Shri Vasudevan Parameswaran is a career central banker with over three decades of experience in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He has been extensively involved in payment system development in India and has led and successfully implemented many large payment system initiatives and projects in the country. He was closely associated in building and developing institutions like National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Clearing Corporation of India Ltd., (CCIL), Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH), etc. He has represented the RBI on various international fora, including the Committee for Payments & Market Infrastructures, the SAARC Payments Council, the SEACEN Payments Group, the Legal Entity Identifier Regulatory Oversight Committee, etc. He has also had long stint in matters relating to supervision of banks and non-banking financial companies. He is currently handling activities relating to FinTechs, including the pilots on Central Bank Digital Currency (e₹), MuleHunter.ai, Unified Lending Interface (ULI), etc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and is a Fellow of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has Master’s Degree in Finance and Certifications in Information Systems Audit (CISA), Information Security Management (CISM) and FinTech (National University of Singapore). He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and an alumnus of the Wharton School.