Nurani Subramanian Vishwanathan

Nurani Subramanian Vishwanathan has been a career Central Banker. He joined the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") in 1981 as a Direct Recruit Officer, rose through the ranks and retired as Deputy Governor in March 2020.

He has extensive experience as a Central Banker, including handling administrative functions at RBI. As Deputy Governor, he has handled Banking, Non-Banking and Cooperative Banking Regulation, Governance, Internal Control, Risk Management Functions and Human Resource Management and Enforcement at RBI.

During his illustrious career, he handled the role of Director - Supervision at the Bank of Mauritius (Central Bank of Mauritius) and served as the Chief Vigilance Officer and Head of Internal Audit, Industrial Financial Corporation of India. He was also a member of the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) between July 2016 till March 2020.

He has been invited to be a Member of various international committees and organisations and has also been part of various domestic bodies and committees. He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Governing Council of Institute of Development and Research in Banking Technology.

He is a Director on the Boards of SRO-FT Development Foundation, National E-Governance Services Limited, Finance Industry Development Council and Unified Fintech Forum.

He holds a Master's Degree in Economics and a Bachelor's Degree in Arts from Bangalore University and has completed Advanced Leadership Programme from Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK.