Reserve Bank of India, South Zonal Office 1935 and was operated from a rented premises of the State Bank of India office building located at Parry's Corner. The present building was constructed in the 1960s by Tarapore Company. Zonal Training Centre of RBI Reserve Bank of India, South Zonal Office The Reserve Bank of India in Chennai is one of the four zonal representations of the Reserve Bank of India, the central bank of India, the other three being located in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata. The central office of the Reserve Bank is located in Mumbai. The Chennai office serves the southern region of the country.
Banking in India his journey as the new RBI Governor, taking charge from Raghuram Rajan. During the First World War (1914–1918) through the end of the Second World War (1939–1945), and two years thereafter until the independence of India were challenging for Indian banking. The years of the First World War were turbulent, and it took its toll with banks simply collapsing despite the Indian economy gaining indirect boost due to war-related economic activities. At least 94 banks in India failed between 1913 and 1918 as indicated in the following table: During 1938-46, bank branch offices trebled to 3,469 and deposits quadrupled to