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Eminent Economist Subir Gokarn Passes Away

In November 2015, Gokarn was appointed as an executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund.

Subir Gokarn, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), pauses during an interview in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Subir Gokarn, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), pauses during an interview in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

Eminent economist and former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn passed away on Tuesday.

"I share this with a heavy heart...Subir Gokarn, my friend and colleague, passed away a few hours back," Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister member Shamika Ravi said in a tweet.

In November 2015, Gokarn was appointed as an executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund. He was appointed the deputy governor of the RBI in 2009 for a term of three years and had the distinction of being the youngest deputy governor at that time.

He was also associated with Brooking's India.