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| Bio | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Raghuram Govindrajan |
| Nickname(s) | Raghu Rajan |
| Profession | Economist |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height | in centimeters- 85 cm In meters 1.85m Feet Inches 6’ 1” |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 3 February 1963 |
| Age in 2020 | 57 years |
| Place of Birth | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| The Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Chennai, India |
| Schools | Delhi Public School (DPS), R. K. Puram, New Delhi |
| College | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, Massachusetts. United States |
| Education Qualifications | Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering. Post Graduate Diploma, Business Administration. PhD Course in Theory and Financial Decisions. |
| Families | Father– R Govindarajan, (IPS officer). Mother– None known BrotherMukund Rajan and Srinivas Rajan left Tatas in March 2018, to start a new life as entrepreneurs.  SisterJayashree Rajan |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Hobbies | Writers and Sports. Exercise. |
| Controversies | He presented a controversial paper to the US Federal Reserve in 2005. The paper was critical of the development of the financial system. for Many economists criticised the more risky world at the time. |
| Favorite things | |
| Favourite Food | South Indian Dishes, Paneer Birbali, Coffee |
| Affairs and Girls | |
| Marital Status | Get married |
| The wife | Radhika puri (Teacher, University of Chicago Law School). |
| Children | For the Daughter– 1 Son– 1  |
Here are some lesser-known facts about Raghuramrajan
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- His father was an IPS Officer who topped the 1953 batch.
- He believed his father to be a diplomat all his life.
- When he was young, his dream was to become the Prime Minister in India.
- His school had an orchestra.
- In an interview, he said, “I didn’t own a blazer in my school days”.
- In 1985, he was awarded Director’s Gold Medal as the best all-round student in IIT, Delhi.
- In 1987, he received the Gold Medal from IIM Ahmedabad.
- The title of his Ph.D. thesis was “Essays on Banking”.
- Rajan received the 2003 Fischer Black Prize.
- In 2005, he predicted that 2008 would be a financial crisis.
- Between October 2003 and December 2006, he served as the Chief Economist for the International Monetary Fund.
- In 2008, he was appointed honorary Economic Advisor by Dr. Manmohan Sing, the former Prime Minister of India.
- For his book, ‘Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy,’ he was awarded the Financial Times-Goldman Sachs best business book of the year prize in 2010.
- He was appointed as Chief Economic Adviser to India’s Finance Ministry on 10 August 2012.
- The 5th of September. 2013 he was elected the youngest governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
- All over the globe, economists suggested in 2014 that he would replace Christine Lagarde to lead the IMF.
- Raghuram Rajan received the Best Bank Governor Award from Euromoney Magazine for 2014.
- In 2016, Time magazine named him in the list of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World.’
- In September 2017, his book “I Do What I Do” was released. This book attracted a lot of media attention. for Being critical of government policies.
- In an interview, he said that “my son thinks I am from the Stone Age”.
- Raghuram Rajan is a vegetarian.
- He is called a “Rockstar” and a “Financial Prophet” in the field of Economics.
