Mr Venkata Ramakrishna Regulugedda is a Sustainable finance and Inclusive Finance Expert and has been has been working in the Rural development space for over 30 years. He worked with NABARD for over 30 years and retired as Chief General Manager, Corporate Planning. He also worked with German International Cooperation (GIZ) on Financial Systems Development Programmes for 10 years. He is a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers and certified director by the  Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

He served on the boards of Delhi State Cooperative Bank, National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation and the National ST Finance and Development Corporation.

He has written in various papers and journals in India and has presented papers in International Conferences. His core expertise is in Rural and Agricultural Finance, Cooperative Development, Microfinance Regulation & Supervision and Sustainable Development.

He has been a member on various consultative committees including the Working group on Agriculture and Non-Farm Employment set up by Ministry of Finance, Government of India during the year 2022. He was closely associated with the Vaidyanathan Committee for the reform of Short Term Credit Cooperatives including the implementation of the Programme in the States with the Financial Support of ADB, World Bank, KfW and Technical support from GIZ.