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'''Tarjani Vakil''' is a professional Indian banker, and was the first woman to head any large bank in [[India]]<ref name="Chakrabarti">{{cite news |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Reeta |title=Women bankers break through in India |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-24867346 |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=BBC News |date=12 November 2013}}</ref> when she became Chairperson of the [[Exim Bank (India)|Exim Bank]] in 1993.<ref name="Voyage"/><ref name="FirstLadies"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Palash |title=Shattered Glass Ceiling: Indian Female Executives Thriving In Banking Industry, But Ordinary Women Need Greater Access To Loans |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/shattered-glass-ceiling-indian-female-executives-thriving-banking-industry-ordinary-1557871 |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=International Business Times |date=26 February 2014|quote=Tarjani Vakil was named chairwoman of the Exim Bank, thereby becoming the first woman to lead any large bank in India.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhall |first1=Aman |last2=Sharma |first2=Ravi Teja |title=What makes women successful in Indian banking industry? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/What-makes-women-successful-in-Indian-banking-industry/articleshow/6584040.cms |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=The Times of India |agency=ET Bureau |date=19 September 2010 |quote="We were fortunate to have senior role models like Tarjani Vakil, chairperson of Exim Bank, who pierced the glass ceiling in the 1970s and '80s," says Meera Sanyal, who ... is now Royal Bank of Scotland's country executive for India.}}</ref> After earning a postgraduate degree in history from [[Bombay University]],<ref name="FirstLadies"/> she began her career at the Maharashtra State Finance Commission, which she joined in 1958 as a clerical worker.<ref name="Voyage">{{citation|title=The Voyage To Excellence: The Ascent of 21 Women Leaders of India Inc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjFR5qWYhMwC&q=%22Tarjani+Vakil%22f%3Dfalse&pg=PT11|first1=Nichinta|last1=Amarnath|first2=Debashish|last2=Ghosh|location=Delhi|publisher=Pustak Mahal|year=2005|isbn=81-223-0904-6}}</ref><ref name="FirstLadies"/> By 1965, she was the only female officer at the [[Industrial Development Bank of India]].<ref name="Voyage"/><ref name="Ph.D.Sahay2010">{{cite book|author1=Katherine C. Zubko Ph.D.|author2=Raj R. Sahay|title=Inside the Indian Business Mind: A Tactical Guide for Managers: A Tactical Guide for Managers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqBDGAOTxZcC&pg=PA135|access-date=14 February 2019|date=16 September 2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37830-0|pages=135–}}</ref> At the time that she was chairperson and managing director of Exim Bank, it had US$1.1 billion in assets.<ref name="Adler">{{cite book |last1=Adler |first1=Nancy J. |editor1-last=Ngunjiri |editor1-first=Faith Wambura |editor2-last=Madsen |editor2-first=Susan R. |title=Women as Global Leaders |date=2015 |publisher=IAP |isbn=9781623969660 |page=38 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgYoDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Tarjani+Vakil%22&pg=PA38 |access-date=15 February 2019 |chapter=2. Women Leaders Shaping History in the 21st Century}}</ref> She retired from Exim in 1996.<ref name="FirstLadies">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/buzztop/buzztop-feature/they-did-it-first-and-milestones-along-the-way/story/237466.html|title=The First Ladies' Club- Business News|website=www.businesstoday.in|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref>

In 1997, she was recognized by [[KPMG]] Worldwide Business as one of the top 50 women "to prove her valor" in the business. In 2011, she published "A Mosaic of Memories", an autobiographical sketch (for private circulation only).

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