Former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank K C Chakrabarty handed away following a coronary heart assault on Friday. He was 68.
Mr Chakrabarty, a industrial banker-turned-central banker, died at his residence in suburban Chembur, banking business sources stated.
After his stint at state-run lenders like Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank and Punjab National Bank Mr Chakrabarty had joined the RBI as a DG in 2009 and resigned in 2014, three months earlier than his time period ended.
Before banking, Mr Chakrabarty had taught on the Banaras Hindu University earlier than getting into industrial banking.
At RBI, he dealt with a wide range of departments together with banking regulation and supervision because the DG.
Following stories of an “RBI official” placing query marks over coverage efficacy in tackling inflation, he was stripped of many obligations by the then Governor D Subbarao, and was left with solely the Rajbhasha Department. Subsequently, his obligations have been restored.
At RBI, he had a repute for sharp wit, humour and fast retorts. He continuously critiqued his former industrial banking colleagues for blaming rise in dud loans as ”system-generated NPAs”, insisted on monetary inclusion targets and had a really public spat with former SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri over curiosity on money reserve ratio (CRR).
After his resignation, he had shifted base to London, the place he was posted earlier in his profession whereas working for Bank of Baroda.
In 2018, his title cropped up as a suspect in two instances investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), together with one associated to the Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines. He was additionally prevented from flying out to London due to a lookout round towards him.
