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{{Short description|Indian career banker}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dipankar Basu
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| birth_date = 10 August 1935
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]]
| death_date = 15 February 2018
| death_place = [[Kolkata]]
| office = 15th [[Chairman of State Bank of India]]
|predecessor = [[M. N. Goiporia]]
|successor = [[P. G. Kakodkar]]
|nationality = [[India]]n
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
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}}

'''Dipankar Basu''' was an Indian career banker who served as the fifteenth [[List of chairmen of the State Bank of India|Chairman of the State Bank of India]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|date=February 3, 2000|title=State Bank Of India|url=https://hemindrahazari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SBI-BUY-3-Feb-2000.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=hemindrahazari.com}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|last=Admin|date=2021-05-27|title="State Bank of India- Story of the Largest Bank in India"|url=https://edifying.in/state-bank-of-india-story-of-the-largest-bank-in-india/|access-date=2021-06-06|website=edifying-worth to know about {{!}} A Complete Guide to increase your awareness {{!}} News Articles &more {{!}}{{!}}|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Life ==

He was born on 10 August 1935.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=|title=Dipankar Basu Obituary|url=https://www.advertgallery.com/newspaper/dipankar-basu-obituary-ad/|url-status=live|website=advertgallery}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|title=Obituary Shri Dipankar Basu Ad|url=https://www.advertgallery.com/newspaper/obituary-shri-dipankar-basu-ad/|url-status=live|website=advertgallery}}</ref>

He was born and raised in the Indian city of [[Kolkata]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto4"/>

He died on 15 February 2018 in [[Kolkata]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto4"/>

== Education ==

He held a master's degree in Economics from [[Delhi University]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cse-india.com/cse_members/dipankar_basu.htm|title=The Calcutta Stock Exchange Association Ltd - CSE Members - Dipankar Basu|website=www.cse-india.com}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Early career ===

He joined the [[State Bank of India]] as a probationary officer in 1956 and served in a number of roles until finally becoming the [[Chairman of State Bank of India]] in 1993.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vivek Moorthy|first=Ashok Thampy|title=Interview with Dipankar Basu|url=https://www.iimb.ac.in/node/4475|url-status=live|website=iimb.ac.in (IIM Bangalore)}}</ref>

=== Banking career ===

He served as the fifteenth [[Chairman of State Bank of India]] from 25 February 1993 until 31 August 1995.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/>

He was largely responsible for the bank's entry into the investment banking and mutual fund businesses and was instrumental in setting up [[SBI Capital Markets]] Ltd. and [[SBI Mutual Fund]].<ref name="auto2"/>

After his retirement in 1995, he was succeeded by [[P. G. Kakodkar]] as the [[List of chairmen of the State Bank of India|Chairman of the State Bank of India]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/>

=== Later career ===

After having retired from the [[State Bank of India]] in 1995, he was appointed as the non-executive chairman of the ''Sun Foreign & Colonial Asset Management'', which is currently a subsidiary of the [[Principal Financial Group]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/dipankar-basu-to-head-sun-f-c-198051201070_1.html|title=Dipankar Basu To Head Sun F & C|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=12 May 1998|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

He was nominated by the [[Securities and Exchange Board of India]] to serve as a director of the [[Calcutta Stock Exchange]].<ref name="auto2"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.cse-india.com/cse_members/dipankar_basu.htm Official Biography]
* [https://www.iimb.ac.in/node/4475 Official Website]
* [https://hemindrahazari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SBI-BUY-3-Feb-2000.pdf SBI chairmen]
* [https://edifying.in/state-bank-of-india-story-of-the-largest-bank-in-india/ SBI history]

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