Dasarathi Mishra

Dasarathi Mishra is a veteran central banker, banking regulator and financial-literacy advocate who served the Reserve Bank of India for 34 years, retiring as Chief General Manager. His experience spans banking regulation and supervision, international banking, foreign exchange and non-banking financial companies. He contributed to RBI working groups concerned with bank mergers and amalgamations and regulations under the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act. Mishra has participated in international programmes and forums organised by institutions including the Bank for International Settlements and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and attended the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings. He later founded the Abhyutthana Financial Learning Centre to promote financial literacy and inclusion, particularly among young people, women and underserved communities. He has also written on banking, finance and economic issues for Indian publications.