1. Arundhati Bhattacharya was born on on 18th March 1956 and is the chairperson and chief executive officer for Salesforce, India.
18 Facts About Arundhati Bhattacharya
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Arundhati Bhattacharya is retired Indian banker and former Chairperson of the State Bank of India.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya is the first woman to be the Chairperson of State Bank of India.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya is the only Indian corporate leader listed on Fortune's world's greatest leaders list ranked at 26.
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In 2018, her interview titled "Arundhati Bhattacharya: The Making of SBI's First Woman Chairperson" was published on Harvard Business Review.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya's mother, Kalyani Mukherjee was a homeopathy consultant in Bokaro.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya studied English literature at Calcutta's Lady Brabourne College and then at Jadavpur University.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya's husband, Pritimoy Bhattacharya, is an ex-professor of IIT Kharagpur.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya is the first woman to lead an India-based Fortune India 500 company.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya has held several positions during her 36-year career with the bank including working in foreign exchange, treasury, retail operations, human resources and investment banking.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya has served at the bank's New York office.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya has been involved with the launch of several new businesses such as SBI General Insurance, SBI Custodial Services, SBI Pension Funds Pvt.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya succeeded Pratip Chaudhuri, as chairman, who retired 30 Sep 2013 Arundhati Bhattacharya introduced a two-year sabbatical leave policy for the bank's female employees to use either for maternity or elder care.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya was due for retirement in October 2016, but was granted an extension till October 2017, allegedly for the controversial merger of the SBI's five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank, in the wake of gross non-performing assets mounting to 73 percent; the present government justifying the move through Banks Board Bureau, who consolidated her extension.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya has joined as additional director, 'independent director' of Reliance Industries for five years commencing 17 October 2018.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya is currently chairperson of SWIFT India, part of a global payments network.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya is serving as the chairperson of the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur.
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Arundhati Bhattacharya was born and brought up in Bhilai, and studied in sector 9 school.