‘India and the Global Financial Crisis’ offers a collection of essays based on the speeches delivered by Reddy during his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2003 and September 2008, a period of rapid growth for the Indian economy as well as extraordinary challenges for the conduct of monetary policy. The volume describes India"s financial situation in light of the perspectives and policies of the Reserve Bank of India, as well as its response to the financial crises in 2007.