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	'''Bimal Jalan''' (born 17 August 1941){{cn\|date=August 2020}} is ~~a former~~ [[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India\|Governor of Reserve Bank of India]] ~~and~~		'''Bimal Jalan''' (born 17 August 1941){{citation needed\|date=August 2020}} is an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[economist]] and [[bureaucrat]] who served as [[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India\| 20th Governor of Reserve Bank of India]]. He also served as member of the Upper House of India's Parliament, the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 2003 to 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx\|title=Rajya Sabha members\|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>
	~~was a nominated~~ member of the Upper House of India's Parliament, the [[Rajya Sabha]] ~~during 2003–2009~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx\|title=Rajya Sabha members\|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

	== Education and career ==		== Education and career ==
	Jalan graduated from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]], and later attended [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]] and [[Oxford University\|Oxford]] but no further detail as to his course of study is known publicly.{{citation needed\|date=April 2019}}		Jalan graduated from [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]], and later attended [[University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]] and [[Oxford University\|Oxford]] but no further detail as to his course of study is known publicly.{{citation needed\|date=April 2019}}

	Jalan held several administrative and advisory positions in the Government of India, namely, Chief Economic Adviser in the 1980s, Banking Secretary between 1985 and 1989 and [[Finance Secretary]], [[Finance Minister of India\|Ministry of Finance]] between January 1991 and September 1992. In 1992-93 and then from 1998–2008, Jalan was the President of the Governing Body of the [http://www.ncaer.org National Council of Applied Economic Research], [[Planning Commission (India)\|Planning Commission]] in [[New Delhi]].{{citation needed\|date=April 2019}}		Jalan held several administrative and advisory positions in the Government of India, namely, Chief Economic Adviser in the 1980s, Banking Secretary between 1985 and 1989 and [[Finance Secretary (India)\|Finance Secretary]], [[Finance Minister of India\|Ministry of Finance]] between January 1991 and September 1992. In 1992-93 and then from 1998–2008, Jalan was the President of the Governing Body of the [http://www.ncaer.org National Council of Applied Economic Research], [[Planning Commission (India)\|Planning Commission]] in [[New Delhi]].{{citation needed\|date=April 2019}}

	He was the [[Governor]] of [[Reserve Bank of India]] for two terms. The [[Government of India]] reappointed Jalan as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, first for a period of five years commencing 22 November 1997 to 21 November 2002 and again for a further period of two years commencing from 22 November 2002 and ending 21 November 2004. He was succeeded by [[Y Venugopal Reddy\|Y. Venugopal Reddy]] on 6 September 2003.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx \|title=List of Governors \|access-date=8 December 2006\|publisher=Reserve Bank of India\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916083919/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx\|archive-date=16 September 2008 }}</ref> During his tenure the [[Indian Rupee]] note of 1000 denomination was introduced.<ref>{{cite book\| last = Jain\| first = Manik\| title = 2004 Phila India Paper Money Guide Book\| publisher = Philatelia\| year = 2004\| location = Kolkata\| pages = 77}}</ref>		He was the [[Governor]] of [[Reserve Bank of India]] for two terms. The [[Government of India]] reappointed Jalan as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, first for a period of five years commencing 22 November 1997 to 21 November 2002 and again for a further period of two years commencing from 22 November 2002 and ending 21 November 2004. He was succeeded by [[Y Venugopal Reddy\|Y. Venugopal Reddy]] on 6 September 2003.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx \|title=List of Governors \|access-date=8 December 2006\|publisher=Reserve Bank of India\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916083919/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx\|archive-date=16 September 2008 }}</ref> During his tenure the [[Indian Rupee]] note of 1000 denomination was introduced.<ref>{{cite book\| last = Jain\| first = Manik\| title = 2004 Phila India Paper Money Guide Book\| publisher = Philatelia\| year = 2004\| location = Kolkata\| pages = 77}}</ref>
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bimal Jalan
| image = Bimal Jalan (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Jalan in 2013
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|8|17}}

| birth_place = [[Sadulpur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[British India]]
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| residence = Kolkata (West Bengal)
| nationality = [[India]]n
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| education = [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]]<br>[[University of Cambridge]]<br>[[University of Oxford]]
| occupation = [[Economist]]
| title =
| predecessor1 = [[C Rangarajan]]
| successor1 = [[Y Venugopal Reddy]]
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| signature = Bimal Jalan Signature-en.jpg
| website = http://www.bimaljalan.com/
|office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term = 27 August 2003 - 26 August 2009
|term_start1 = 22 November 1997
|term_end1 = 4 September 2003
|office1 = 20th [[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India|Governor of Reserve Bank of India]]
| office2 = 7th [[Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India]]
| term2 = 1981 - 1988
| predecessor2 = RM Honavar
| successor2 = [[Nitin Desai]]
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'''Bimal Jalan''' (born 17 August 1941){{cn|date=August 2020}} is a former [[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India|Governor of Reserve Bank of India]] and
was a nominated member of the Upper House of India's Parliament, the [[Rajya Sabha]] during 2003–2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|title=Rajya Sabha members|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

== Education and career ==
Jalan graduated from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]], and later attended [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] and [[Oxford University|Oxford]] but no further detail as to his course of study is known publicly.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

Jalan held several administrative and advisory positions in the Government of India, namely, Chief Economic Adviser in the 1980s, Banking Secretary between 1985 and 1989 and [[Finance Secretary]], [[Finance Minister of India|Ministry of Finance]] between January 1991 and September 1992. In 1992-93 and then from 1998–2008, Jalan was the President of the Governing Body of the [http://www.ncaer.org National Council of Applied Economic Research], [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]] in [[New Delhi]].{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

He was the [[Governor]] of [[Reserve Bank of India]] for two terms. The [[Government of India]] reappointed Jalan as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, first for a period of five years commencing 22 November 1997 to 21 November 2002 and again for a further period of two years commencing from 22 November 2002 and ending 21 November 2004. He was succeeded by [[Y Venugopal Reddy|Y. Venugopal Reddy]] on 6 September 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx |title=List of Governors |access-date=8 December 2006|publisher=Reserve Bank of India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916083919/http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx|archive-date=16 September 2008 }}</ref> During his tenure the [[Indian Rupee]] note of 1000 denomination was introduced.<ref>{{cite book| last = Jain| first = Manik| title = 2004 Phila India Paper Money Guide Book| publisher = Philatelia| year = 2004| location = Kolkata| pages = 77}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb7sAAAAMAAJ India's Economic Crisis: The Way Ahead] (Oxford University Press, 1991)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=dELXAAAACAAJ The Indian Economy: Problems and Prospects] (editor) (Penguin, 1993).
*India's Economic Policy: Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (Viking, 1996) examines some of the critical policy choices for India at the present juncture.
*The Future of India Politics, Economics and Governance (Penguin, 2005).
*[https://www.amazon.in/Indias-Politics-Backbench-Bimal-Jalan/dp/0143064223 India's Politics: A view from the backbench] (Penguin-Viking, 2007).

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