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Raghuram Rajan

1963 - Today

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Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to 2006 and the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2013 to 2016. In 2015, during his tenure at the RBI, he became the Vice-Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements. At the 2005 Federal Reserve annual Jackson Hole conference, three years before the 2008 financial crisis, Rajan warned about the growing risks in the financial system, that a financial crisis could be in the offing, and proposed policies that would reduce such risks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Raghuram Rajan is the 411th most popular economist (down from 393rd in 2024), the 1,254th most popular biography from India (down from 1,084th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Economist. Learn more about Raghuram Rajan's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Raghuram Rajan ranks 411 out of 414. Before him are Steve Keen, Eric Lander, Christina Romer, Winona LaDuke, Bina Agarwal, and Akinwumi Adesina. After him are Olga Golodets, Yochai Benkler, Gita Gopinath, Kate Raworth, Rebecca Blank, and Emmanuel Saez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Raghuram Rajan ranks 973. Before him are Meenakshi Seshadri, Karen Dianne Baldwin, Robert Taylor, Yelena Belevskaya, Dorce Gamalama, and Däulet Turlyhanov. After him are Mohammed Sahil, Billy Gould, Tatsuya Mochizuki, Hannu Virta, Chris Ferguson, and Gregg Binkley.

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In India

Among people born in India, Raghuram Rajan ranks 1,254 out of 1,861. Before him are Meenakshi Seshadri (1963), Ishaan Khatter (1995), Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971), Mallika Sherawat (1976), Raman Parimala (1948), and Bharati Mukherjee (1940). After him are Shobhaa De (1948), Reshma (1947), Raman Singh (1952), Reena Roy (1957), Sonu Sood (1973), and Kamala Markandaya (1924).

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Among ECONOMISTS In India

Among economists born in India, Raghuram Rajan ranks 8. Before him are Mahbub ul Haq (1934), Abhijit Banerjee (1961), Jagdish Bhagwati (1934), Avinash Dixit (1944), Kshama Sawant (1973), and Bina Agarwal (1951). After him are Gita Gopinath (1971).

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