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ச . ரங்கராஜன் s. venkitaramanan prof. suresh d. tendulkar dr. bimal jalan indian tamil chairman member , rajya sabha chairman of the prime minister 's of economic advisory council chairman of the twelfth finance commission of the india governor of andhra pradesh governor of reserve bank of prime india member of planning commission of government of india deputy minister governor of reserve bank of india 's economic advisory council economist civil servant independent august 22 december 1992 21 august 1991 12 february 1982 2009 august 2008 2005 2003 24 november 1997 c. rangarajan
 august 21 december 1992 20 august 1991 2009 2008 2004 3 january 2003 november 1997 university of madras university of pennsylvania
c. rangarajan

c. rangarajan or chakravarthi rangarajan -lrb- born 1932 -rrb- is an indian economist and a distinguished former member of parliament and ex-governor of the reserve bank of india .
he is the former chairman of the prime minister 's economic advisory council , he resigned the day the upa went out of power .
he is also the chairman of the madras school of economics ; president of the indian statistical institute ; the founding chairman of the cr rao advanced institute of mathematics , statistics and computer science ; and chancellor of the university of hyderabad .
