HASEEB A DRABU (Chairman & Executive Officer)

Haseeb A Drabu, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the bank, is a professional economist who has been on the Board of Directors of the Bank since 11th July, 2003. Possessing a diverse skill set and wide ranging experience, he started his professional career with the Perspective Planning Division of the Planning Commission. Later he was appointed Consultant to the Economic Advisory Council of the Prime Minister. His final stint with policy making was with the Tenth Finance Commission. Moving from government to the field of business journalism, he joined India’s premier financial daily, Business Standard, and rose to become the National Editor of the paper. Even as a regular commentator on economic issues, he was associated with various governmental policy making bodies. Notably, in 1997, he was ap pointed member of the High Powered Committee on Economic Reforms for Jammu and Kashmir. At present, he continues to work as the Economic Advisor to the Government of Jammu & Kashmir, a position he has held since January 2003. He is credited with having conceptualised wide-ranging economic and fiscal reforms of the State Government. He has been recently inducted by the Planning Commission to its working group on resources for the eleventh five-year plan. He has also worked as a Consultant for the Asian Development Bank. He is a member of the Prime Minister’s task force on the long-term development of J&K, chaired by C. Rangarajan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He is a member of the management committee of the Indian Banks Association. Also, he is a member of the CII’s banking panel.
 

M S VERMA

Mayashanker Verma, a career banker with 45 years experience of working in the Indian financial sector has held some of the senior most and critical positions in the country’s financial systems as well as its regulatory regimes. In a career spanning over more than
four decades with the State Bank of India, India’s largest commercial bank, Mr Verma’s experience has been multi-level and wide ranging on different facets of banking at national and international levels encompassing commercial, developmental and investment banking as well as asset management and capital market operations. He was the Chairman of the State Bank of India from April, 1997 to November, 1998. Mr Verma has special understanding of total financial systems and strutting and growth management of such systems in developing countries. The IDBI under the Chairmanship of Mr Verma recorded very strong growth to become a leading Private Sector Bank in India. Mr Verma also acted as Honorary advisor to the Reserve Bank of India during which time he  undertook several important policy related studies / projects from the Gov er nor of the Re serve Bank of India.
 

B B VYAS (IAS)

B B Vyas (IAS) Officer allotted to J&K Cadre is a Government nominated Director of our bank, having rich and varied experience in Banking, Finance, Agriculture, Disaster Management and District / Divisional Ad ministration. Mr Vyas has held several distinguished positions in his career as Government servant. He has served in the Central Government as Deputy Secretary in-charge of Rural Credit, in Department of Banking in Ministry of Finance and has played an active role in the recapitalisation of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and restructuring of Co-operative Credit institutional frame work in the country. Mr Vyas has also served as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of UCO Bank where he was involved in the formulation and implementation of Strategic Revival Plan, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) etc. Mr Vyas has also headed the personal office of Union Finance Minister, besides serving for three years in United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), over seeing “livelihood-based” projects. Presently, Mr B. B. Vyas is working as Finance Secretary in the State Government of J&K. He is also holding directorship in a number of state-owned Corporations such as Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd., J&K Tourism Development Corporation, Jammu & Kashmir Industries Ltd., J&K Cements, J&K Handicrafts Development Corporation, J&K Handlooms Development Corporation, J&K Projects Construction Corporation, J&K State Road Transport Corporation etc.

G P GUPTA
G P Gupta, a Post-Graduate in Commerce, having combined stints in both academia and public sector, is also the Ex-Chairman and Managing Director, IDBI and has served on several distinguished positions such as Chair man, UTI, Chair man, SIDBI, Chairman,
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.; Member, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Member, General Insurance Corporation of India, Director, Export-Import Bank of India, Director, Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd., Director, Indian Airlines Ltd., Director, Discount & Finance House of India Ltd., Director, Securities Trading Corporation of India Ltd., Council Member, Indian Institute of Bankers and President, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad.
 

B L DOGRA

B L Dogra, is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is also Founder of M/s Dogra Associates, a practicing Firm of Chartered Accountants. Presently linked as Director with our Bank, Mr Dogra has also served on the Board of Directors of Punjab National Bank and has also been the Chairman of J&K Chapter of Northern India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr Dogra has also been associated with Social and Sports Associations of the State. He has a rich and varied experience in the field of Banking and Insurance, which has facilitated healthy rejuvenation in the Bank’s business working.

ASHOK KUMAR MEHTA

Mr. Ashok Kumar Mehta, is the Executive Director of our Bank. Mr. Mehta has a longstanding association with the Bank,dating back to 1972 and has served Bank’s hierarchy in various executive capacities as part of Bank’s Corporate Management Team. During the course of his career with the Bank, Mr. Mehta has also been the Chairman of Jammu Rural Bank - a rural bank sponsored by the J&K Bank. Mr. Mehta has been instrumental in settingup of the joint insurance venture with MetLife International, USA and has played a key role in forging ties with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. and MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd. for distribution of Non Life and Life Insurance Products. He has performed pioneering work in initiating and implementing the new HR Package under “Naye Subah” which incorporates new generation organizational setup and procedures. His other areas of speclisation include Finance & Financial Services, Planning & Development, Accounts and Estates.

ABDUL MAJID MIR

Mr. Abdul Majid Mir, Executive Director of our Bank, has more than 36 years of experience in banking. Mr. Abdul Majid Mir has held various important and senior positions in the Bank, as part of its Corporate Management Team. He has special knowledge and practical experience in the fields of Finance, Credit, Trade Finance, Foreign Exchange, Treasury, Corporate and Retail Banking, Deposits & Liability Management and Risk Management.