N.S. Vishwanathan
Former Deputy Governor
Reserve Bank of India
N.S. Vishwanathan is the Former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. He joined the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 1981 as a Direct Recruit Officer in Grade B, and retired as Deputy Governor in March 2020. During his nearly four-decade service in RBI, he had exposures to core central banking and administrative functions. In this period, he also worked in three external institutions – two domestic organisations and a foreign central bank. His areas of expertise include regulation and supervision of banking, non- Banking and cooperative banking entities and sector.
Vishwanathan’s current responsibilities include Non Executive Chairman, Academic Council, College of Supervisors, Reserve Bank of India, Non Executive Chairman, Governing Council, Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Non Executive Chairman, Acuite Ratings and Research Ltd. He is a Senior Fellow, Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore.’ Member, Financial Stability Board (FSB) and some of its sub committees, Member and later Co-chair of FSB Regional Consultative Group for Asia (RCG Asia). Mr Vishwanathan was part of several domestic organisations, notably, non-executive Member of the Board of Directors, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Member, Bank Board Bureau (BBB), and Member, Governing Council, Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT). He was also Member / Chairman of several working groups, committees constituted by Government of India and Reserve Bank of India.
