Chief General Manager, Department of Information Technology, RBI
Mr. Shailendra Trivedi, a career Central Banker, is presently a Chief General Manager in the Reserve Bank’s Department of Information Technology. In addition to an MBA in IT with a specialisation in Database Systems, he holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Psychology. Just prior to his current assignment, he was in charge of RBI’s Data Centres.
In his over three decades of working with RBI, he has handled a variety of IT-driven responsibilities in areas of Government Accounts, Public Debt Management, Liquidity Management, Project Management, Clearing House operations, etc. In addition, he has handled responsibilities relating to Construction Management, Project Delivery, Human Resource Management, Recruitment and Financial Supervision. He was also associated with setting up the RBI’s data centres and was a part of the bank’s initiatives like SFMS, INFINET, etc. In the recent past, he led the team that managed the RBI’s BCP arrangements and, during the same period, launched RTGS 24X7.
Shailendra has travelled extensively in India and abroad, interacting with Governments, various Central Banks and other agencies on diverse subjects and has received training at various institutions in areas ranging from Payment and Settlement Systems to Public Procurement and Performance Management Systems and Leadership.
Reading is his main hobby, and in the IT sphere, he has a keen interest in areas of Data Centre Technologies, Database Systems, Computer Networks, Programming Languages and Blockchain Technologies. He also serves as a Director on the Boards of Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS) and Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH).