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Urjit Patel, First RBI Governor Chosen By PM Modi: 10 Facts
Urjit Patel will start his three-year term on September 4 Like Dr Rajan, Mr Patel has the International Monetary Fund on his CV He headed a panel that recommended landmark changes in monetary policy
20 Aug 2016, 09:36 PM IST 
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Urjit Patel will replace Raghuram Rajan as the next RBI Governor for a tenure of three years.
Seen as a close lieutenant to Dr Rajan, Mr Patel is currently RBI's deputy governor. He will start his three-year term on September 4. (READ)
Mr Patel, 52, joined RBI in 2013, and was given a second term in January this year. He has run the central bank's monetary policy department since 2013.
Born on October 28, 1963, Mr Patel has an M. Phil in economics from Oxford University and a PhD in economics from Yale University in the U...
