Meet the first chief of India's all-women bank
Even as the country's first all women bank - Bharatiya Mahila Bank - will launch on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the government has appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian as the first Chairman and Managing Director of the all-woman bank, the Hindu Business Line reported.<br /><br />
Even as the country's first all women bank - Bharatiya Mahila Bank - will launch on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the government has appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian as the first Chairman and Managing Director of the all-woman bank, the Hindu Business Line reported.
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Usha Ananthasubramanian is currently an executive director at Punjab National Bank and hasover three decades of banking experience.
She is leading the core management team (comprising employees from various public-sector banks) set up to put in place by October 31 the systems and processes necessary to start the bank's operations.
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Ananthasubramanian began her career in 1982 at Bank of Baroda as a specialist officer in the planning stream.She moved to Punjab National Bank in July 2011.
She holds a dual master's degree - in statistics from the Madras University and in ancient Indian culture from the Mumbai University.
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