Amitav Ghosh is an India

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Bank

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er. He served for the 20 days from January 15 to February 4, 1985, as the 16th governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Reserve Bank of India

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. His term was the shortest ever served by any Reserve Bank of India governor.

Career

Previously Ghosh had been appointed RBI deputy governor. Before this Ghosh was the chairman of Allahabad Bank

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. He was also a Director of the IDBI Bank

IDBI Bank

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 and was on the governing body of the National Institute of Bank Management.