C. D. Deshmukh
Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh, CIE, ICS (14 January 1896 – 2 October 1982) was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British Raj authorities. He subsequently served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950–1956).After resignation from Union Cabinet He worked as Chairman of U.G.C.(1956–1961).He served as Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi (1962–67).He was also President of I.S.I.(Indian Statistical Institute)from 1945 to 1964,Honorary Chirman of National Book Trust (1957–60). He founded India International center in 1959 and served as Life time President of it.He was also chairman of Indian Institute of Public Administration.After seeing rare combination of his excellent qualities of idealism and objectivity, culture and science, integrity, dedication and imagination,and energy to work Chintaman Deshmukh always ranks high among the eminent sons of India.
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