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<div>{{Short description|Indian banker}}<br />
{{BLP sources|date=March 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Dinesh Kumar Khara<br />
|image = Dinesh Kumar Khara.jpg<br />
|caption = <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|8|28|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = <br />
|office = [[State Bank of India|26th Chairperson of State Bank of India]]<br />
|predecessor = [[Rajnish Kumar (banker)]]<br />
|successor = <br />
|term_start = 7 October 2020<br />
|term_end = <br />
|residence = [[Mumbai, India]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Dinesh Kumar Khara''' (born 28 August 1961) is a career banker and Chairman of the [[State Bank of India]] a position he assumed on 7 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SBI Business At Nearly 70-80% Of Pre-Covid19 Volumes: New Chief Dinesh Khara|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/sbi-business-at-nearly-7080-of-precovid19-volumes-new-chief-dinesh-khara/63247/1|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Forbes India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
He is a postgraduate in Commerce from Delhi School of Economics and an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi. He is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Khara joined SBI in 1984 as a Probationary Officer. He has held several key positions such as MD (Global Banking & Subsidiaries), MD (Associates & Subsidiaries), MD & CEO (SBI Mutual Funds) and Chief General Manager – Bhopal Circle. He was also posted in SBI, Chicago for an overseas assignment. As Managing Director, he led the International Banking Group, Corporate Banking and Global Treasury Operations, as well as the non-banking subsidiaries<ref>{{Cite news|date=|title=SBI will unlock value from general insurance and mutual fund biz|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/sbi-will-unlock-value-from-general-insurance-and-mutual-fund-biz-dinesh-kumar-khara/articleshow/80690566.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Insurance funds should invest in low-rated instruments|work=Business Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/insurance-funds-should-invest-in-low-rated-instruments-sbi-chairman-120121600043_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> of the Bank viz., [[SBI Card]]s, [[SBI Mutual Fund|SBIMF]], [[SBI Life Insurance Company|SBI Life Insurance]] and [[SBI General Insurance]], etc. He executed the merger of five Subsidiary Banks of SBI and Bhartiya Mahila Bank with SBI. Additionally, he headed the Risk, IT and Compliance functions of the bank at various points.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1961 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chairmen of the State Bank of India]]<br />
[[Category:Delhi School of Economics alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian chairpersons of corporations]]<br />
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