
Independent Director
Mrs. Surekha Marandi
With a vast multifarious experience of more than three decades in the sectoral BFSI domain, Surekha is an exemplary Financial Inclusion Expert with a distinguished career complemented with detailed proficiency in financial inclusion and development; customer education and protection; regulation, supervision and compliance; and strong understanding in facets of economy; microfinance; rural planning; credit and communications. She is a postgraduate scholar from Jadavpur University and has attained adept certifications in COBOL programming from CMC; Advanced Management from AIM, Manila and Advanced Management in Financial Management Services from Cambridge University, UK.
Under the aegis of her illustrious career span, she has held copious leadership positions like Nominee Director of RBI at United Bank, Nominee Director at Bank of Baroda, Member of Board – IEPF authority. Surekha has also worked with NCFE, since its inception in 2018 till retirement, as Chairperson and member on the board of Financial Inclusion Fund administered by NABARD. She has exceptionally pioneered the navigation of complex projects from conceptualization to complete operational activation.