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A. V. Rajwade
Mr. Anant Vishnu Rajwade widely known as A. V. Rajwade, born on 29th September 1936, is an independent forex and treasury management consultant for more than two decades now. He has done his B.Sc. (Hons.) with Major in Statistics and also holds the membership of C.A.I.I.B. He was working the State Bank of India from July 1957 to October 1976 (including 3½ years in London) where he specialised in industrial finance and international banking. He has been involved in preparing treasury management policies for corporate clients in the public and private sectors. He has also done advisory work on treasury-related issues for banks and financial institutions.

As a visiting professor, he has taught a paper “International Banking and Finance”, for 4 years at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, one of the most prestigious management institutes in the world. Also, a visiting professor at S.P. Jain Centre of Management, Dubai (2007), and S.P. Jain Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Have conducted over 250 training programs on risk management and related topics for corporate/bank executives at most major centers in India.

The Reserve Bank of India also appointed him as a Member of :

- Expert Group on Development of the Foreign Exchange Markets in India (1995);

- Committee on Capital Account Convertibility (1997 & 2006);

- Committee on Repositioning of Bankers’ Training College;

Further,

- Member of FIMMDA’s Advisory Board

- Former Member of CRISIL’s IPO Grading Committee

Mr. A. V. Rajwade have contributed for more than 25 years a weekly column titled "World Money" devoted to national and international monetary affairs to The Economic Times / Business Standard published articles around 2,000.

Author of 'A Handbook of Foreign Exchange', 'Foreign Exchange and International Finance', 'World Money', and “World Money and Other Articles”, the last two being collections of published articles. Another book “Handbook of Debt Securities and Interest Rate Derivatives” was published by in August 2007.

Mr. Rajwade currently holds the position of a director in several public and private limited companies as well as Member/ Chairman of various Committees of these companies. He is also a former member of the supervisory board of India Opportunities Fund, Bermuda and Mauritius, and Director of CRISIL, India's first credit-rating company.Prajyotchopda (talk) 10:28, 26 May 2008 (UTC)]