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Raghuram Rajan

Indian economist and former governor of Reserve Bank of India
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Raghuram Rajan
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21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[29]
Date of birth
February 3, 1963
Place of birth
Bhopal
Country of citizenship
India[6]
Occupation
economist, banker, university teacher
Employer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management, Reserve Bank of India, University of Chicago[9][10][11][12]
Field of work
economics, economics of banking[7][8]
Position held
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, chief economist
Educated at
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, MIT Sloan School of Management[13][14][15][16]
Religion or worldview
Hinduism[28]
Award received
Fischer Black Prize, Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, Infosys Prize, Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, Amundi Smith Breeden Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Clarivate Citation Laureates, Bernhard Harms Prize[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Doctoral advisor
Stewart Myers[17]
Doctoral student
Heitor Vleira Almeida[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[37]
Affiliation
Reserve Bank of India[38]
Affiliation string
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Booth School
Birth name
Raghuram Govind Rajan[39]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Group of Thirty[26][27]
Name in native language
Raghuram Rajan[40]
Participant in
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2016, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019, India Economic Conclave 2022, IMF 2022 Annual Meetings, Global Conference 2020[31][32][33][34][35][36]
🏷️ Also known as
en Raghuram Govindarajan en Raghuram Rajan en Raghuram G. Rajan en Raghuram Govind Rajan en Raghuram Govinda Rajan ar راغورام راجان cs Raghuram Govind Rajan da Raghuram Govind Rajan de Raghuram G. Rajan de Raghuram Govind Rajan fi Raghuram Govind Rajan fr Raghuram Govind Rajan hi रघुराम राजन id Raghuram Govind Rajan ja ラグラム・ラジャン ko 라구람 라잔 pt Raghuram Govind Rajan ru Рагхурам Раджан ru Раджан, Рагхурам sv Raghuram Govind Rajan
🔖 Identifiers · 56
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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BookBrainz author ID
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CANTIC ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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ELNET ID
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Freebase ID
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Google Scholar author ID
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IdRef ID
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JRC Names ID
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Libris-URI
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LinkedIn personal profile ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Brazil ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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OpenSanctions ID
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PUG authority ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Podchaser creator ID
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Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
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Prabook ID
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Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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Radio Radicale person ID
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RePEc Short-ID
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Reddit topic ID
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SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SSRN author ID
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Scopus author ID
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TED speaker ID
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UOM ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Award received 5
Infosys Prize, Clarivate Citation Laureates, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics, Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Educated at 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, MIT Sloan School of Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Employer 4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago, Reserve Bank of India, MIT Sloan School of Management
Occupation 3
economist, banker, university teacher
Field of work 2
economics, economics of banking
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Group of Thirty
Position held 2
chief economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Affiliation 1
Reserve Bank of India
Country of citizenship 1
India
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
OpenSanctions ID 1
Raghuram Rajan
Place of birth 1
Bhopal
Religion or worldview 1
Hinduism
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Raghuram Rajan was born on February 3, 1963[1], in Bhopal[2]. He has worked as an economist[3], banker[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Raghuram Rajan born?

Raghuram Rajan was born in Bhopal[2].

What did Raghuram Rajan do for work?

Raghuram Rajan worked as an economist[3], banker[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Raghuram Rajan go to school?

Raghuram Rajan was educated at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi[13], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[14], Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad[15], and MIT Sloan School of Management[16].

What awards did Raghuram Rajan receive?

Honors received include Fischer Black Prize[18], Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award[19], Infosys Prize[20], and Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics[21].

Related Entities

Bhopal economics India Massachusetts Institute of Technology Raghuram Rajan

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [24] ↑ . clarivate.com. Retrieved . clarivate.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . group30.org. Retrieved . group30.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Davos 2016 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Davos 2018 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Davos 2019 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . indiaeconomicconclave.com. Retrieved . indiaeconomicconclave.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . meetings.imf.org. Retrieved . meetings.imf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Global Conference 2020 - Speakers. wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . Davos 2016 Participant List. wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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