Viral Acharya, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) youngest deputy governor post-economic liberalisation, has resigned six months before the scheduled end of his term, citing personal reasons. Acharya, who joined the central bank on January 23, 2017, for a three-year term, is returning to New York University Stern School of Business in August, instead of February 2020, as the CV Starr Professor of Economics.