While I started my career as an airman with the IAF just after my higher secondary schooling , I have been passionate about acquiring higher education. As a combatant airman, I could not go to a regular college, but Air Force provided me an excellent environment for upskilling. So, I did my Masters in Hindi Literature (Calcutta University 1998) as a private candidate and MBA (Finance) through distance education from IGNOU in 2000. As I developed deep interest in the area of finance, I enrolled in the newly launched CFA program of Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. With these skills and degrees in my arsenal, I was selected as a management trainee by ONGC and as a Grade B direct recruit officer by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2004. I joined RBI and since then, I have been on the wonderful journey of central banking. During the last sixteen years, I have acquired skills and experiences in currency management, bank supervision and regulation, financial stability, corporate budgeting and strategy and corporate governance. I also had the opportunities to be a part of Basel 3 Liquidity risk and Large Exposures standard setting process of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). Subsequently, I was a part of the BCBS' RCAP team for assessing the G-SIB and D-SIB standards of five major jurisdictions (USA, EU, China, Switzerland and Japan).During my years in the RBI, I had the opportunity of continuously upskill through various trainings. In addition, I acquired FRM certification from GARP and CFA(ICFAI) of ICFAI. Currently, under a scholarship from RBI, I am pursuing one-year Global MBA and Master of Business Analytics (Dual degree) at Hult International Business School in Boston. I have a growth mindset and I look forward to challenging assignments. I have strong belief that great changes can be brought through power of education and inclusiveness. I continue to explore the knowledge in the emerging areas of analytics and its application in banking and finance, central bank digital currency, block chain, development economics, etc.