FACT BOX - 10 | Om Prakash Bhatt

Om Prakash Bhatt

Vital statistics

Born March 7, 1951, in Dehra Dun, India

Married, with 2 daughters

Education

Graduated with BS in physics and MA in English from Meerut University (now Chaudhary Charan Singh University)

Career highlights

State Bank of India (1972–present)

• Chairman (2006–present)
• Managing director (2006)
• Managing director, State Bank of Travancore (2005–06)
• Chief general manager, north east circle (2004–05)

Fast facts

Chairman of the banking and financial institutions committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Director on the board of EXIM Bank and General Insurance

Member of the boards of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), Institute for Development & Research in Banking (IDRBT), Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), and National Cooperative Development Corporation

Business Standard’s Banker of the Year for 2006–07

CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2007, business category

Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability and Indian Merchants’ Chambers’ Transformational Leader Award 2007

Asiamoney’s best executive in India for 2008