Contents:

Part 1: The Journey of a Development Banker

1. The Influencers – Beholden to them

2. Preface

3. Key Milestones

4. Parents – The Devine Influence

5. Education – A Challenge

6. The Job Search

7. The Moorings of Marriage

8. Building an Institution – Hard to Imagine

9. Development Banking – The Need and the Deed

10. Different Branch and Different Experience

11. Academics in Banking

12. The Return and Retirement

13. Career beyond Banking

14. Picture Gallery

Part 2: The Ripening Fruits (Policies, Performance, and the Pleasures)

1. Prologue

2. Vision 2030

3. Values are the Elixir to Life

4. Development, Democracy and Diversity – Human Development Focus

5. Maritime Infrastructure: Capacity Building of Ports

6. The Foundations of Indian Economy: Agriculture and Rural Development

7. Banking – Reforms or Regression?

8. Cooperatives in the Financial System

9. Small Manufacturing Enterprises – My Obsession

10. Priority Sector Reprioritized

11. Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

12. Risk Management

13. Corporate Governance

14. Economics of Education

15. Impact of Covid-19

16. My Family and Joyful Life

17. Learnings and Accomplishments

18. Epilogue