<span style="color: #222222;">Michael Debabrata Patra has been appointed as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The post was lying vacant after Viral V Acharya resigned from the post in June last year. He will be the fourth Deputy Governor of the RBI and has been appointed to the post for a period of three years.<br />'' <br />'' Mr Patra, who is looking after the Monetary Policy Department as the Executive Director, is likely to retain the department, which was handled by Acharya, as the Deputy Governor.<br />'' <br />'' The RBI, headed by Governor Shaktikanta Das, can have a maximum of four Deputy Governors. N S Vishwanathan, B P Kanungo and M K Jain are the other Deputy Governors working at the central bank.</span><br />