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Guarding India's Macro Stability
BW Businessworld
|March 21, 2026
POONAM Gupta's appointment as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) places one of the country’s most respected macroeconomists at the heart of monetary and financial policymaking.
Her tenure as Deputy Governor began on 2 May 2025. Before joining the RBI, Gupta served as Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, where she strengthened its position as one of India’s leading economic policy think tanks. Her work has consistently focused on central banking, monetary policy, inflation, fiscal dynamics
This story is from the March 21, 2026 edition of BW Businessworld.
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