Ekanath Thakur
chairman
banking
Saraswat Co-operative Bank
India
Biography
Shri Ekanath Thakur had a Bachelors Degree in Arts (Hons.) and was also CAIIB. He was the Director of Central Board of State Bank of India that has over 13000 branches and business of nearly Rs 25 lac crore. He was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2008 and was elected unopposed from State of Maharashtra. He was a Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, Defence and Food Processing Industry. He was also Member of Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Finance and Commerce. He was the General Secretary of World Bank (PNoWB) which was presided by Dr. Manmohan Singh and subsequently by Mr. Shivraj Patil. He was Vice President and later President of All India Confederation of Bank Officers Organisations (AICBOO), a representative of 2,00,000 officers and executives working in India's Banking Industry.
Research Interest
banking
