Patel, I. G. 1924-

Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel (11 November 1924 – 17 July 2005), popularly known as I. G. Patel, was an Indian economist and civil servant who served as the fourteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 December 1977 to 15 September 1982. He served as Director of the London School of Economics, making him the first person of Indian origin to head a higher education institute in the United Kingdom. He also served as Chairperson of the Board of Governors from 1996 to 2001 at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He was well known for his formidable intellectual powers in the select company of central bankers and economic statesmen such as the "Committee of the Thirty" set up by the former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. He also served as Deputy Administrator at the United Nations Development Programme headquarters in New York.