Banker to Banks

On behalf of the Reserve Bank of India, I have great pleasure in welcoming Prof. John Brian Taylor who will shortly be delivering the L. K. Jha Memorial Lecture. We are very happy to welcome also Ms. Raye Allyn Taylor who has accompanied Prof. Taylor. I also want to acknowledge the family members of late Dr. L.K. Jha - Smt. Dipika Maharaj Singh, Smt. and Shri. Aditya Maharaj Singh, Trisha Maharaj Singh. Many thanks to all of you for rejoining the RBI family. And of co

It gives me great pleasure to be here today on the occasion of the release of three volumes of the History of the Reserve Bank of India by the Prime Minister. On this occasion, I am happy to release one of the key research publications of the Reserve Bank, viz., Report on Currency and Finance for the year 2004-05. Since 1999, the Report has focussed on a particular theme each year so that the overlap with the Bank's other flagship publications, such as, the Annual Rep

February 12, 2010 Andrew Michael Spence - Challenges to Central Banking in the Context of Financial Crisis (earlier unedited transcript replaced with the edited version) Dr. D. Subbarao - Challenges to Central Banks Irma Rosenberg - The Impossible Trinity John C Williams - Two Cheers for Bagehot Jorgen Elmeskov - Credit Freeze, Dysfunctional Markets Krishna Srinivasan - Crisis & Implications Lars E. O. Svensson - Inflation Targeting Stephen Cecchetti - Future of P

I thank the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow for inviting me to address this distinguished gathering. I do see many bright young prospective managers in the audience. As you step out of the portals of the Institute, you will be faced with the challenge of managing some or the other key aspect of our economy, be it agriculture, industry or services. This evening, let me give you a flavour of how do we manage monetary policy in the Reserve Bank of India? In

I thank Professor Aditi Abhyankar for the opportunity for being a part of such a distinguished panel and share my thoughts with the young audience. As the future of the country, you have a great stake in the performance of our economy in a globalised world: the opportunity it provides, the promise it holds and the challenges we face. Therefore, the focus of my talk today is on the recent macroeconomic performance of the Indian economy. As you know the Indian economy e

Respected dignitaries on the dais: Advocate V. R. Parnerkar, Advocate Laxmikant Parnerkar, Shri Pradip Palnitkar, Shri Mohan Tanksale, Justice Mhase, Dr. S. N. Pathan and Dr. Ashutosh Raravikar; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is indeed my honour that Late Dr. Ramchandra Parnerkar Outstanding Economics Award for 2013 has been bestowed upon me. I thank the Poornawad Charitable Trust and its Life Management Institute for this recognition. It is heartening to see that over the

Friends, 1. I am delighted to be in your midst after a long gap of a decade. The occasion brings back reminiscences of late 1990s and the early years of this century when the forex market in India was quite different from what exists today. A nascent market that it was, needed a lot of hand-holding from RBI. The Rupee was always moving down a one-way street and every bout of volatility ( plenty those days, for example, the South East Asian crisis, Nuclear sanctions, K

Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning. It is my pleasure to be here amongst all of you in the Annual conference on secure banking 2011, and share with you some of my thoughts on the subject. I thank IBA and MP TFCI, co-organizers for the event, for this opportunity. 2. Banking, as all of us know, is a business activity synonymous with Trust, and security in banking is a paramount presumption for trust. The concept and perception of such security in banking has, over a pe

Director IDRBT, Shri B Sambamurthy, faculty members and officers of IDRBT, officials from banks, members of the selection panel, my colleagues from Reserve Bank and all the other participants. It is indeed my privilege to be present here today to honour the recipients of the banking technology awards and deliver the key note address for the 7th edition of the awards. I am grateful to IDRBT for giving me this opportunity. My heartiest congratulations to all the winners

On behalf of the Reserve Bank of India, I am delighted to welcome Prof. Abhijit Banerjee, who will shortly be delivering the First Professor Tendulkar Memorial Oration. I also have great pleasure in acknowledging the presence here of Smt. Sunetra Tendulkar and other family members of late Prof. Tendulkar. Your presence here means a lot to us. A hearty welcome also to all the distinguished invitees to this lecture. Prof. S.D. Tendulkar 2. Prof. Suresh Tendulkar was, by