Arundhati Bhattacharya Quotes
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Women being women, they are very sincere, committed, and honest in what they do. If they feel they are shortchanging some segment of their responsibility, they have a tendency of holding themselves back. What I would like to tell them is that it is not necessarily true that you will short-change one or the other.
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Even for the people in the bank into which the other banks are merging, they also have a lot of apprehension. There is always an apprehension that opportunities will go down. There are apprehensions of displacement. Many of these apprehensions are unfounded.
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I do believe in teamwork, and I think it's very important, especially for a woman, because if you don't have a good team, then you cannot step out if you need to.
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At State Bank, all decisions are collective decisions. I have created the comfort zone.
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When there are good postings available, the people who choose who is to come to that particular position, they will always have, at the back of their minds, a fear that, 'If I take a woman, she might prioritize her family over the job and, therefore, not be available at times when her presence is required.'
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After some time, my reputation preceded me each time I was given a new posting.
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The capping of cash transactions will help the banks reduce cash intensity.
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We are present in all areas, and our products are the best.
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India has a very young population which is comfortable doing business on a screen than do it one on one with a banking executive. They want quick fulfilment of desires, and may not have the time to go to a bank to get things done. Many of them are comfortable working from home.
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It's good to be on the power list, but I don't see a practical use of it except when people introduce me to audiences.
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One of my main agenda right from the beginning has been cost rationalization, and we have done a lot of cost rationalization.
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Some amount of support from government and regulator is required when you are looking at resolving systemic issues.
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Your ability will get you the job, but you also need to have age on your side. So if you started your career at 21, you have an advantage over others in your batch who started at, say, 24.
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It was my first day at work - and beginning my training on the job, I was given the job of writing cheques and entering their details. The branch was surrounded by hordes of people... soon, they had to close the gates to manage the crowds, and they started pushing in.
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I always focus on team building - both in office and at home.
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A maturing process, and growth, is always painful. You ask any teenager, they will tell you, and it's just like that for the country. We need to grow; we need to evolve.
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Cash is not cheap. The physical infrastructure is not easy to maintain and cheap.
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If you have six corporate centres, six treasuries, six of everything, and then if you bring it down to one of everything, obviously there are some savings.
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In India, women are still the primary caregivers. Whether it be for children, whether it be for old people or sick people, you are the primary caregiver. No matter what position you are in.
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We keep saying, 'No more 'band aid' solutions.'
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If you are really challenged, and if you are willing to take the plunge, very often some of the path opens up in front of you.
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Often, people wonder if she can give the time required at work, given also her responsibilities at home. So a woman has to prove her worth over and over again each time she's given a new responsibility, especially when she is at junior to mid-level positions.
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I have met a lot of women who are good at math.
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At SBI, we say that if you need a project to be done, you need to be determined that it needs to be done, put a deadline, and it will get done.