Former RBI governor Shaktikanta Das appointed Principal Secretary to PM Modi

The previous governor of the Reserve Financial institution of India, Shaktikanta Das, has been appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Principal Secretary, the central authorities introduced on Saturday.

The previous RBI governor will work alongside P Ok Mishra, a retired IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, who was appointed to the place of principal secretary in 2019. Mishra’s tenure was prolonged final yr in June.

In line with an official order, the tenure of Das, a retired IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, might be “co-terminus” with the time period of the prime minister or till additional orders, whichever is earlier.

Das was appointed because the twenty fifth governor of the RBI in 2019, a publish that he held until final yr earlier than retiring. Sanjay Malhotra took over the publish in December 2024.

The newly appointed principal secretary to the PM has additionally served because the secretary of the Division of Income and the Division of Financial Affairs within the Ministry of Finance. Das was additionally a member of the fifteenth Finance Fee and was India’s G20 Sherpa.

Das brings over 38 years of experience in governance, having served in pivotal roles throughout each Central and State Governments. His work spans finance, taxation, industries, and infrastructure. Throughout his time on the Ministry of Finance, he was actively concerned in crafting eight Union Budgets.