Duvvuri Subbarao

Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the NUS Business School and the Institute of South Asian Studies and a Special Visitor under the MAS Eminent Visitor Programme.

Dr. Subbarao served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for five years (2008-2013) finishing his term in September 2013. Prior to that, he was Finance Secretary to the Government of India and Secretary to the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Dr. Subbarao has rich hands-on experience in public finance management. As a Lead Economist in the World Bank (1999 – 2004), he advised developing countries on public finance management and fiscal decentralisation. He has written and spoken extensively on issues in macroeconomic management, public finance and financial sector reforms. During his tenure at the Reserve Bank of India, he was also recognised as a leading exponent of central banking issues from an emerging market perspective.

Dr. Subbarao obtained his M.Sc. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, M.S in Economics from Ohio State University, USA, and Ph.D in Economics from Andhra University, India. He was a Humphrey Fellow in Public Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.