Haravu Venkatanarasingha Verada Raj "H. V. R." Iengar CIE, ICS (23 August 1902[1][2] – 22 February 1978) was the sixth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1957 to 28 February 1962.

[4] He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1941 New Year Honours.

During Iengar's tenure, the Indian coinage system shifted from the earlier pies, paise, and anna system to the modern decimal coinage system.

During his tenure also variable cash reserve ratio and selective credit control were introduced for the first time in India.

[6] In 2002 on his birth centenary, an illustrated book, Snapshots of History— Through The Writings of H V R Iyengar consisting of articles written by Iengar after his retirement in 1962, were compiled and edited by his daughter Indira and son-in-law Bipin Patel.