Board of Directors

Sunanda Kr. Mitra

Mr. S.K. Mitra is a Promoter and Whole-time Director of the Company. He started his professional career in commercial banking since 1974 spanning over 40 years, of which he spent the first 20 years with the State Bank of India holding wide-ranging roles. Subsequently, he joined UTI Bank (Axis Bank) and served in various roles.

Post retirement from Axis Bank, Mr Mitra joined Bandhan Bank as Business Head to assist in the transformation of the NBFC to a Scheduled Universal Bank in August,2015.

Mr. Mitra is an alumnus of Delhi University from where he graduated with Physics Honours in 1973 and subsequently did CAIIB from Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai and also a PDGBM.

Alok Biswas

Mr. Alok Biswas is a leader with strategic vision and experience of over 30 years in business. He started his career in 1989 with Canara Bank Subsequently joined Indian Bank as Probationary Officer in June 1993 and worked there till 2001 to join UTI Bank/Axis Bank.

In the year 2010 he moved into the microfinance sector and set up Jagaran Microfin Private Limited. He steered the growth of the company for five years and thereafter quit in order to promote Janakalyan Financial Service Private Ltd.

He is a Commerce Honours graduate, holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and has qualified in the Associate examination of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). In addition, he has completed Diploma in Microfinance from IIBF, Mumbai.

Atanu Sen

Mr. Atanu Sen served State Bank of India for a period of 37 years from where he retired in 2014 as MD & CEO of SBI Life Insurance. Mr. Sen has wide-ranging experience in commercial banking and finance. After Superannuation, Mr. Sen was engaged as a Sr. Advisor in Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLP. He also served in the Board of the few other Companies/Bank as an Independent Director/ Non-Official Director.

Currently, he is the Chairman of the trustee Board of the National Pension Scheme of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India.

Mr. Sen has attended executive training in leading Institutes across the world like, Wharton University of Pennsylvania, Asian Institute of Management, Manila and BPP London. He is a postgraduate in Economics from Calcutta University, and a qualified CAIIB.

Asok Kumar Das

Mr. Asok Kumar Das has been a career banker and amongst the positions held by him during his long illustrious career are that of Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India; Managing Director, State Bank of Patiala and Executive Director, SBI European Bank, London.

Post superannuation from SBI, he held the positions of Director of Institutional Finance, Government of West Bengal and Ex-Officio Special Secretary (Finance), Government of West Bengal and Managing Director of WBIDFC.

Mr. Asok Kumar Das is a postgraduate in Economics from Calcutta University, stood First Class Second and also qualified CAIIB.

R V Dilip Kumar

Mr. Dilip has been with SIDBI Venture Capital Limited (SVCL) since its inception in 1999 and was part of the core team which had set up SIDBI Ventures, SIDBI Trustee Company and NFSIT. He represents SVCL on the Boards of some portfolio companies, where he has played an active role in building up systems and processes..

Prior to joining SVCL in 1999, he was with SIDBI for nearly 8 years with experience in credit appraisal, accounts and audit functions. He is a Post Graduate in Commerce and Economics, AICWA, CS (Inter), PGDBA and CAIIB.