Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian[1][2] economist and an international academician who is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[3][4] He was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016.[3] Between 2003 and 2006, Rajan was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund.[3] In 2015, during his tenure at the Indian Reserve Bank he also became Vice-Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements.[5]