Arundhati Bhattacharya

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Arundhati Bhattacharya (2014)

Arundhati Bhattacharya (born March 18, 1956 in Calcutta ) is an Indian bank manager and has been the chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) since 2013 .

Life

Arundhati Bhattacharya comes from the Indian upper class caste of Brahmins . She grew up in Bhilai , where her father worked as a manager at Bhilai Steel Plant . After attending St. Xavier's School in Bokaro , she studied English literature at Jadavpur University in Calcutta. Since she was not admitted to the medical school, she passed a bank entrance exam in 1975 and started as a probationary officer at the State Bank of India (SBI) in 1977 . During her career she worked at SBI in various functions and at various locations, including a. also in New York City . In 2005 Bhattacharya took over the management of the regional organization of SBI in the state of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow .

In October 2013, Bhattacharya - succeeding Pratip Chaudhuri - was appointed by the Indian government as head of the state bank for three years; it is the first time in the company's history that this position is only held for a limited time. The company has over 200,000 employees in over 15,000 branches. The bank organization and bank management are characterized by Bhattacharya as "sleepy", the customer orientation is little developed and the business conduct in the regions is criticized by her as matted.

From the perspective of her own experience with the double burden as a bank manager, wife of an IT engineer and mother of a daughter born in the early 1990s, she has introduced a sabbatical rule for women at the State Bank of India ; However, she sees their limits when it comes to career leaps in a competitive situation.

Once appointed Bhattacharya was on the list 2014 100 Most Powerful Women The World's of Forbes magazine out.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c James Crabtree: Saris make a splash amid the suits . Interview. In: Financial Times . December 13, 2014, p. 18 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d FP Editor: All you need to know about Arundhati Bhattacharya, SBIs first woman chief. In: Firstpost (India). October 9, 2013, accessed March 8, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Divy Khare: Bokaro parties as homegrown Arundhati Bhattacharya becomes SBI boss. In: Times of India . October 9, 2013, accessed March 8, 2015 .
  4. ^ The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. 2014 ranking. In: Forbes Magazine . Retrieved March 8, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Bhattacharya, Arundhati
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian bank manager
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Calcutta