joined Brookings India, an independent think tank, as the Director of Research and a Senior Fellow.

• Before being appointed as the Deputy Governor of the RBI, Gokaran served as the Chief Economist for Standard and Poor’s (S&P) – Asia Pacific since August 2007. He also led CRISIL’s Research and Information business and was a board member of the State Bank of India.

• He consumed alcohol occasionally.