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'''Sarukkai Jagannathan''' (18 May 1914 – 1996) was the tenth Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] from 16 June 1970 to 19 May 1975.<ref name="RBI">{{cite web<br />
|url =http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx#jagan<br />
|title =S Jagannathan<br />
|access-date =2008-09-15<br />
|publisher =Reserve Bank of India}}</ref><br />
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Educated at the [[Presidency College, Madras]], Jagannathan was a member of the Indian Civil Service, and had served with the Central Government. Prior to becoming the Governor of the RBI, he was India's Executive Director at the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/governors.aspx<br />
|title = List of Governors<br />
|access-date = 2006-12-08<br />
|publisher = Reserve Bank of India}}</ref><br />
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The oil shock of the 1970s was re-elected by a very active monetary policy during his tenure. Other achievement include an expansion of banking offices in pursuance of the objectives of the nationalisation of private banks.<br />
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The Credit Guarantee Corporation of India, and State Level Bankers' Committees were established during his tenure. [[Indian Rupee]] notes of [[File:Indian Rupee symbol.svg|10px]] 20 and [[File:Indian Rupee symbol.svg|10px]] 50 denomination were introduced, and these bore his signature.<ref>{{cite book<br />
| last = Jain<br />
| first = Manik<br />
| title = 2004 Phila India Paper Money Guide Book<br />
| publisher = Philatelia <br />
| year = 2004<br />
| location = Kolkata<br />
| pages = 45, 49<br />
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He relinquished office to take up the post of the India's Executive Director at the [[International Monetary Fund]].<br />
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