The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Regulagadda Venkata Ramakrishna as the Managing Director of The Andhra Pradesh State Cooperative Bank Ltd. (APCOB) for a period of three years.
Ramakrishna is a veteran rural finance and cooperative banking professional with over 30 years of experience in the development finance sector.
He served with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for more than three decades and retired as Chief General Manager, Corporate Planning.
He also worked with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on Financial Systems Development Programmes for around 10 years.
He has served on the boards of Delhi State Cooperative Bank, National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation and National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation.
Ramakrishna is known for his expertise in rural and agricultural finance, cooperative reforms, microfinance regulation and sustainable development. He was also closely associated with the implementation of the Vaidyanathan Committee reforms for Short-Term Cooperative Credit Structures across states.
