Who is Kesavan Ramachandran? RBI elevates internal veteran to executive director, to oversee prudential regulation

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Kesavan Ramachandran as Executive Director (ED) with effect from July 1, 2025, the central bank said in an official release on Tuesday.Before his promotion, Ramachandran was serving as Principal Chief General Manager in the Risk Monitoring Department. As Executive Director, he will now look after the Department of Regulation (Prudential Regulation Division).According to the RBI release, Ramachandran has experience of over three decades in areas relating to currency management, banking and non-banking supervision, training and administration. He also served as Principal of the Reserve Bank Staff College during his career.He represented the RBI as its nominee on the Board of Canara Bank for over five years and was a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for two years.Ramachandran holds a postgraduate degree and an MBA in Banking and Finance. He also holds a diploma in International Financial Reporting from ACCA, UK, and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF).