Rajnish Kumar (banker)

Rajnish Kumar
25th Chairperson of State Bank of India
In office
7 October 2017 – 6 October 2020
Preceded byArundhati Bhattacharya
Succeeded byDinesh 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 & 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]

  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".