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Governing Board
The Governance of IBPS as per its constitution is entrusted to the Governing Board which has representatives from RBI, various Public Sector Banks and co-opted members from educational and financial institutions. The Institute’s Director is the Member-Secretary of the Governing Board.
CHAIRMAN
Shri Rajneesh Karnatak
Managing Director & CEO
Bank of India
Shri Rajneesh Karnatak has assumed charge as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Bank of India on 29th April, 2023. He was Chief General Manager of Punjab National Bank until his appointment as Executive Director in Union Bank of India from October 21, 2021. He is a post Graduate in Commerce (M.Com) and is a Certified Associate from Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).
Shri Karnatak has a rich banking experience of over 29 years and carries varied branch and Administrative office experience. As General Manager in erstwhile Oriental Bank of Commerce, he has headed Large Corporate Credit Branches and verticals such as Credit Monitoring, Digital Banking and Mid Corporate Credit. Post the amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce into Punjab National Bank, he has also headed Credit Review and Monitoring Division and Corporate Credit Division in Punjab National Bank.
Shri Karnatak has attended various training and Leadership Development Programs from IIM-Kozhikode and JNIDB Hyderabad and has also taken part in Advance Management Programme at IMI (International Management Institute) Delhi and IIBF (Indian Institute of Banking and Finance). He was a part of 1st batch of Senior Officers selected by Banks Board Bureau for Leadership Development Program of IIM Bangalore and Egon Zehnder. He carries with him credit appraisal skills including project funding and working capital funding along with Risk Management with specific reference/ special emphasis on Credit Risk.
Shri Karnatak has served as Non-Executive Chairman of UBI Services Ltd., on behalf of Union Bank of India. He has also served as Non Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of UBI (UK) Limited. He was a member of the Governing Board of Indian Institute of Bank Management (IIBM) Guwahati. He has served as Nominee Director on behalf of Punjab National Bank on the Board of PNB Housing Finance Ltd., and India SME Asset Reconstruction Company Limited. He also served as Board Trustee on IAMCL (IIFCL Asset Management Co. Ltd).
MEMBERS
Shri Ashish Madhaorao More, IAS
Joint Secretary
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Financial Services
Ashish Madhaorao More, IAS
Shri Ashish Madhaorao More is a senior officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), belonging to the AGMUT cadre, with an allotment year of 2005. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Nagpur University and hails from Maharashtra.
After joining the IAS, Shri More has held diverse and impactful roles across the Central Government and various Union Territories and States. His career began with training in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA). He has served in key administrative positions in his AGMUT Cadre including Deputy Commissioner in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Delhi and Mizoram; Director (Finance) in Delhi Jal Board; and Secretary in multiple departments in Goa and Puducherry.
At the Centre, he has held significant roles such as Private Secretary to the Hon’ble Minister of Railways, Director (All India Services Division) in the Department of Personnel and Training and currently serves as Joint Secretary (Banking) in the Ministry of Finance.
Shri More has undergone multiple mid-career training programs at LBSNAA, including Phase III, Phase IV and a Common Mid-Career Training Programme for the 2005 batch.
His career reflects a strong commitment to Public Service, Policy Implementation, Financial Administration and Governance across a wide spectrum of domains.
Shri. Neeraj Nigam
Executive Director
Reserve Bank of India
Shri Neeraj Nigam is the Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India. Before taking over as ED, he headed the Bhopal Regional Office of the Bank as Regional Director.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Barkatullah University, Bhopal beside having earned the professional qualification of Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (CAIIB).
His experience in the Bank, of over a span of more than three decades, lies in the area of Regulation and Supervision, Human Resource Management, Premises, Currency Management, Bank Accounts and other areas in the Reserve Bank, in its Central Office as well as Regional Offices.
As the Executive Director, the current portfolio of Shri Neeraj Nigam is –
i. Consumer Education and Protection Department (CEPD)
ii. Financial Inclusion and Development Department (FIDD)
iii. Inspection Department (ID)
iv. Human resource Management Department (HRMD)
Shri Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
Chairman
State Bank of India
Shri Challa Sreenivasulu Setty took charge as Chairman on 28 August 2024. He joined the Board of SBI as Managing Director in January 2020 and headed Retail & Digital Banking vertical from 2020 till 2022 and the International Banking, Global Markets & Technology portfolio of the Bank thereafter, before his elevation to Chairman. He has also chaired various task forces/committees formed by the Government of India.
A Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers, he started his career in State Bank of India in 1988 as a Probationary Officer. With a distinguished career spanning over three decades in banking, Shri Setty brings extensive experience and expertise in Corporate Credit, Retail, Digital and International Banking.
Shri Setty has held key assignments in State Bank of India in Stressed Assets Management, Corporate banking, Mid–Corporate banking, Global Markets, Technology and Syndications both in India and abroad.
Shri Shaji K V
Chairman
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Shri Shaji K V assumed charge as Chairman of NABARD on 7th December 2022. Prior to this, he was serving as Deputy Managing Director, NABARD since 21st May 2020 and was instrumental in implementing initiatives like software based supervisory inspection, Data-warehouse, process re-engineering and improvement in the risk management practices besides conceptualising the ambitious scheme of computerising Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS). He also steered the crucial Department of Refinance which recorded an all time high business level in FY 2021-22 and the Finance Department of NABARD ensuring efficient use of resources raised from the market and their judicious deployment.
Before joining NABARD, he worked in Canara Bank in various capacities for 26 years. As his last assignment, he was at the Corporate Office of Canara Bank, in charge of Strategy, Planning and Business Development during which he successfully handled the project of amalgamation of Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank.
He has got extensive Board level experience for about 10 years in various organisations viz., National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Canara Bank Securities Ltd., besides being the Chairman of Kerala Gramin Bank, the then largest Regional Rural Bank of the country, and also of NABKISAN Finance Ltd., a subsidiary of NABARD.
He has been member of many National Level Expert Committees/working groups including Working Group on Agriculture Value Chain Finance, Expert Committee to suggest future roadmap for RRBs, Technical Group on Social Stock Exchange, Committee for drafting guidelines for IPO by RRBs, Committee on Cost sharing of ATMs, etc.
Shri Shaji is a post graduate in agriculture and holds PGDM in Public Policy from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad apart from Diploma in Treasury, Investment & Risk Management. He is also a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance and a NSE Certified Market Professional (NCMP).
Shri K. Satyanarayana
Raju
Managing Director & CEO
Canara Bank
Shri K. Satyanarayana Raju is a Physics graduate, post graduate in Business Administration (Banking and Finance) and CAIIB.
He has joined erstwhile Vijaya Bank in 1988 and has risen to the level of Chief General Manager in Bank of Baroda. During his tenure at erstwhile Vijaya Bank (Bank of Baroda), he has headed various branches including specialized corporate banking branch. He has served as Regional Head of various regions and also served as Zonal Head of Mumbai zone of the amalgamated Bank of Baroda. He has also headed operations and services department at Head Office. He has served as a Director in BoB Financial Solutions Limited, subsidiary of Bank of Baroda. He was also a member of the steering committee of BOB-IIT Bombay Innovation Centre.
Shri K. Satyanarayana Raju took charge as Executive Director of Canara Bank on 10th March 2021 and has overseen various verticals in Canara Bank including information technology & digital banking, business analytics & information system, inspection, compliance, priority credit, financial inclusion, gold loan, MSME, retail asset, corporate credit, general administration, marketing & public relations, etc. He is also a director on the Board of Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Limited and Canara Computer Services Limited.
He has rich experience in all segments of banking including branch banking, corporate credit, retail credit, MSME, Agri financing, credit monitoring, recovery, inspection, compliance, audit, general administration, information technology & digital banking, etc.
Shri K. Satyanarayana Raju has taken charge as Managing Director & CEO of Canara Bank on 07.02.2023.
Shri Swarup Kumar Saha
Managing Director & CEO Punjab & Sind Bank
Shri Swarup Kumar Saha assumed the charge as MD & CEO of Punjab & Sind Bank on June 3rd 2022. Before taking up this assignment he was Executive Director of Punjab National Bank since March 10, 2021.
Shri Saha, a graduate in Science from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, started his career in Banking in erstwhile Oriental Bank of Commerce in the year 1990 as Probationary Officer. He is a Certified Associate member of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He also holds a Diploma in Treasury, Investment and Risk Management (DTIRM) from Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) and Certificate in Risk in Financial Services from IIBF in collaboration with CISI, London along with various certifications related to IT Security, Cyber Crimes and Fraud Management.
Shri Saha was one of the participants for the flagship Leadership Development Program of Banks Board Bureau (BBB) in 2019 conducted through IIM, Bangalore. He has also participated in Advanced Management Program conducted by CAFRAL/Stern Business School, New York and Leadership Development Program conducted by NIBM & Kellogg School of Management, USA.
In a career spanning over 30 years, he has worked in different capacities and has worked across the country. He has wide exposure in Human Resource Development, Treasury, International Banking, Credit, Risk Management, Organization Restructuring and Board matters. During his tenure at Head Office of erstwhile Oriental Bank of Commerce, he headed Treasury and International Banking, Human Resource Development Division and Board Division.
Shri Ajay Kumar Srivastava
Managing Director & CEO
Indian Overseas Bank
Shri Ajay Kumar Srivastava has been elevated as Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank with effect from 1st January 2023 from his current posting as Executive Director since 9th October 2017.
He started his banking career as Probationary officer in 1991 with Allahabad Bank where he worked in various capacities in different parts of the country. He is an astute and hardcore banker with vast field level experience and has the distinction of having successfully led the largest and most critical areas of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi while working at senior level in Allahabad Bank.
After successful completion of about 27 years in Allahabad Bank he was elevated as Executive Director by Government of India and he joined Indian Overseas Bank on 09.10.2017.
At Indian overseas Bank as Executive Director, he had a very challenging journey. Bank was incurring losses since 2014, was in PCA since 2015 and financial parameters were in bad shape besides many other challenges. He made strategies for each of the key areas and successfully implemented them at the ground level with the support of the Board. He served the Bank as Executive Director for more than five years and handled all the departments and portfolios during the period. The highlight of his stint as Executive Director is that he had played a very key role in bringing the Bank out of loss in March 2020 and out of PCA in September 2021. Moreover, he was the only Executive Director in the Bank for about 14 months during 2020-2021.
He was appointed as Director on the Board of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) by Government of India for two years. He has also served as Director on the Board of Regional Rural Bank in his previous Bank.
Dr. Debadatta Chand
Managing Director & CEO,
Bank of Baroda
Dr. Debadatta Chand assumed charge as Managing Director & CEO of the Bank on 1st July 2023. Dr. Chand has over 31 years of experience in the Banking & Financial services industry, having served in banks and financial institutions. Dr. Chand served as the Executive Director at Bank of Baroda from March’21 to June’23, before his elevation as MD & CEO. In the capacity as Executive Director, he was managing Corporate & Institutional Credit, Corporate & Institutional Banking, Treasury & Global Markets, Mid-Corporate Business and Trade & Foreign Exchange, and oversaw the International Banking Business, Domestic Subsidiaries/ Joint Ventures, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, NRI Business as well as key platform functions such as HRM, Finance & Planning, Risk Management, Audit & Inspection, Credit Monitoring, Collections, Legal, Compliance, Learning & Development, Disciplinary Proceedings, Information Security and Estate Management & Security at the Bank.
As MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda., Dr. Chand is responsible for managing the Bank and its group companies. Prior to Bank of Baroda, he was Chief General Manager in Punjab National Bank and has worked as Zonal Head, Regional Head, Head of Treasury operations and also in different capacities in Audit and Risk Management. He has also served in Small Industries Development Bank of India and also erstwhile Allahabad Bank.
Dr. Chand is currently Chairman on the Board of BOB Capital Markets Ltd., India First Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and BOBCARD Ltd. He is also on the Board of National Insurance Company Ltd. He served on the Board of India Infradebt Limited. Dr. Chand was also the Chairman on the Boards of Bank of Baroda (Tanzania) Ltd., Bank of Baroda (Kenya) Ltd. and member on the Board of Bank of Baroda (Uganda) Ltd.
He is a member on the Governing Board of National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) & also a member of the Standing Committee on the Governing Board of NIBM, General Body of Management Development Institute (MDI) Society, Gurgaon, Governing Council of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF) and Advisory Board for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) of NABARD. He is also Chairman of the Executive Committee of IIBF.
Dr. Chand is Co-Chair of Joint Working Group on ‘Infrastructure and Finance’ under the aegis of India-Australia CEOs Forum. He is the Chairman of the IBA Standing Committee on Risk Management and Basel Implementation. Dr. Chand had also been part of India-UK Financial Partnership (IUKFP) Working Group on Capital Markets Connectivity. He is also a member on CII National Committee on Banking.
Dr. Chand holds a B. Tech. degree, an MBA and CAIIB qualification. Additionally, he has a Post Graduate Diploma in Equity Research and is a Certified Portfolio Manager. Dr. Chand also holds a Ph.D. in Management.
Shri Ashwani Kumar
Managing Director & CEO,
UCO Bank
Shri Ashwani Kumar is a Chartered Accountant, Post Graduate in Commerce and also a certified member of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. He has more than three decades of rich experience in banking.
Shri Ashwani Kumar rose through the ranks serving in various Public Sector Banks such as Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank, Oriental bank of Commerce, Punjab National Bank and Indian Bank. His experience includes Wholesale Banking Division and Head of several Branches including Industrial Finance Branches and Large Corporate Branches. As a General Manager, he was heading Mid Corporate and Large Corporate verticals. He has served as a Zonal Manager, heading various Zones and also as the Chief Finance Officer (CFO).
As an avid learner, he has attended various training programs in premier institutes in India and abroad including IIM and CAFRAL. He has also completed the Leadership Development Programme of IIM Bangalore, curated by the Banks Board Bureau in consultation with IBA and Egon Zehnder International Pvt. Ltd. He has also completed Directors Development Programme curated by Egon Zehnder and Harvard Business Publishing in co-ordination by FSIB and IBA. In addition to the above, he has also completed the Certification Programme for IT and Cyber Security for Board Members organised by IDRBT.
Prior to joining UCO Bank as MD & CEO, he was Executive Director of Indian Bank
Dr. Partha Ray
Director, National Institute of Bank Management
Dr. Partha Ray was Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta during December 2011 – April 2021, where he taught Macroeconomics, Global Political Economy, and Recent Issues on Monetary Policy and Banking. During 2007 – 2011 he was Adviser to the Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. Earlier (during 1989 – 2006) he was working in the specialist cadre of Economists in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI); his last position was Director, Department of Economic and Policy Research, RBI. Educated in Kolkata, Mumbai and Oxford, he has written extensively on issues relating to Indian economy, global financial crisis, monetary policy, banking and finance.
His recent publications include:
(i) The Political Economy of BRICS Countries: The Quest for Inclusive Growth (jointly edited with Biju Paul Abraham; World Scientific, 2020);
(ii) Macroeconomic Policies for Emerging and Developing Economies (with A Vasudevan; Sage Publications, 2018);
(iii) Financial and Fiscal Policies; Crises and New Reality (with Y V Reddy and Narayan Valluri; Oxford University Press, 2015);
(iv) Monetary Policy (Oxford University Press, 2013);
(v) The Global Economic Crisis through an Indian Looking Glass (with Adarsh Kishore and Michael Debabrata Patra; Sage Publications, 2011).
Dr. D. B. Phatak
Professor Emeritus,
IIT Bombay
Dr. Phatak obtained his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from SGSITS Indore and his M Tech and Ph D from IIT Bombay. He has been serving with IIT Bombay since 1971 and has donned many roles in his career. He headed the CSE department from 1991 to 1994 He was the founding head of Kanwal Rekhi School of IT from 1998 to 2002, the first Dean of Resources from 1995 to 1998 and Head of the SJ Mehta School of Management from 2004 to 2005. He was Subrao M Nilekani Chair Professor from 2000 to 2013. After superannuation, he was reappointed retiring in 2018. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of IIT Bombay.
He has been instrumental in starting an IT incubator to foster innovation through start-up companies. It has now evolved into SINE (Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship), which is considered as one of the best incubator in India. He started the country’s first interactive distance learning program using VSATs, which has blossomed into the Centre for Distance Engineering Education (CDEEP). He set up the Affordable Solutions Lab (ASL) in 2000. He is regarded as the pioneer of smart card usage in financial transactions in India. He developed affordable devices such as Smart Card Reader, thin clients and Clicker devices. He was elected Fellow of CSI in 1999 and Fellow of IETE in 2000. He is an Open Source evangelist, and has pioneered initiatives to popularize Free and Open source Software Usage.
In 1983-84, he helped to set-up the department of Computer Science in his Alma Mater SGSITS and later in Indore University. During his sabbatical leave in 2003, he visited numerous smaller engineering colleges in the country. After interactions with thousands of teachers and students, he felt the need to actively engage, guide, and mentor the enormous talent existing in India. He played a leading role in initiatives like the Eklavya Project, T10KT (Train 10 Thousand Teachers at a time), Learnercentric MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) etc. His main focus is improvement of quality of education at a large scale, commensurate with the national aspiration.
As an expert in Databases and Information systems, he has been a consultant and advisor to a number of organizations and ministries on issues related to IT. In the financial sector, he has been an IT advisor to SBI, RBI, UTI, IDBI, LIC, New India, UIIC, SEBI, NSDL, etc. He is a permanent invitee to the payment system Board of RBI. He chairs the IT committee of SEBI. He has served on the boards of several companies and institutions, including IDBI bank, UTIISL, IDBIISL, Bank of Baroda, HDFCAMC, NIA, IGNOU, IIT Gandhinagar, and NIT Agartala. He currently serves on the boards of MKCL, ReBIT, IBPS, VJTI, IIT Indore (Chairperson), PSL, and Baroda Sun Technologies (Chairperson).
Prof. Phatak is recipient of the ‘Excellence in Teaching’ award and the ‘Industrial Impact Research Award’ from IIT Bombay. He was conferred ‘Life Time Achievement Awards by Skoch foundation in 2003, by Data Quest in 2008, by Dewang Mehta Business School Awards in 2010, by Interop in 2014, by IIT Bombay in 2014 and by CSI in 2018. He was listed among fifty most influential Indians, by Business week in 2009. He was honoured with Padma Shri (2013) in recognition of his services in Science and Technology.
Dr. Phatak believes that teaching cannot be just a profession, but has to be one’s Dharma. His dream is to see a resurgent India, catching up with the world using IT as a spring-board.
Shri Biswa Ketan Das
CEO
Indian Institute of Banking & Finance
Date of Birth : 15.01.1961
Age as on 30.09.2020 : 59 years 8 months
Qualification:
Academic Qualification: M. Sc (Chemistry), CAIIB
Professional Qualification: MBA
Leadership Development
Programme at ISB Hyderabad and /MDP in Ethical Leadership at IIM Kolkata
Positions held:
(i) General Manager (Global Markets)- State Bank of India
(ii) President & COO – SBI Capital Markets
(iii) General Manager, Network 2, Patna- State Bank of India
(iv) General Manager, Network 2, New Delhi- State Bank of India
(v) Deputy General Manager, Portfolio Management & Custodial Services, Global Markets.
Experience :
(i) As General Manager, Global Markets, heading the largest treasury of the country and was responsible for the entire investment portfolio of State Bank in respect of SLR/Non SLR investments, investments in equity and Mutual funds.
Further, was involved in the decision making of investments in respect of two joint ventures SBI Macquarie India Pvt. Ltd and Oman India Joint Venture Ltd.
(ii) As the President and Chief Operating Officer of SBI Capital Markets, one of the largest Merchant Banks, looking after the activities of Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets and other investment banking activities.
I, As the Chairman of SBI Cap ventures, a Venture Capital subsidiary of SBI Capital Markets earned valuable insights into the various aspects of activities of a venture capital organisation.
(iii) Has worked as the General Manager of LHO Patna heading the Network-II consisting of more than 550 branches in the state of Jharkhand and successfully steered the branches during the period of demonetisation.
I also headed the Network II of Delhi circle consisting of more than 700 branches in Western UP and Uttarakhand. I was the Convenor of State Level Bankers Committee of Uttarakhand and took a leading role in successfully implementing the financial inclusion programmes and social security schemes in a time bound manner during the year 2014-2015.
(iv) As the DGM and Head of Portfolio Management Services Department at State Bank of India, was responsible for management of funds of various clients including Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Coal India Provident Fund Organisation and SBI Provident and Pension Funds, Kendriya Vidyalaya Provident Fund. Crisil had evaluated the PMS Department of SBI as the best fund Manager for EPFO during this period.
Other Informations:
(i) More than 33 years of experience in Banking in diverse leadership roles right from Banking Operations to retail Banking, Human Resource, Private Equity, Portfolio Management, Investment Banking and treasury operations.
(ii) Has experience of overseeing investments in international joint ventures – Oman India Joint Venture Ltd and SBI Macquiry India Pvt Ltd.
(iii) Chairman of FIMMDA a self regulatory body for Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives in India covering about 200 Institutions. As Chairman of FIMMDA has organized and participated in a number of seminars and panel discussions in India and abroad.
(iv) Guest Lecturer at various institutes FMS Delhi, ASCI Hyderabad, FIIB, New Delhi, SL. Stephens college, DU and Apex training institutes of SBI.
Shri Atul Kumar Goel
Chief Executive, IBA
Mr. Atul Kumar Goel joined IBA as Chief Executive on 11th March, 2025. Prior to this, he was MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank (Government owned Bank) from 01.02.2022 to 31st December 2024. Before moving to Punjab National Bank, Mr. Goel was the MD & CEO of UCO Bank (another Government owned Bank) from 2nd November 2018 to 31st December 2021. Before moving to UCO Bank, he has served as Executive Director in Union Bank of India from 15th September 2016 to 01st November 2018. He also held the position of Chairman, IBA from 14.10.2021 to 21.03.2024.
He is a seasoned banker with three decades of Professional Banking Experience in four different Government Owned Banks in India. As a qualified Chartered Accountant, he has vast experience, exposure & expertise in all major areas of banking including Large Corporate, Treasury Management, Risk Management; Financial Planning & Investor Relations apart from Support Service, Business Process Transformation, Compliance etc.
Mr. Goel was instrumental in turning around UCO bank into a profitable bank during his stint as MD & CEO of the bank.
Besides his banking exposure, he held positions as Director on the Board of The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Sud Life). He was also a member of the Governing Council of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF). Besides this, Mr. Goel chaired Standing Committee on Accounting Standards & Taxation and Standing Committee on Retail Banking of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
Presently he is a Member/Trustee of the following Institutes/Associations:
1. Member Governing Council of Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT)
2. Member, Board of the International Banking Federation (IBFed)
3. Member, Governing Council, Executive Committee, Examination Committee, Education & Training Committee and CSR Committee, Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF)
4. Member, Governing Board and Finance Committee, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
5. Trustee, Board of Trustee of Stressed Assets Stabilization Fund (SASF)
6. Member, Committee on Financial Inclusion, DFS, GOI ·
7. Member, Management Committee, Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust for Low Income Housing (CRGFTLIH)
8. Member, Management Committee, Credit Guarantee Fund for Skill Development Fund (CGFSD)
Prof. Priya Srivastava
Division Head (R&D), Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
Ms. Priya Srivastava is Assistant Professor and Division Head of the Research and Development (R&D) Division at Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). The R&D Division is responsible for the conduct of Group Exercises, Assessment Centers, Competency Mapping, Library Management and handles the empanelment of external experts. The department is also responsible for all the publications of IBPS. Ms. Priya Srivastava has completed her Masters in Industrial Psychology from SNDT Women’s University.
As a Faculty member at IBPS, since 2010, she has been involved with various activities of selection and assessment projects entrusted to the Institute. She has been a part of the Design and Analysis Division and both the Client Relations Divisions of IBPS and is currently handling the R&D Division. She has been associated with various assessment methods adopted by the Institute from the development and analysis of primarily aptitude tests, conduct of Assessment Centre Programmes, conduct of Group Exercises for selection/ placement in various cadres. She has also conducted training programmes and seminars for panel members of Group Exercises and Interviews. She heads the committee for Analysis of Use of Unfair Means used by candidates during the exam. She is also an active member of the committees which are constituted for Equating and Post exam analysis of items and options.
Shri Harideesh Kumar B
Director, IBPS & Member Secretary
Shri Harideesh Kumar B. hails from Mangalore in Karnataka. He is a Post Graduate in Public Administration with Degrees in Science & Law and started his banking career with Vijaya Bank (Now Bank of Baroda) in the year 1978. He is also a Honorary Fellow of Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF).
He has worked in various capacities in the Vijaya Bank and as Executive Director of Canara Bank. His distinguished career of 40 years spans across Goa, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Bangalore. He has headed Vijaya Bank’s Regional offices at Chandigarh, Bangalore and Delhi. He has worked in various operational areas of banking.
As Executive Director of Canara Bank, he was overseeing Departments such as Prime Corporate Credit, Human Resources, Information Technology, Digital Banking, Treasury Operations, Retail Banking, Recovery, Risk Based Supervision, General Administration, etc. As part of Gyan Sangam 2016 IBA nominated him to lead the sub-group on “Building a Common Cyber Security Framework for PSBs”.
He has served as Director on the Board of M/s. National Payments Corporation of India. He was on the Board of M/s. Canara Bank Securities Ltd. and M/s. Canara Bank Venture Capital Fund (subsidiaries of Canara Bank) and was a Trustee in M/s. Canara Robeco Mutual Fund.
Currently heading a premier autonomous body constituted by Reserve Bank of India, Central Financial Institutions and Public Sector Banks – Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), as whole time Director. The organisation is engaged in manpower assessments and recruitments for Banks, Governments, PSUs and admission tests for Universities, etc.
He has been appointed as Director on the Governing Council of Indian Institute of Banking & Finance since 24.06.2019. He has also been nominated as Member on the Governing Body of National Recruitment Agency (NRA) – an autonomous body of Govt. of India.
He was awarded the prestigious Aryabhata International Award 2015 for excellence in Banking sector. He has attended various seminars, conferences and training programmes at reputed institutions in India and abroad.