Pralay Mondal

Pralay Mondal

Question : Who is Pralay Mondal?
(a) Newly appointed President of CSB(Catholic Syrian Bank)
(b) Newly appointed CEO of Microsoft
(c) Newly appointed Chairman of Sebi
(d) None of the above
Answer : (a)
Related facts

Context

  • Private sector lender CSB Bank today(19th June, 2020) announced that its board has appointed Pralay Mondal as the organization’s President (Retail, SME, Operations and IT).

Joining month

  • He is expected to join the private sector lender in September 2020.
  • Past organisations& Experiaence
  • Pralay Mondal has recently tendered his resignation from his current position a executive director and head of retail banking at Axis Bank.
  • Before joining Axis Bank, he was the Senior Group President and Head of Retail and Business Banking at Yes Bank.
  • Prior to that he had a 12 years’ stint at HDFC Bank and was earlier associated with Standard Chartered Bank, Wipro InfoTech and Colgate Palmolive.
  • He has around 30 years of banking experience across multiple business and functions including retail assets, retail liabilities, business banking, products and technology.

Brief Intro

  • Mr. Mondal is an graduate from IIT, Kharagpur and a management graduate from IIM, Calcutta.

CSB Bank

  • CSB Bank is one of the oldest private sector banks in India, with a strong base in Kerala along with significant presence in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.
  • The Bank offers a wide range of products and services to its overall customer base of 1.5 million as on March 31, 2020.

By — Pankaj Pandey

Link:
https://www.thehindu.com/business/axis-banks-pralay-mondal-to-join-csb/article31872705.ece
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