Arundhati Bhattacharya made SBI more relevant in just 4 years. Here's how

Arundhati Bhattacharya has dealt with multiple challenges

This article was first published on 13.09.2017. Business Standard is republishing this piece as Arundhati Bhattacharya steps down as SBI chief on Friday.

State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya’s four-year term, which will end on October 6, has been eventful. Her tenure also coincided with rising bad loans of the banking sector, and the subsequent fire-fighting that is going on the resolution front. Besides that, she prepared the ground for the merger of its associate banks with itself which was completed earlier this year.
 
Bhattacharya was also focused on making the banking behemoth more relevant