The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Shri Sanjay Kumar Hansda as Executive Director (ED) with effect from March 03, 2025. Shri Hansda reported back to the Bank on October 06, 2025, on completion of his deputation as Senior Advisor to ED (India), International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Prior to being promoted as ED, Shri Hansda was serving as Adviser, Department of Economic and Policy Research. He also served as Adviser, Monetary Policy Department, and as Officer-in-Charge/Director, Internal Debt Management Department. He had a stint as Analyst (financial stability), Bank of England, on a secondment from the RBI.

As a career central banker and researcher, Shri Hansda has experience of over three decades spanning from banking sector, money and credit, interest rates and liquidity, growth and inflation, financial and capital markets, industry and services, national and monetary accounts, savings and flow of funds, sovereign/ sub-sovereign cash and debt management to G-20 issues, and inter-regulatory coordination. He served as member of the committees set up by the Bank of England, Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS), and Government of India besides many internal/external committees/working groups.

As Executive Director, Shri Hansda will look after the Department of Economic and Policy Research.