About Speaker
Kumar Rajesh Ranjan

Biography

Shri Kumar Rajesh Ranjan is a career Central Banker with vast experience of over 3 decades with Reserve Bank of India. He is currently posted as Chief General Manager & Reserve Bank of India (RBIO) – a quasi-judicial authority for banking/non-banking grievance redressal in the state of Bihar. Prior to being posted as RBIO, Bihar Shri Ranjan has worked in policy making roles in Central office of RBI in Mumbai for around a decade. This included the work related to banking research, monitoring of various risks posed to the central banks and international financial diplomacy on behalf of the country/RBI with international organizations like Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Financial Stability Board (FSB), IMF etc. while working in International Department of RBI.

Earlier, he has also worked in various regional offices of RBI namely Kolkata, New Delhi, Patna etc. having handled the work related to Currency Management, Payment & Settlement System, Supervision of Commercial Banks, Faculty in-charge of Zonal Training Centre of RBI etc. Prior to joining RBI, he also worked with Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL).

By education he is an economist with his Bachelors in Economics from Ramjas college, DU, and Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Subsequent to that, he also did his Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi. As a native of Bihar, he also studied in Patna Science College and takes deep interest in issues related to the economy of Bihar.

Kumar Rajesh Ranjan

Kumar Rajesh Ranjan

CGM & RBIO

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