Arundhati Bhattacharya
| Arundhati Bhattacharya | |
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| 24th Chairperson of State Bank of India | |
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Assumed office 7 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Pratip Chaudhuri |
| SBI | |
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| Born |
18 March 1956 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
Arundhati Bhattacharya is an Indian banker. She is the first woman to be the Chairperson of State Bank of India. In 2015, she was listed as the 30th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.[1]
Personal life
Bhattacharya was born in a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family in the city of Kolkata. She spent her childhood in Bhilai. Her father, Prodyut Kumar Mukherjee worked at Bhilai Steel Plant. Her mother, Kalyani Mukherjee was a homeopathy consultant in Bokaro. She completed her schooling from St. Xavier's School, Bokaro.[2]
She studied English Literature at Calcutta’s Lady Brabourne College and then at Jadavpur University. Her husband is an ex-professor of IIT Kharagpur. [3]
Career
Bhattacharya joined SBI in September 1977. She is the first woman to lead an India-based Fortune 500 company.initially she joined SBI in 1977 as probationary officer at the age of 22 years.[4]She has held several positions during her 36-year career with the bank including working in foreign exchange, treasury, retail operations, human resources and investment banking. This included positions like chief executive of the bank's merchant banking arm- State Bank of India Capital Markets; chief general manager in charge of new projects. She has also served at the bank's New York office. She has been involved in the launch of several new businesses such as SBI General Insurance, SBI Custodial Services and the SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Fund.[4] She succeeded Pratip Chaudhuri, as Chairperson, who retired 30 Sep.[5] She introduced a two-year sabbatical policy for women employees for child or elder care. This Women's day she is thinking of introducing free vaccination against cervical cancer to all her woman employees.
In 2015, she was named the 30th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. This is her first time being ranked on the list.[1] In the same year, she was ranked among the FP Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine [6] She was named the 4th most powerful women in Asia Pacific by Fortune.[7]
References
- 1 2 "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ All you need to know about Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBIs first woman chief
- ↑ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131009/jsp/business/story_17440117.jsp#.VuG-0jZqp7Y
- 1 2 Mayur Shetty (8 October 2013). "SBI gets its first woman chair in 206 years". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ↑ Arundhati Bhattacharya is new chief of SBI
- ↑ http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/narendra-modi-amit-shah-among-top-decision-makers-in-global-thinkers-list/10003/
- ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/fortunes-list-of-most-powerful-women-in-asia-pacific-has-8-indians-18511#photo-238478