The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appoints Ravi Shankar as an Executive Director. According to Business Line and Business Standard, Shankar’s responsibilities include overseeing the RBI’s Department of Statistics and Information Management. The appointment is described as a leadership role within the RBI’s statistics function, where the department manages statistical and information-related activities for the central bank. Both reports indicate that Shankar will be in charge of that department upon taking up the new assignment. The sources do not provide additional details such as the start date, tenure length, or whether Shankar replaces a predecessor. No other changes to RBI leadership or restructuring of the department are mentioned in the available coverage. Overall, the reports converge on the same core information: the RBI has named Ravi Shankar as Executive Director, with oversight of the Department of Statistics and Information Management.