RBI Governor 2016

Dr. Urjit R. Patel

Dr. Urjit R. Patel assumed charge as the twenty-fourth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India effective September 4, 2016 after serving as Deputy Governor since January 2013. He was re-appointed as Deputy Governor on January 11, 2016 after completion of his first three-year term of office. Among his assignments as Deputy Governor, Dr. Patel chaired the Expert Committee to Revise and Strengthen the Monetary Policy Framework. Representing India, he actively participated in steering the signing into force of the inter-governmental treaty and the Inter-Central Bank Agreement (ICBA) among the BRICS nations, which led to the establishment of the Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA), a swap line framework among the central banks of these countries.

S.no	Name	Period	Political party
1	Rajendra Prasad	26-Jan-1950 to 13-May-1962	Indian National Congress
2	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	13-May-1962 to 13-May-1967	Independent
3	Zakir Hussain	13-May-1967 to 3-May-1969	Independent
	Varahagiri Venkata Giri	3-May-1969 to 20-Jul-1969	Independent
	Muhammad Hidayatullah	20-Jul-1969 to 24-Aug-1969	Independent
4	Varahagiri Venkata Giri	24-Aug-1969 to 24-Aug-1974	Independent
5	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	24-Aug-1974 to 11-Feb-1977	Indian National Congress
5	Basappa Danappa Jatti	11-Feb-1977 to 25-Jul-1977	Independent
6	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	25-Jul-1977 to 25-Jul-1982	Janata Party
7	Giani Zail Singh	25-Jul-1982 to 25-Jul-1987	Indian National Congress
8	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	25-Jul-1987 to 25-Jul-1992	Indian National Congress
9	Shankar Dayal Sharma	25-Jul-1992 to 25-Jul-1997	Indian National Congress
10	Kocheril Raman Narayanan	25-Jul-1997 to 25-Jul-2002	Independent
11	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	25-Jul-2002 to 25-Jul-2007	Independent
12	Pratibha Patil	25-Jul-2007 to 25-Jul-2012	Indian National Congress
13	Pranab Mukherjee	25-Jul-2012 to Till now	Indian National Congress

The 2016 Oscars winners list

Best picture

Spotlight

Best actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

Best actress

Brie Larson - Room

Best supporting actor

Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

Best supporting actress

Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2015

S. No.	Name of the sportsperson	Discipline
1	Ms. Sania Mirza	Tennis

Awardess of Arjuna Award in 2015

Rank	Mountain	Range	Country	Feet
1.	Everest	Himalayas	Nepal/Tibet	29,035
2.	K2 (Mount Godwin Austen)	Karakoram	Pakistan/China	28,250
3.	Kangchenjunga	Himalayas	India/Nepal	28,169
4.	Lhotse	Himalayas	Nepal/Tibet	27,940
5.	Makalu	Himalayas	Nepal/Tibet	27,766
6.	Cho Oyu	Himalayas	Nepal/Tibet	26,906
7.	Dhaulagiri	Himalayas	Nepal	26,795
8.	Manaslu	Himalayas	Nepal	26,781
9.	Nanga Parbat	Himalayas	Pakistan	26,660
10.	Annapurna	Himalayas	Nepal	26,545

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