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S.S.Tarapore has a B.A. ( Honours Economics) from Sheffield University (1958) and M.Sc. (Economics) from London University (1960). He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa from Sheffield University (1996)
He joined the Reserve Bank of India in 1961 as Research Officer and retired in 1996 as Deputy Governor .He was on deputation from 1971-79, first in the IMF Research Department and subsequently under the IMF Central Banking Service with the Bank of Mauritius as Adviser to the Governor.
After his retirement he was Chairman of the Advisory Board on Banking, Commercial and Financial Frauds (1997-2001) and Chairman of the Discount and Finance House of India- a Primary Dealer- (2001-04).
He has Chaired a number of official Committees including the Committee on Capital Account Convertibility (1997) the Unit Trust of India Inquiry (2001), the Committee on Procedures and Performance Audit of Public Services (2004-05) and the Committee on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility (2006). He was a member of the Committee on Banking Sector Reforms (1998) and the Advisory Group on Transparency of Monetary Policy (2000).
He has been a regular columnist on economic and financial matters since 1997.
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