Chairmen & Directors

Sri Haravu Venkatanarasingha Verada Raj ‘H. V. R.’ Iengar (b. 1902) served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors at IIT Madras for a period of three years, from 1969 to 1972. H. V. R. Iengar (1902-1978) was the sixth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

H. V. R. Iengar studied at Central College, Bangalore (1919) and became a member of the Indian Civil Service. He also served as Chairman of State Bank of India and then went on to become the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (1957-1962). During his term, he facilitated a number of changes to the Indian Coinage System. For instance, during his term, India shifted to decimal coinage. The variable cash reserve ratio and selective credit control was introduced by him during his term. H. V. R. Iengar was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1962.