K. V. Kamath

Kundapur Vaman Kamath, commonly called as K. V. Kamath, was the former chief of the New Development Bank of BRICS. He also served as the chairman of Infosys Limited, Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank. He was born on 02-12-1947 to vishwanath and uma in Mangalore He persued his Mechanical Engineering from NITK, Suratkal and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM – Ahmadabad.

Career
After graduating from IIM in 1971, Kamath started his career with ICICI, where he sreved in various deparatments to gather experience. Kamath has generally been credited with expanding ICICI’s business to evolve it into a technology – enabled financial organisation. In 1988, Kamath joined the Asian Development Bank, Manila. His principal work experience at ADB was in various projects in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh and Vietnam. In 1996, he returned to ICICI as its Managing Director and CEO and led the way to the formation of ICICI Bank. In 2011, he was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys Limited. In 2014, he was appointed as chief of the New Development Bank set up by the BRICS.
Kamath is a member of the Governing Boards of several educational institutions, including IIM – Ahmadabad, Indian school of Business, National Institute of Bank Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar and MAHE, Manipal. He was the chairman of Governing Board at Indian Institute of Management, Indore.

Awards
Kamath was honoured with Padma Bhushan award by Indian Government in 2008. He has bagged many awards like – Businessman of the year, Forbes, Asia, Business Leader Award of the Year – The Economic Times, 2007, Outstanding Business Leader of the year – CNBC – TV18, 2006 and many more.