K V Kamath Finance Minister
He also went on hinting on the name of next finance minister which many on twitter is interpreting as kv kamath veteran banker and founder former ceo of icici bank.
K v kamath finance minister. Kamath has the rich experience of managing financial responsibilities. K v kamath left with pm narendra modi. Kv kamath veteran banker and chairman of brics bank is soon expected to be inducted as minister of state in the finance ministry news agency ians reported citing unidentified sources. Just a few months back a buzz was created that k v kamath is going to be the next finance minister.
Kamath also served as icici bank s founder and managing director and ceo from 1 may 1996 until his retirement from executive responsibilities on 30 april 2009. Unhappy over the mishandling of the economy by sitharaman the modi government is seriously mulling over replacing the finance minister along with her deputy anurag thakur. Many media have carried this ians report on kamath s possible entry in cabinet. This news item has been creating waves in the powerful bombay club and lutyen s delhi.
Kamath was the former chief of the new development bank of brics countries previously he has also served as the chairman of infosys limited the second largest indian it services company and as the non executive chairman of icici bank india s largest private bank. Ians has come out with a scoop that prime minister narendra modi may induct icici bank promoter k v kamath as the new finance minister. 12 226 k kv kamath veteran banker and chairman of brics bank is likely to replace finance minister nirmala sitharaman after the budget sources told nh. Kamath is currently facing a probe by the central bureau of investigation cbi in two bank loan fraud cases.
He completed five years in office. The congress mp and son of former finance minister karti chidambaram wrote a cryptic tweet hinting change of guard in finance ministry popularly known as north block. Attending a special board of governors meeting through video conference on wednesday finance minister nirmala sitharaman appreciated kamath s work for his stellar stewardship in very quickly. His tweet reads as a little birdie tells me that cometh the hour in north block.
Kamath 72 may get the minister of state mos for finance portfolio while dasgupta 64 may become mos in the human resource development hrd ministry the agency said quoting highly placed sources. Now this coincided with the news that prime minister. Kundapur vaman kamath commonly referred to as k. He is a non political individual and it is said that the centre is thinking of appointing him as the finance minister as it thinks he is capable of tiding over the current situation.