The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the new appointment of Shri Muneesh Kapur as the Executive Director (ED) which was made effective from yesterday, October 3, 2023.
He joined the Reserve Bank of India in 1990. However, before the current promotion, Shri Muneesh Kapur held offices before as Adviser-in-Charge to the ED at the Monetary Policy Department and also as the Secretary to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Over a span of nearly three decades in the Reserve Bank, he has performed extensively in the field of macroeconomic policy/legislation, research and monetary policy in Department of Economic Policy and Research and the Monetary Policy Department at the RBI. He also served as an Adviser to Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka, IMF, Washington, DC as well as the International Monetary Fund during his tenure in 2012-15.
Currently, as the Executive Director, Shri Kapur is expected to and will be looking after the Department of Economic and Policy Research.
His academic accolades include a Master’s degree in Economics and his qualification as a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).
