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M. Narasimham is a renowned Indian banker who served as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from December 22, 1977 to June 15, 1982. He was born in 1927 in Andhra Pradesh, India. He graduated from the University of Madras in 1947 and obtained a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Bombay in 1949. He began his career as a lecturer in economics at the University of Bombay in 1950. He then joined the Reserve Bank of India in 1952 and rose through the ranks to become the Governor in 1977. During his tenure as Governor, he implemented several reforms in the banking sector, including the introduction of the Credit Authorization Scheme and the establishment of the Credit Information Bureau of India. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1982. After his retirement from the Reserve Bank of India, he served as the Chairman of the State Bank of India from 1982 to 1985. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 1985. He is currently a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council.

Popular As Maidavolu Narasimham
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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 3 June 1927
Birthday 3 June
Birthplace Nellore, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India)
Date of death April 20, 2021
Died Place Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Nationality India

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2021

Narasimham died on 20 April 2021 in Hyderabad from COVID-19 complications. He was aged 94.

2016

Some of the recommendations around creation of Asset Reconstruction Companies as means to securitize bad debt are built on the recommendations from his committee. His committee also introduced the notion of an asset reconstruction fund to take over bad loans. As a follow-up, six special debt recovery tribunals were set up. This served as the foundation for India's current Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code which was codified in 2016.

2000

Narasimham also served as India's executive director at the World Bank and later at the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank. He served as the secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and as the additional secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs as well. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honor Padma Vibhushan in 2000.

1991

Narasimham was the chair of two high-powered committees on banking and financial sector reforms viz Committee on the Financial System (1991) and the Committee of Banking Sector Reforms (1998). The reforms and recommendations from these committees have become mainstays in the Indian banking and financial sector leading to Narasimham being referred to as the father of banking reforms in India.

Bank mergers toward creation of strong public sector mega-banks were first recommended by the Narasimham committee of 1991. India's recent merger of ten public sector banks in 2020 was building on recommendations from this committee.

The first committee report of 1991 introduced the notion of a capital adequacy ratio while proposing a phased reduction in mandatory bond investment and cash reserve ratios in an attempt to encourage lending. The committee also introduced rules around non-performing assets (NPA) classification and also had the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) requiring banks make provisions for bad loans.

1982

After his term as the RBI governor, he served as India's executive director at the World Bank and later at the International Monetary Fund. He was also the Vice President of the Asian Development Bank. Narasimham also served as secretary in the Ministry of Finance between 1982 and 1983. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honor Padma Vibhushan in 2000.

1977

Narasimham joined the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank in 1950 in Bombay (present day Mumbai). He joined the bank as a research officer in its Economic Department. He later joined the government and served as additional secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs. He was the first and only Reserve Bank cadre officer to be appointed as governor of the central bank. He served as the thirteenth governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 2 May 1977 to 30 November 1977.

1976

Earlier in 1976, he had also been the author of the Regional Rural Bank report which was the basis for the setup of regional rural banks in India, building on his blueprint and recommendations of having these banks maintain a local appeal while bringing the professionalism from large commercial banks.

1927

Maidavolu Narasimham (3 June 1927 – 20 April 2021) was an Indian banker who served as the thirteenth governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 2 May 1977 to 30 November 1977. For his contributions to the banking and financial sector in India, he is often referred to as the father of banking reforms in India. Some of the reforms attributed to his recommendations include changes to banking structures, introduction of private sector banks, creation of asset recovery funds, rural banking, changes to capital adequacy and provisioning standards, technology upgradation and modernization of public sector banks, and capital market linked banking reforms.

Narasimham was born on 3 June 1927 in Nellore to Padmavati and Maidavolu Seshachelapati. The family hailed from Maidavolu village in Guntur district of present-day Andhra Pradesh. He completed his education from Presidency College, in Madras and went on to study at the St John's College, Cambridge. He was a budding cricketer and could have been on St. John's College's team with Test-level players, but he was ineligible because of his near-sightedness