The Reserve Bank of India, under its SAARCFINANCE Chair, organised the SAARCFINANCE Governors’ Symposium 2021 on March 2, 2021. The Symposium consisted of two sessions, viz., (i) Inaugural Session with Welcome Remarks by Dr. Michael D Patra, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Inaugural Remarks by Mr. Shaktikanta Das, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Keynote Address by Mr. Jermy Prenio, Senior Advisor, Bank for International Settlement (BIS) and (ii) Panel Discussion, comprising a mix of officials from the SAARC central banks and experts from external institutions, on the topic “Cyber security in Central Banks”. Mr. R. Subramanian, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India, delivered the closing remarks for the Symposium. The Symposium was attended by Governors, Deputy Governors, Executive Directors and other officials from all the SAARC central banks. On the sidelines of the Symposium, a presentation of the SAARCFINANCE Collaborative Study on “Comparison of Financial Sector Regulatory Regimes in the SAARC Region”, was also made on March 1, 2021.

A number of seminars/workshops/special studies have been conducted on common topical issues by some of the member countries of the SAARC region.

During July - December 2009, Bangladesh Bank organized the SAARCFINANCE Symposium on “Food Security: The Role of Central Banks in SAARC Region”. The Symposium was organized during 26 – 27 October 2009 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Governor, CBSL and Dr. P N Weerasinghe, Assistant Governor, CBSL, Mr. Bir Bikram Rayamajhi, Deputy Governor and Dr. Bam Dev Sigdel, Deputy Director NRB, Mr. Muhammad Kamran Shehzad, Deputy Governor, SBP, along with Mr. Muhammad Ashraf Khan, Executive Director, Development Finance Group, SBP participated in the Symposium.

The 17th SAARCFINANCE Governors’ meeting was held on the sidelines of the Fund-Bank Spring Meeting at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington D.C on April 12, 2008. Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India and the Chair, SAARCFINANCE presided over the meeting. The list of participants are given in Annex. Initiating the discussion the Chairman welcomed Afghanistan Governor, this being his first meeting.