Harun Rashid Khan

Harun Rashid Khan
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2011
Personal details
Born	India
Spouse	Rosy
Children	Sara (daughter)
Education	Utkal University, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Occupation	Banker
Known for	Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India

Harun Rashid Khan, popularly known as H R Khan, is a Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Considered approachable and open to reasoning, Khan has made seminal contribution to India's banking and finance system in the field of rural credit, financial inclusion, internal debt management, external investment and exchange control. He was appointed as Deputy Governor in July 2011. He has also been an Executive Director of RBI and Director of NABARD.

Early life and education

H R Khan had his early schooling at Badagada Highschool in Bhubaneswar. He was a brilliant student. Although he studied in the vernacular medium, he regularly won first prizes at State level debate and elocution contests in English, and was a multiple winner of the Governor's Cup for elocution.

Khan obtained his Master's degree in Political Science from Utkal University. Later he obtained Master of Philosophy degree from the School of International Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Career in RBI

Khan joined Reserve Bank of India in 1978. He rapidly rose through the ranks, working in diverse areas, and became the Principal of RBI's College of Agricultural Banking (CAB) at Pune, before getting appointed as the Regional Director of RBI, New Delhi.

Between 2007 and 2008, Khan was the Director of Bank of Maharashtra and Punjab and Sind Bank

He was elevated to the position of Executive Director of RBI on 26 October 2007. He was appointed as Deputy Governor on 4 July 2011.

Outstanding achievement

Khan was the Chairman of the RBI Internal Group on Rural Credit and Microfinance, which is popularly known as the Khan Committee. Based on the recommendations of the Khan Committee, RBI prepared guidelines for expansion of the banking outreach through the Business Facilitator and Business Correspondent models with ICT support, which revolutionized the spread of financial inclusion in India.

Personal life

Khan is married to Rosy and has a daughter named Sara. Khan is a strict vegetarian, while all other members in his family are non-vegetarian. This habit has won him the epithet of Vegetarian Khan.

Important assignments

• Chairman, RBI Internal Group on Rural Credit & Micro-finance
• Member Secretary, Committee on Ways and Means Advances for State Governments
• Convenor, Working Group on Instruments of Sterilisation
• Convenor, Working Group on Model Fiscal Responsibility & Budget Management Bill for States
• Member, G-20 Working Group on "Reinforcing International Cooperation & Market Integrity
• Member, BIS Committee on "Global Financial System"
• Member, International Task Force on Central Counterparties

See also

H R Khan - Executive Profile

Speeches & Writings

• Financing Strategies for Urban Infrastructure: Trends and Challenges (RBI Bulletin , August 2013)
• Challenges and concerns of the central bank - opportunities and role for the commercial banks ( BIS - Publications
• Promoting Retail Investor Participation in Government Bonds (8th Annual National Conference on Capital Markets on the theme “Confidence Building Measures for Retail Investors” on January 9, 2013 at Mumbai)
• Understanding Psychology through Responsible Financial Behaviour (Maharishi Dayanand College, Mumbai on 6 February 2012)
• The Shrinking Money & RBI's Economic Policy (National Management Seminar, Bhubaneswar on 10 December 2011)