Urjit Patel appointed as Chairman of economic think tank NIPFP

Urjit Patel has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). It is an economic think tank which is based in New Delhi, India. The appointment of the Urjit Patel has been made for a period of four years. He will be replacing the outgoing chairman Vijay Kelkar.

Urjit Patel has earlier served as the Governor as well as the Deputy Governor of The Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He resigned as the Governor of RBI in December 2018.