With his robust defence of the central bank and castigation of public sector banks, Patel has buried the image of a central banker of few w...

"No supporting staff has been provided to the present Governor, Urjit Patel at his residence. Two cars and two drivers have been provided t...

It was Urjit Patel who scripted a new framework for fighting price rise, which earned him the informal title of 'inflation warrior'.

Unlike departing Governor, who used his intellectual heft to goad Indian leaders on a raft of issues, Urjit Patel brings a history of restr...

Patel, a PhD from Yale University and M.Phil from Oxford University, is serving as deputy Governor since January 2013. His tenure was exten...

While both are textbook economists, Rajan has shown that he is open to changing his stance. For instance, for most of his term Rajan pursue...

While Patel is unlikely to be as dynamic as Rajan, he will not do anything to change the status-quo, analysts said.

The new governor, will be tested on two fronts: first, any exogenous shock such as a fiasco in China; second, changing the state of Indian ...

The wish list that 'Dr Patel', faces is long and could be difficult to fulfil on many fronts -- lower the rates, go easy on banks and borro...

Swamy, who has been extremely critical of Rajan's policy of not lowering interest rate to check inflation, hoped that Patel will not be as ...

"I'm sure he will successfully lead the Reserve Bank & contribute to India's economic development," Jaitley tweeted.

Currently the RBI's deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, Patel has worked with Boston Consulting Group and Reliance Industries.

Government in a statement today announced the appointment of Patel as the next governor of Reserve Bank of India for three years with effec...

A soft-spoken person of Gujarati origin Patel was first given a three year term as Deputy Governor and got an extension this January.

The IT doyen had batted for re-appointment of the former IMF chief economist saying he deserved at least two more terms for all the "great ...

Rajan said although RBI strongly favours the Urjit Patel committee's suggestion on targeting retail inflation, the final decision would com...

Raghuram Rajan today set up a slew of committees to look into the critical areas of functioning like monetary policy making.