Viral Acharya

Viral Acharya
Acharya at ASSA 2026
Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
In office
23 January 2017 – 23 July 2019
GovernorUrjit Patel
Shaktikanta Das
Preceded byUrjit Patel
Succeeded byMichael Patra
Personal details
Born (1974-03-01) 1 March 1974
Alma materIIT Bombay (B.Tech.)
New York University (Ph.D.)
ProfessionEconomist
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Viral V. Acharya (born 1 March 1974) is an Indian economist who served as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 2017 to 2019. He is currently serving as the C.V. Starr Professor of Economics at New York University Stern School of Business. Previously he was also a member of the advisory council of the RBI Academy and was a member of the Academic Council of the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) since 2014. He resigned from the post in July 2019 with 6 months left for his completion of term.