Indian Merchants' Chamber (IMC) and Indian Banks' Association (IBA), jointly organized a one day seminar on 'Indian Banks and the Global Challenges' on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Hotel Taj President, Mumbai.

The Seminar was inaugurated by Mr. V Leeladhar, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India. Mr. Rajesh Kapadia, President, IMC delivered the Welcome Address and Mr. H N Sinor, Chief Executive, IBA made a theme presentation.

In the first session on 'Retail Banking : Strategies for the Future' the speakers included Mr. Bhaskar Ghose, Managing Director, Indusind Bank Ltd., Dr. P Harshvardhan, Director, The Boston Consulting Group (I) Pvt. Ltd. and Mrs. Soundara Kumar, General Manager, State Bank of India.

Mr. R N Ramanathan, Deputy Managing Director (IT), State Bank of India, Mr. V G Subramanian, Advisor (CBS Implementation) Bank of Baroda and Mr. Deepak Ghaisas, CEO, India Operations & CFO, I-flex Solutions Ltd., spoke on 'Technological Challenges in Banking Operation'

In the third session on 'Outsourcing Opportunity : Strategic & Operational Level, the speakers included Mr. M V Nair, Chairman & Managing Director, Dena Bank, Mr. H Srikrishnan, Executive Director, Yes Bank Ltd. and Mr. Shailesh V Haribhakti, Managing Partner & CEO, Haribhakti Group.

The last session was a Panel Discussion on 'Global Footprints of Indian Banks'. Mr. T S Bhattacharya, Managing Director & Group Executive (Corporate Banking), State Bank of India, chaired the session. Other panelist included Mr. S Sridhar, Executive Director, EXIM Bank, Mr. Piyush Goyal, Director, State Bank of India, Mr. Leo Puri, Director, Mckinsey and Co. and Mr. Krishnan Sitaraman, Head, Financial Sector (Rating), CRISIL Ltd.

The Seminar was well received by the banking fraternity and all Speakers responded to a series of interesting questions from the participants.

Power Point presentations during the session.

FEEDBACK FROM SPEAKERS

Congratulations on the great job you are doing . Best wishes.
Smt. Soundara Kumar
General Manager, State Bank of India

Good sessions, should continue to organize them.
Shri P Harshvardhan
Director, BCG
Great experience and contents. Thanks
Shri Deepak Ghaisas
CEO, India Operations &
CFO, I Flex Solutions Ltd.
Excellent choice of topic relevant to the Globalisation challenges.

Shri H Srikrishnan
Executive Director, Yes Bank Ltd.

Indian Banks - Global challenges - an apt theme chosen - well done IMC-IBA.

Shri M V Nair
Chairman & Managing Director, Dena Bank
A welcome initiative. Very informative and useful.

Shri S Sridhar
Executive Director, Exim Bank

FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS

Very well designed and structured programme, with excellent Speakers. Certainly will lead to valuable takeaways for participants.
Shri M K Chouhan
Asian Centre for Corporate Governance

The Seminar was really good and relevant to the current Banking Scenario.
Shri S C Pandey
Chief Manager-Union Bank of India

Suggested topics :

'Bankers and the Securities Markets'
Shri K S Iyengar
Probationary Officer, Bank of India

'Consolidation in Banking Industry'

Shri R K Gupta
Asst. General Manager (Retail), Dena Bank