Shaktikanta Das (born 26 February 1957) is an Indian Bureaucrat official who served as the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

[13][14][15] During his tenure as Union Economic Affairs Secretary, Das was widely regarded as one of the most powerful civil servants in India.

[22][23][24] In December 2018, on his appointment as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Das resigned from his position in the Fifteenth Finance Commission.

[26][27][28][29] Das' appointment as RBI governor received mostly positive responses,[30][31][32][33] with DBS Bank's head of markets for India at Singapore, Ashish Vaidya, saying that previous governors of the RBI with an IAS background, such as Y. Venugopal Reddy and Duvvuri Subbarao, had been successful and that Das' "cordial relations with the government [...] [would] likely help policy negotiations.

[32] Gaurav Shah, a senior vice president at Geojit Financial Services, said "a name like Shaktikanta Das carries track record, experience, credentials, credibility and respect along with him.

[33] Subramanian Swamy, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the largest party of the ruling National Democratic Alliance coalition, and a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha (Council of the States), criticised Das, calling him a "corrupt person" at an event at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.