RBI: An Anecdotal History

Penned by a ‘literary banker’ having spent four decades working for India’s central bank RBI, this slim book furnishes a brief account of the history, establishment and working of Reserve Bank of India. It portrays brief biographical details, vignettes and contributions of all the Governors of the Bank from the first Sir Osborne Smith to the current Dr. Raghuram Rajan. It contains scintillating and crisp reviews of 27 books on Indian economy and banking written by RBI Executives and other renowned authorities; It has highly entertaining and revealing anecdotes of RBI and assessment of selected outstanding personalities in the RBI’s Hall of Fame.