Arundhati Bhattacharya was born on March 18, 1956, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She earned both her Bachelor’s and Master of Arts degree from Jadavpur University.
Arundhati began her career at the State Bank of India as a probationary officer in 1977. In her 36 year career with the bank she has held positions in the various departments gaining extensive knowledge and experience in the many different aspects of banking. This experience includes working in foreign exchange, treasury, retail operations, human resources and investment banking.
She has served in the New York office of the bank. Arundhati has taken part in the introduction of a number of new businesses including SBI General Insurance, SBI Custodial Services and SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Fund. She became Chairman on October 2013 becoming the first woman to do so.
Arundhati now heads the largest lender in India which has assets of around $380 billion. She also introduced a two-year sabbatical policy for women employees for child or elder care and is serving on a team to create blueprints for the first all-women bank.
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