| He does not smoke. |
| He does not drink alcohol. |
| His father topped his 1953 IPS officer batch. |
| He believed his father was a diplomat. |
| He aspired to be India's Prime Minister in his youth. |
| He played in the school orchestra. |
| In an interview, he shared he did not have a blazer in school. |
| In 1985, he received the Director’s Gold Medal at IIT, Delhi. |
| In 1987, he was awarded a Gold Medal at IIM Ahmedabad. |
| His Ph.D. thesis was titled 'Essays on Banking'. |
| He won the inaugural Fischer Black Prize in 2003. |
| He predicted the 2008 financial crisis in 2005. |
| He served as Chief Economist at the IMF from 2003 to 2006. |
| He became Chief Economic Adviser to India’s Finance Ministry in 2012. |
| He became the youngest RBI Governor in 2013. |
| In 2014, he was a candidate to head the IMF. |
| He received the Best Bank Governor Award in 2014. |
| He was named in Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' list in 2016. |
| His book 'Fault Lines' won the FT-Goldman Sachs best business book prize in 2010. |
| His book 'I Do What I Do' was released in September 2017. |
| In an interview, he shared his son's perception of him. |
| He follows a vegetarian diet. |
| He is known as a 'Rockstar' and 'Financial Prophet'. |
| He joined Rahul Gandhi on the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan in December 2022. |
