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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

03-November-2012 15:41 IST

Dr. Rakesh Mohan has assumed charge as Executive Director on the Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In addition to India, Dr. Mohan will also be representing three other countries in the constituency, viz. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan on the Board of the IMF.

Dr. Mohan was earlier Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and also Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India. He has also been the Chairman of National Transport Development Policy Committee and of the High Level Committee on the Financing of Infrastructure. Prior to assuming his duties at the IMF, Dr Mohan was Professor in the Practice of International Economics and Finance at the School of Management and Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University.

The term of Dr. Rakesh Mohan at the IMF will be for a period of three years.

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Executive Director appointment: Dr Rakesh Mohan to represent India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan at the IMF for three years. Dr Rakesh Mohan has assumed charge as Executive Director on the Board of the International Monetary Fund, representing India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, for a term of three years.