State Banks of Travancore appoints new Chief GM

Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore Monday said Ashok Kumar Pradhan has taken over as its Chief General Manager.

He succeeds S Adikesavan, whose transfer to Hyderabad had kicked up a controversy recently.

Pradhan, who is from Cuttack in Orissa, started his banking career in 1985 as a Probationary Officer in State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, the bank said in a release Monday.

He has handled various key assignments as Controller and Zonal Head and has functioned Zonal Head and also Deputy General Manager (Credit) at State Bank of Hyderabad, it said.

At State bank of Mysore, he has served as General Manager (P&SB) and also General Manager, Network, Delhi, it added.