Sir Panambur Raghavendra Rau, IAAS (24 May 1889 – 23 January 1942)[1] was an Indian civil servant.
In 1907, he graduated from Madras Christian College, in which he stood first in all the examinations at the university level, winning the prestigious Gunn Medal.
As budget officer and secretary, Public Accounts Committee, he was also the treasurer of Delhi University.
He served as Accountant-General, Bombay, as government director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India and finally as Additional Secretary of the Finance Department at the Government of India until his death.
[4] Sir P Raghavendra Rau was also the first Indian to sign the one-rupee note but it never went into circulation because he died in 1942 from diabetes before he officially became finance secretary.