Making of a Banker : Learning on Way

About the Book:

The book interestingly captures the four decades of experience of a humble banker who could rise to the level of General Manager in the bank. The triumphs and tribulations of a banker moving from one place to another, one responsibility to another, one geography to another meeting and working with team mates from different cultures, background and languages. Mingling with cross section of customers from different parts of the country and executing challenging tasks on way makes an interesting reading.

The leadership lessons, operational experiences, success and failures and learning from peers provides an insight for potential leaders to take cue.

Each line of responsibility and place of posting has been deftly segregated into a chapter so that the readers can pick to learn the nuances of working in similar positions. The contents can provide learning points to every curious learner. 

About the Author:

Dr. Rao is a senior banker with 40 years of industry experience. He held diversified responsibilities in the bank in India/abroad learning from operational banking to policy making. His rich exposure provided him an in-depth understanding of banking. Due to his diversified interests, he joined teaching profession after completing banking career.

He is keen to write, teach, publish and share his perspectives with next generation leaders – the students. His two books already published on banking has been the core part of his academic work. His Youtube channel – Knowledge series is meant to discuss developments in banking and finance domains.

His educational accomplishments include Ph.D in Banking and Finance from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), MBA (Finance) and LLB. He currently teaches risk management in the Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM), Hyderabad.