Surjit S. Bhalla appointed ED for India at IMF

The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday appointed economist Surjit S. Bhalla as the Executive Director for India at the International Monetary Fund for a period of three years.

Bhalla will succeed former RBI deputy governor Subir Gokarn, who died in the US on July 30 after a brief illness.

Gokarn was appointed as the executive director for India on the board of the IMF in November 2015. He was to complete his term in October.