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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the present Chairman of the State Bank of India?
A
Pratip Chaudhury
B
Naina Lal Kidwai
C
Shikha Sharma
D
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bhattacharya took charge of SBI-the country’s largest lender-in 2013 and was the bank’s first (and till date only) woman chairman. Her four-year tenure is remembered for the way she transitioned the 217-year-old state-owned lender into a digitalised enterprise.

Detailed explanation-2: -Incumbent Dinesh Kumar Khara is the current chairman of the State Bank of India since 7 October 2020.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Dinesh Kumar Khara. It was founded on 1 July 1955. It is the 43rd largest bank in the world and the leading public sector bank in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -She is also currently chairperson of SWIFT India, part of a global payments network. Bhattacharya tendered her resignation as an independent director of CRISIL (a global analytical company providing ratings, research, and risk and policy advisory services) effective 15 April.

Detailed explanation-5: -Arundhati Bhattacharya is the first woman to be the Chairperson of the State Bank of India (7 October 2013 – 6 October 2017). She was succeeded by Rajnish Kumar. In 2016, she was listed as the 25th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.

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