Rajnish Kumar (banker)

Rajnish Kumar
25th Chairperson of State Bank of India
In office 7 October 2017 – 6 October 2020
Preceded by	Arundhati Bhattacharya
Succeeded by	Dinesh Kumar Khara
Personal details
Born	(1958-01-14) 14 January 1958 (age 66)
Residence(s)	Mumbai, India

Rajnish Kumar is an Indian banker. He held the position of chairman of the State Bank of India.[1][2]

He joined SBI as a probationary officer in 1980. He has served as managing director (National Banking Group), a position he was given on 2 November 2015 and the managing director (compliance and risk) of SBI. He also cracked the Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. The senior bank official previously also headed the SBI Capital Markets Limited (the Merchant Banking arm of State Bank of India) as managing director and chief executive officer, prior to becoming managing director in SBI.[3] He is also the chairman of Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon,[4] one of the top management institutes of India in the private business schools category. [5]

Competence

O. P. Bhatt lauded Kumar's experience in the corporate banking and international banking divisions of State Bank of India. Laying out his agenda Rajnish Kumar said,

NPA management has been one of the biggest agendas being pursued by Mrs Bhattacharya. We will continue that agenda. The bank is already in the midst of a digital transformation, which in itself is a big change. The market is also very competitive and we will have to be on our toes in this matter.[6]

See Also

• State Bank of India
• List of chairpersons of the State Bank of India

References

1. "Rajnish Kumar to replace Arundhati Bhattacharya as SBI chief next week". The Economic Times. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
2. "Rajnish Kumar appointed SBI Chairman for three years". The Financial Express. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
3. "Shri Rajnish Kumar | SBI GENERAL". www.sbigeneral.in. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
4. https://www.mdi.ac.in/ ^[bare URL]
5. "MDI Gurgaon is home to the leading management education programmes in India. Located in the heart of corporate hub Gurugram, MDI will transform you into a thought leader".
6. [1]Bad Debt Clean-Up Will Remain Priority, Says Next SBI Chief

• "Arundhati Bhattacharya". Forbes. Forbes.