List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India

No.	Name of Governor	Tenure
23	Raghuram Rajan	05-09-2013 to 04-09-2016
22	D. Subbarao	05-09-2008 to 04-09-2013
21	Dr. Y V Reddy	06-09-2003 to 05-09-2008
20	Dr. Bimal Jalan	22-11-1997 to 06-09-2003
19	C. Rangarajan	22-12-1992 to 21-11-1997
18	S. Venkitaramanan	22-12-1990 to 21-12-1992
17	R N Malhotra	04-02-1985 to 22-12-1990
16	A. Ghosh	15 January 1985 – 4 February 1985
15	Dr. Manmohan Singh	16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985
14	Dr. I. G. Patel	1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982
13	M. Narasimham	3 May 1977 – 30 November 1977
12	K. R. Puri	20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977
11	N. C. Sen Gupta	19 May 1975 – 19 August 1975
10	S. Jagannathan	16 June 1970 – 19 May 1975
9	B. N. Adarkar	4 May 1970 – 15 June 1970
8	L. K. Jha	1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970
7	P. C. Bhattacharya	1 March 1962 – 30 June 1967
6	H. V. R. Iyengar	1 March 1957 – 28 February 1962
5	K. G. Ambegaonkar	14 January 1957 – 28 February 1957
4	Sir Benegal Rama Rau	1 July 1949 – 14 January 1957
3	Sir C. D. Deshmukh	11 August 1943 – 30 June 1949
2	Sir James Braid Taylor	1 July 1937 – 17 February 1943
1	Sir Osborne Arkell Smith	1 April 1935 – 30 June 1937