Education
Delhi School of Economics. University of Delhi; Lady Shri Ram College for Women.
Delhi School of Economics. University of Delhi; Lady Shri Ram College for Women.
Prior to this she was the executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India. Thorat is an alumnus of the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi and Delhi School of Economics. Usha Thorat has been the Reserve Bank of India nominee on the boards of Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and the Securities Trading Corporation of India. She has been Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India since April 2004.
As Deputy Governor she was responsible for the Department of Currency Management, Deposit Insurance and Cr Guarantee Corporation, Inspection Department, Premises Department, Rural Planning and Cr Department and Urban Banks Department.
She has been one of the key players in the Indian Central Banks efforts toward promoting Financial Inclusion.