The RBI's 18-member board includes Governor Urjit Patel, who is a voting member, and four Deputy Governors - NS Vishwanathan, Viral Acharya, BP Kanungo and M Kumar Jain. Two ex-officio members, SC Garg from Department of Economic Affairs and Rajiv Kumar from Department of Financial Services are on the board. Others are independent members including Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran.