Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed as executive director at IMF

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel has been appointed as executive director at the International Monetary Fund(IMF), according to a Ministry of Personnel order. The order by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet gave its nod to the appointment of Patel as the Executive Director of the IMF for a period of three years. Urjit Patel earlier served as the 24th Governor of the RBI.