Mr. Kumar Sharadindu had retired as MD & CEO of SBI
Pension Fund(P) Ltd. and he was on the rank of CGM in SBI. Mr. Kumar was
a general Manager at SBI Corporate Centre, Mumbai heading the private
equity business of the bank. He joined SBI as the probationary officer in
1984. He has held several crucial assignments in his banking career
spanning more than three decades. He has held the key positions in the
areas of credit, treasury, Risk and large corporate lending. He spent more
than five years in treasury of the bank. He was also the head of Market Risk
department of SBI. Before coming in the private equity, he was head of Mid
corporate group in Chandigarh region. By qualification, he has done master
in physics. He also holds certifications from:-
• Associate Indian Institute of Bankers
• Training programme on Derivatives at IIM Bangalore
• Advance programme on Private Equity investments by Euromoney at
London
• Trends and developments in Electronic Payment and Settlement Systems
at RBI training college, Pune.
In his rich experience, he has managed Pension AUM of $20 Bn (Rupees
1,37,000 crores) and instrumental in introduction of policy by Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) for transfer of self-managed Superannuation Funds of Central Public Sector Undertaking
(CPSEs) to National Pension System (NPS). He has been part of
Government delegation to UK to study UK Pension Industry as part of India-UK Technical assistance programme on Financial Services in India. Further,
he strengthened bank capitalization through notable exits of Rs. 2061 crores
from non-core investments with strong returns. Mr. Kumar managed a large
team of more than 350 professionals across the region, overseeing Gross
advances of Rs. 12,000 crores. He has been member of committees
constituted by RBI to study and suggest the market risk related policies to
be implemented in the Banks. He is serving as director of the Board of
KOGTA Financial (INDIA) Ltd, 360 One Asset Management Limited and
Aditya Birla Sun Life Pension Management Limited.