Urjit patel
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Just a Mercenary: Notes from My Life and Career
At the start of his career as sub-collector of Parvathipuram sub-division in north-coastal Andhra Pradesh way back in 1974, Subbarao learnt--the hard way--that tribal development requires more than enthusiasm; it requires, most of all, an understanding of poverty.
Nearly forty years later, in 2013, as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India in the midst of a fierce exchange rate crisis, Subbarao learnt--once again the hard way--the harsh challenges of emerging economies in an unequal world.
Bookended by these assignments is the remarkable journey of a small-town boy from a modest background to the top echelons of India's civil service and then on to the helm of the country's central bank. Subbarao recounts that journey--his hopes and despair, his successes and setbacks, his mistakes and misdeeds, and the lessons he learnt along the way--with rare candour and honesty. The subtext of that story though is his constant soul searching about whether he has given back to society more than he received.
Just a Mercenary? is a warm,
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Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao
(MSC2/PHY/1972)
Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao is an Indian Economist, Central Banker and Civil Servant. He is known to be a reformer at heart who has favoured inclusive economic policies. In 2009, he was conferred with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in recognition of his outstanding managerial contributions
Profile
Born in Eluru in West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, on 11th August 1949, he did his schooling in Korukonda Sainik School. In 1969, he graduated in B.Sc. Honors (Physics) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. During his graduation, he received the Director, Gold Medal. Later, he went for a Master's degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur. In 1978,he received another Master's degree in Economics from the Ohio State University, United States. After a few years, Dr. Subbarao joined the Humphrey Fellowship program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study Quantitative Economic Modelling and became a Humphrey Fellow at MIT in 1982. He later received a Ph.D. in Economics from Andhra University.
In 1972, Dr. Subb
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Duvvuri Subbarao
Indian economist
In this Telugu name, the surname is Duvvuri.
Duvvuri Subbarao (born 11 August 1949)[2] is an Indian economist, Central Banker, and retired IAS officer. He was the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India, served under Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. After stepping down from RBI, he was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow first at the National University of Singapore and later at the University of Pennsylvania.[3]
Subbarao is a 1972 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre. He was appointed the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and served from 5 September 2008, with an extension in 2011 till 4 September 2013.[4]
Early life
Subbarao hails from Eluru in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He did his schooling in Sainik School, Korukonda, Andhra Pradesh (1962–65). Later he did BSc Hons in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (1966–69) graduating at the top of his class, and MSc at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur .[5&#
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