▶ Kumar and Dinesh Kumar Khara, both MDs then, were in the running for the chairmanship of State Bank of India. While Kumar was picked as Chairman then since he had joined SBI as probationary officer four years before Khara and he was also a year older in the senior management team, it was a given that Khara would replace Kumar after his retirement. Even members of the Banks Board Bureau—set up by the government to recommend people to head public sector banks—who had interviewed him then, were impressed. “We found him intellectually very sharp, with a lot of
Captain Cool
Apr 28, 2023
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