K V Shaji has been named Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on 7 December. He formerly served as NABARD’s Deputy Managing Director (DMD) till May 21, 2020.

Important facts

• Before joining NABARD, he worked in Canara Bank in various capacities for 26 years.

• As his last assignment, he was in charge of Strategy, Planning and Business Development at the Corporate Office of Canara Bank.

• He successfully handled the project of amalgamation of Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank.

• He was earlier also the Chairman of India’s largest Regional Rural Bank, Kerala Gramin Bank.

• He is a post graduate in Agriculture and holds a PGDM degree in Public Policy from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.