Viral V. Acharya (born 1 March 1974) is an Indian economist who was appointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

As of 23 January 2017, he was appointed to serve a three-year term as a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Acharya was ranked fifth nationally in 1991 in the Joint Entrance Examination on the basis of which admissions are made to the Indian Institutes of Technology in India.

[5] He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1995 with a Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science and Engineering, receiving the President of India Gold Medal for attaining the highest grade point average in his batch.

[1] In June 2019, Viral Acharya quit as RBI Deputy Governor six months before end of his term.