Aditya Puri, MD, HDFC Bank, has been named the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2015-16. He was selected by a six-member jury headed by former economic affairs secretary C.M. Vasudev, for the bank’s commendable contribution in the digital banking space as well as its deep reach in rural and semi-urban India. The other jury members were former RBI deputy governors Anand Sinha and H.R. Khan, Edelweiss Group chairman Rashesh Shah, Ican Investment Advisors chairman Anil Singhvi and Ambit Capital CEO-Institutional Equities Saurabh Mukherjea. The jury gave importance to profitability, asset quality health and how the bank chief had made the organization stronger over the years. Based on the criteria, 13 banks and their chiefs were shortlisted. The jury then narrowed the scope to three individuals. All three had numbers in favor of them so the jury opted for a subjective assessment.
