Dipankar Basu was an Indian career banker who served as the fifteenth Chairman of the State Bank of India.[1][2]
Life
He was born on 10 August 1935.[3][4]
He was born and raised in the Indian city of Kolkata.[3][4]
He died on 15 February 2018 in Kolkata.[3][4]
Education
He held a master's degree in Economics from Delhi University.[5]
Career
Early career
He joined the State Bank of India as a probationary officer in 1956 and served in a number of roles until finally becoming the Chairman of State Bank of India in 1993.[1][2][6]
Banking career
He served as the fifteenth Chairman of State Bank of India from 25 February 1993 until 31 August 1995.[1][2]
He was largely responsible for the bank's entry into the investment banking and mutual fund businesses and was instrumental in setting up SBI Capital Markets Ltd. and SBI Mutual Fund.[5]
After his retirement in 1995, he was succeeded by P. G. Kakodkar as the Chairman of the State Bank of India.[1][2]
Later career
After having retired from the State Bank of India in 1995, he was appointed as the non-executive chairman of the Sun Foreign & Colonial Asset Management, which is currently a subsidiary of the Principal Financial Group.[7]
He was nominated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to serve as a director of the Calcutta Stock Exchange.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c "The Calcutta Stock Exchange Association Ltd - CSE Members - Dipankar Basu". www.cse-india.com.
- ^ Vivek Moorthy, Ashok Thampy. "Interview with Dipankar Basu". iimb.ac.in (IIM Bangalore). Archived from the original on 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Dipankar Basu To Head Sun F & C". Business Standard India. 12 May 1998 – via Business Standard.