Bhubaneswar/Mumbai: The Government of India has appointed Odia officer Atanu Kumar Das as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank of India. He has been the Executive Director of the BoI since February 17, 2017.
An alumnus of Unit-I Boys' High School and BJB College in Bhubaneswar, Das is a post-graduate in Applied Economics and NET holder from UGC. While pursuing a doctoral degree at IIT, Kharagpur, he joined Canara Bank as an Economist in the year 1994.
In his 26 years of banking experience, he has been involved in both policy and operational level management. Prior to assuming charge as Delhi Regional Head in January 2015, he was heading Vijaya Bank's Lucknow Region for more than three years. During his tenure at Vijaya Bank's Corporate Office, Das has handled key departments as Planning & Development & also was posted as Executive Secretary to C&MD for more than two years.
He has also been a part of several important training programs/workshops conducted at premier institutions like IIM (Kozhikode), IIM (Ahmedabad), ASCI, NIBM, BTC and Frankfurt School of Business Management.