Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) Chairman Rajeev Rishi greeted Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of A.P.Mahesh Cooperative Bank Umesh Chand Asawa after he was declared elected to the board of Indian Banks’ Association, elections for which were held recently in Mumbai.
Readers would recall that Umesh Chand Asawa had defeated his rival Subhash W Godbole, CEO, Nagpur Nagarik Sahakari Bank and made it to the board of prestigious body.
Besides Asawa, NKGSB Cooperative Bank Chief Executive Chintamani Nadkarni and Kalupur Commercial Cooperative Bank Vinod G Dadlani are also on the board of IBA to represent the cooperative banking sector.
The IBA- the apex body of all banks in the country was set up in 1946 to work proactively for the growth of a healthy, professional and forward looking banking body.
The IBA represents 237 banking companies in the country and its managing committee consists of 31 members, including Chief Executives of nationalised, private sector, foreign and cooperative banks.