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Revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra has been appointed as the new Reserve Bank of India governor, an official notification from the Centre's cabinet committee stated on Monday.
Malhotra, a 1990 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS Officer, will replace Shaktikanta Das, whose tenure comes to an end on Tuesday. He will be the 26th governor of the central bank.
Malhotra was appointed as revenue secretary in October 2022, succeeding Tarun Bajaj, who retired that year.
He is an engineering graduate in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and has a Master's in Public Policy from Princeton University, the US.
In his career of over 33 years, he has worked in multifarious sectors, including power, finance and taxation, information technology, and mines, among others.
Presently, he is the Secretary (Revenue) in the Ministry of Finance.
In his previous assignment, he held the post of Secretary in the Department of Financial Services under the Ministry of Finance.
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