RBI Appoints Usha Janakiraman as Executive Director

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Usha Janakiraman as its new Executive Director.

She started her new role on December 1, 2025.

Before this, she was the Chief General Manager in the Department of Regulation.

Usha has worked at the RBI for over 30 years in many different areas like banking rules, managing money that comes from other countries, and making sure banks follow the rules.

She was also part of a team that made it easier to understand RBI rules by reducing over 9,000 old rules into just 244.

In her new job, she will be in charge of a department that checks if banks are safe and doing things the right way.

Usha is also a qualified Chartered Accountant, which means she knows a lot about money and accounting.