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| office = 5th [[Chairman of State Bank of India]]
| predecessor = [[Borra Venkatappaiah]]
| successor = [[Raj Kumar Talwar]]
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'''V. T. Dehejia''' was an Indian career civil servant and bank executive. He is most notable for having served as the fifth [[Chairman of 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|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414044425/https://hemindrahazari.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SBI-BUY-3-Feb-2000.pdf}}</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|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603085116/https://edifying.in/state-bank-of-india-story-of-the-largest-bank-in-india/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Early career ===

Dehejia was one of the early recipients of the ''Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata Scholarship'' established in 1892.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.xpert.tv/education-grants-by-tata-trusts/|title=Education Grants By Tata Trusts|date=7 May 2020|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603064834/https://magazine.xpert.tv/education-grants-by-tata-trusts/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was known for being an outstanding scholar in his school days and achieved many laurels.<ref name="auto2"/>

=== Civil Service ===

Dehejia joined the [[Imperial Civil Service]] before India's independence in 1947.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://ahmednagar.nic.in/history-of-collectors/|title=History of Collectors | Ahmednagar | India|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215437/https://ahmednagar.nic.in/history-of-collectors/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dehejia was the district collector of [[Ahmednagar district]] in Maharashtra from 27 April 1935 to 7 December 1935.<ref name="auto"/>

Dehejia has also served in the post of secretary to the [[Ministry of Finance (India)]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=1975-02-27|title=UNION OF INDIA & ORS. vs SETH R. DALMIA|url=https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/6038.pdf|website=SUPREME COURT OF INDIA|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212652/https://main.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/6038.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 July 1962|title=Minutes of Evidence given before the Select Committee on the Customs Bill, 1962|url=https://taxindiaonline.com/RC2/pdfdocs/wnew/evidence%20A.pdf|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213218/https://taxindiaonline.com/RC2/pdfdocs/wnew/evidence%20A.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Banking career ===

Dehejia served as the fifth [[Chairman of State Bank of India]] from March 1965 until February 1969.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/>

After his retirement in 1990, he was succeeded by [[Raj Kumar Talwar]] as the [[Chairman of State Bank of India]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/> [[Raj Kumar Talwar]] went on to have one of the longest tenures of any [[Chairman of State Bank of India|Chairman of the State Bank of India]]<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/>

During his tenure, The National Credit Council (NCC) was established in October 1968, to estimate the credit requirements in Indian trade and industry. The committee came to be known as the ''Dehejia Committee'' and made several important recommendations on working capital estimation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.accountingnotes.net/working-capital/top-5-committees-to-control-the-regulation-of-bank-finance/7174|title=Top 5 Committees to Control the Regulation of Bank Finance|date=18 June 2016|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=12 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212161429/https://www.accountingnotes.net/working-capital/top-5-committees-to-control-the-regulation-of-bank-finance/7174|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Legacy ==

V. T. Dehejia is notable for being one of the last members of the [[Imperial Civil Service]] to serve as [[Chairman of State Bank of India]]. After him, all the future [[Chairman of State Bank of India|Chairmen of State Bank of India]] were either career bankers or were sourced from the [[Indian Administrative Service]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/forgotten-talwar-was-a-sabre-that-could-slay-any-sate-enemy.html|title=Forgotten Talwar was a sabre that could slay any sate enemy|first=The|last=Pioneer|website=The Pioneer|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215240/https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/state-editions/forgotten-talwar-was-a-sabre-that-could-slay-any-sate-enemy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2002/19/commentary/obituary-raj-kumar-talwar.html|title=Obituary : Raj Kumar Talwar|date=5 June 2015|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|pages=7–8|via=www.epw.in|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602221706/https://www.epw.in/journal/2002/19/commentary/obituary-raj-kumar-talwar.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603085116/https://edifying.in/state-bank-of-india-story-of-the-largest-bank-in-india/ |date=3 June 2021 }}
* [https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/content/PDFs/90087.pdf Biography at the Reserve Bank of India]
* [https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/chro_1968.aspx Dehejia Committee]

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