Sanjay Prakash

Sanjay Prakash joined SBI Foundation as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on 27th July 2022. Prior to this, he was posted as the Deputy General Manager (Industrial Relations) in the HR Department of SBI, Corporate Centre, Mumbai, for 4 years. With a graduate degree in Science with Honours in Statistics from Patna University, he joined SBI in the year 1990. He began his banking career with postings in remote places. Over the last 33 years, he has served in various positions, heading branches in rural and urban centres, handling IT projects, retail business portfolios, cross-selling business, and manning critical administrative positions in the State Bank of India. He was the Regional Manager of the Jamshedpur Region in Jharkhand for 3 years. Later, he headed the IT Services Department and the HR Department at the Local Head Office, in Patna. As DGM (IR), he maintained a cordial IR climate in the Bank by smoothly handling the Unions/Associations and taking care of the staff welfare measures. He has empathy for the people who are underprivileged and has a passion for the welfare of such communities. In his present role at SBI Foundation, he gets to fulfil his passion for bringing about a change in the lives of the socially and economically weaker sections of society.

“Social impact awards bring immense fulfilment to an organisation and serve as an encouragement to continue working towards the development of India. It’s an honour for me to be part of the jury of the prestigious SABERA awards and I look forward to learning more about the various initiatives being undertaken by various Corporates, grassroots organisations and individuals.”