Rajnish  kumar was appointed the next chairman of the state bank of india. He is at present the Managing Director of State Bank of india (SBI) . Rajnish kumar will suceed Arundhati bhattacharya, who is at present  serving her one -year extension.

Present chairmen of SBI


 


The cabinet appointment committee has permitted the selection of kumar for a period of 3 - years from 7 october 2017  , as per the order issued by the department of personnel and training (DoPT) .

BACKGROUND

The appointment of rajnish kumar comes at a time when the profitability of SBI is under sever strain because of stressed loans and lethargic credit growth .

The SBI was weighed down by gross NPA loans of 1.88 trillion rupees by the end of june . Gross bad loans account for almost one-tenth of its total advances.

SBI is also one of the leading banks in a majority of the forty cases referred for bankruptcy proceedings at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) 

Arundhati bhattacharya who was the predecessor of Rajnish Kumar  was first women chairperson of SBI.

She was also instrumental in the unification of SBI's  associate banks and  Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with SBI.

The recommendation of Rajnish kumar for this post was made by Vinod Rai led Bank Board Bureau.