Mrs. Ranjana Kumar

Biography

 Mrs. Ranjana Kumar is a prominent Indian Banker with varied experience of around 44 years. Mrs. Ranjana Kumar holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, and is a Gold Medallist. Mrs. Ranjana Kumar retired as a Vigilance Commissioner from the Central Vigilance Commission (A Constitutional Post with Government of India) and has held many significant positions in her career, including that as the Chairperson and Managing Director of Indian Bank, Chairperson of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Executive Director holding concurrent charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank, and CEO of the US Operations of Bank of India based in New York. Under her chairmanship, Mrs. Ranjana Kumar was instrumental in restructuring & turning around Indian Bank, then the weakest PSU Bank from a loss making entity, into a profitable and successful Bank. Mrs. Ranjana Kumar also took over “weak” U.S. Operations of Bank of India as Chief Executive Officer,U.S. Operations , at New York, (1995-1999). She ensured suitable systems and policies were put in place. The Bank was awarded a “STRONG” Rating by U.S. Federal Reserve in 1998. She has been recipient of several awards, notable being:- 1. Lifetime Achievement Award in the Banking Industry (including PSU Banks and Private Sector Banks & Reserve Bank of India) for the year 2012 by Business World Special Issue dated 26 November 2012. 2. ‘BMA (Bombay Management Association) Woman Achiever of the Year Award 2008- 09’. 3. ‘India’s turn around Queen – ‘Issue of November 2003’ by The Economist, UK. 4. Banker of the Year 2002 Award by Business Standard. Mrs. Ranjana Kumar also has the following distinctions: 1. First Woman Chairman and Managing Director of a Public Sector Bank in India. 2. First Women Vigilance Commissioner, Central Vigilance Commission, Government of India. Mrs. Ranjana Kumar has authored a book titled, “A New Beginning – The Turnaround Story of Indian Bank” published by M/s. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd. The book has received excellent reviews and rated by the Indian Society of Training & Development, an autonomous body, as one of the leading books in the country for the year 2008-2009. Mrs. Ranjana Kumar regularly addresses Top Managements of a cross-section of Public Sector Undertakings, Important Academic Institutions including IIM’s and IIT’s on various aspects concerning Management, leadership, issues relating to Human Resource Management etc. She was invited to speak at Universities abroad including Prestigious Wharton School, Stanford University, University of Washington Seattle where she addressed Senior International Bankers, & World Bank. She is presently Member in the Investment Committee of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, at Tirupati. She is also on the Board of Governors of IIM Kashipur (Uttarakhand).

Research Interest

 FOOD SCIENCE