Prior to taking over as Regional Director of the Reserve Bank of India [RBI], Delhi and North India, Sandip Ghose, a central banker by profession, served as Chief General Manager and Principal of the College of Agricultural Banking, Pune. He’s also served as Chief of Staff and Advisor to three successive RBI Governors [Dr. C Rangarajan, Dr. Bimal Jalan, and Dr. Y V Reddy] over a period of nine years, viz. 1996-2004. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Human Resources Department in RBI in 1995, and went on to head the same, between 2004 and 2007, where he oversaw recruitment, training and development, performance and talent management, as also compensation, welfare and industrial relations.

During this time, he was also the Principal, Bankers’ Training College, Mumbai [now known as the Centre for Advanced Financial Learning] where he was responsible for the grooming and capacity building of the top management of the public sector commercial banks in India. Sandip was also responsible for the formulation and monitoring of the Strategic Action Plan [SAP] for the RBI.

He holds a postgraduate degree in History, and has had exposure to executive education at the top business schools in India and abroad. He continues to serve as Director/Member on the boards of national and international training institutions, banks and business schools.