Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

Ravi Shankar was appointed as the Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with effect from 1st July 2026. Before his promotion, he served as the Adviser-In-Charge of the Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM). With over three decades of experience at the RBI, he has worked extensively in corporate and banking statistics, government securities, settlement systems, public debt management, and macroeconomic statistics. He has also contributed to several RBI committees and working groups focused on economic policy, financial sector analysis, statistical methodology, and data governance, making him a highly experienced central banker and statistician.