With time nearing for RBI deputy governor, Usha Thorat's retirement, the apex bank has already set a search committee which has interviewed six out of seven of its executive directors.

Sources having knowledge about the issue said that Anand Sharma and V K Sharma. V K Sharma also happens to be the senior most executive director.

The search committee is headed by RBI governor, D Subbarao which also includes R. Gopalan, financial services secretary, and Govinda Rao, director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.

Amongst the other executive directors interviewed are V.S. Das, G. Gopalakrishna, H.R. Khan and D.K. Mohanty.

Thorat has been handling many portfolios of critical importance like banking regulation and supervision, currency management, rural credit and urban cooperatives.