Deshmukh , Dr. Chintaman Dwarkanath

Deshmukh , Dr. Chintaman Dwarkanath

Party Name : Congress
Constituency : Kolaba
State : Bombay
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 1

More Information :
DESHMUKH, SHRI C. D., Cong. (Bombay—Kolaba—1952): S. of Shri Dwarkanath Deshmukh; B. in Nata, Distt. Kolaba, January 14, 1896; ed. at Elphinstone College, Bombay and Jesus College, Cambridge; 1 D.; Served in the Central Provinces and Berar as Assistant Commissioner, Under Secretary to Government; Deputy Commissioner and Settlement Officer from 1919 till 1930; Secretary to the Second Round Table Conference of 1931; Revenue and Financial Secretary, Government of C.P. and Berar, February, 1932 to April, 1939; Ex-Joint Secretary, Government of India, Department of Education, Health and Lands; Officer on Special Duty, Finance Department, Government of India and Custodian of Enemy Property between April, 1939 and October, 1939; Secretary to the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India, November, 1939 to December, 1941; Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, December, 1941 to August, 1943; India's delegate to the World Monetary Conference, 1944; Governor, Reserve Bank of India from 1943 to 1949; Governor for India of International Monetary Fund from 1946 and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1946 to 1949 and again from 1950; Financial Representative for India in Europe and America from December, 1949 to May, 1950; Chairman, Fifth Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1950; Member, Planning Commission from March, 1950; Finance Minister, Government of India from 29th May, 1950; President, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, and Agri-Horticultural Society, Western India, Poona. Accomplishment in Arts and Science: Natural Science Tripos in Cambridge, Chemistry, Botany and Geology; Hony. Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge. Clubs: Member, Delhi Golf Club, Delhi Gymkhana Club, New Delhi, and the Calcutta Club, Calcutta. Hobby: Gardening. Special interest: Sanskrit. Permanent address: Roha, Distt. Kolaba (Bombay).