Raghuram Rajan, born in an orthodox Tamil Brahmin family, is a Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He received the inaugural Fischer Black Prize. In 2016, he was named by Time in its list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. He studied at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi for a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and was awarded the Director’s Gold Medal as the best all-round student. Then Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad, graduating with a gold medal for academic performance, PhD from Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In his horoscope the 5th lord of intelligence and intellect Sun is in the 10th house of profession with full digbala and in conjunction with the 10th lord Saturn it is forming a great rajayoga. 2nd lord of wealth Venus and 3rd lord of communications and self effort Mercury are powerfully placed in the bhagyasthana 9th house. The bhagyadipati Jupiter is great in the 11th house of gains causing a great yoga called “Diadina Pravardhamana yoga” which means improvement in success day by day. His 4th lord Moon is exalted in the dhanasthana 2nd house. Lagna lord Mars is in neecha but by being exalted in the Navamsa he becomes very auspicious.
