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The public sector lender cannot afford to take its eye off ICICI Bank, which threatens to dislodge it as India’s third largest bank.

On 14 January, Sanjiv Chadha was given an extension at the helm of Bank of Baroda. His three-year term as the CEO and managing director, which was to end on 19 January, will now get over on 25 June, when he attains superannuation. The same day, in a separate order, the Financial Services Institutions Bureau—the agency tasked with finding people to head public sector banks—recommended the name of the bank’s current executive director, Debadatta Chand, as Chadha’s successor.
This means that Chadha will hand-hold Chand through the next six months. The extended leadership transition could be good for the bank …
Atanu Chakraborty’s resignation does not appear as damaging as the bank’s response to it. The ‘all is well’ narrative needs an independent audit.
The state-owned lender’s successful issuance—and rare pricing advantage—signals India’s hesitant sustainable finance market may finally be maturing
The increasing convergence of sales and service functions, with consequent non-stop pressure to meet targets, has seen employees jump ship in droves. This has the potential to adversely impact the financial institutions’ health.