Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

Usha Janakiraman has taken charge as the Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India, bringing with her more than thirty years of diverse experience within the central bank. Her background spans crucial departments such as regulation, public debt management, external investments, banking supervision, and currency management. This broad exposure equips her to lead the Department of Supervision, where she will focus on strengthening risk assessment, analytical frameworks, and vulnerability evaluation across regulated financial entities. Her appointment reflects RBI’s continuous effort to bolster supervisory systems, enhance risk governance, and adopt data-driven regulatory strategies, making this update especially important for those preparing for banking and regulatory examinations.