INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: State Bank of India's (SBI) Managing Director B Sriram was appointed as the IDBI Bank's CEO and managing director for a temporary
period of three months, according to an official order
He has been appointed in place of incumbent Mahesh Kumar Jain who was recently named Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sriram as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IDBI Bank
for a temporary period of three months with effect from Jain's demitting office, the order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.Sriram has
been working as the MD (Corporate and Global Banking) in SBI since July 2014
He had been Managing Director of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
Sriram joined the government-run bank in 1981 as a Probationary Officer.During over three-decade-long career, he held several positions and
also had a stint at SBI's Singapore office
His appointment signals the government's efforts to ensure that the bank does not remain headless after Jain's appointment in the central
bank.IDBI Bank's gross bad loans stood at Rs 55,588 crore, up from Rs 44,753 crore in March 31, 2017, according to the bank's latest report
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing a Rs 600-crore loan fraud case involving IDBI Bank
The federal probe agency had recently examined the bank's documents related to its loan exposure to the companies of former Aircel promoter
