Mangaluru: PV Bharati takes charge as the new CEO of Canara Bank
Mangaluru: Canara bank’s executive director PV Bharathi, on Friday took charge as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) cum Managing Director of the bank, becoming the first woman to lead the bank as the CEO.
Bharathi brings 37 years vast experience in banking sector, wherein she has covered a vast spectrum of banking operations since her entry into the banking industry in 1982.
She joined Canara bank in 1982 as an officer and went on to hold several key positions of the bank in branches and administrative departments across India and Hong Kong.
On September 15, 2016, she was elevated as the executive director of the bank, and was responsible for key affairs of the bank including Human Resources, Retail Banking, Recovery, Risk Management, credit monitoring, International banking, audit and inspection, Information and Technology among others.
A post graduate in Arts, (Economics), Bharathi has also attended several training programmes at some of the most reputed institutes. She has completed an integrated course on banking and finance from NIBM Pune, and is a certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.
Bharathi, over the years has carved a reputation for herself in the banking industry, for her practical approach, quick decision and leadership skills.
Her appointment was announced earlier in December last year, following which she took over the charge on Friday February 1 and will remain on the post till march 31, 2020 the date of her superannuation.
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Belagavi: Man attacks nurse inside hospital, caught on camera
Belagavi (Karnataka), Nov 28: A CCTV footage of a nurse being attacked by a man inside a private hospital in Karnataka went viral on social media platforms on Thursday.
The incident, reported to have occurred on October 30, was captured on CCTV camera of the hospital in which the man who has been identified as Prakash Jadhav was seen attacking the nurse with a machete he was hiding in his bag.
The video clip shows the person entering the hospital and at the reception counter, he caught hold of the nurse and attacked her with the machete for allegedly refusing his romantic advances.
She was treated in the hospital for her injuries, police said, adding that the suspect was arrested in the case.
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According to police, Jadhav was her neigbhour. He had been harassing the nurse for a while, persistently pressuring her to marry him but she rejected her proposal every time.
Upset over repeated rejection, he later approached her father with the proposal but he also rejected his marriage proposal and warned him to stay away from his daughter.
Her father became traumatised and stressed by the incident. Subsequently, he died.
"A case was registered against Prakash Jadhav and he was arrested in connection with the incident," a senior police officer said.
