Chanda Kochhar Height, Weight, Age, Education, Spouse

Chanda Kochhar is an Indian banker who previously served as the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of ICICI Bank. She allegedly resigned from her position in 2018 due to a conflict of interest. Her glorious career at ICICI Bank was marred by the money laundering allegations in 2018 and her arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in December 2022.

Born Name

Chanda Advani

Other Name

Chanda Kochhar

Sun Sign

Scorpio

Born Place

Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Residence

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality

Education

Chanda Kochhar studied at St. Angela Sophia School in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Afterward, she shifted to Mumbai and got enrolled at Jai Hind College. Subsequently, she graduated with a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Mumbai.

She then went on to study cost accountancy at the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (a professional accountancy body in India under the administrative control of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India) and earned a master of management studies degree at the University of Mumbai from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. She was the recipient of the Wockhardt Gold Medal for Excellence in Management Studies as well as the J. N. Bose Gold Medal in Cost Accountancy.

Occupation

Banker

Family

• Father – Roopchand Advani (Professor at an engineering college)
• Siblings – Mahesh Advani (Brother). She also has a sister.

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 5 in or 165 cm

Weight

50 kg or 110 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Chanda Kochhar has dated –

1. Deepak Kochhar – She is married to wind energy entrepreneur Deepak Kochhar who was also her business schoolmate. The duo has 2 children – a son named Arjun Kochhar and a daughter named Aarti Kochhar.

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

Chanda Kochhar is of Sindhi descent.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Deep-set eyes

Religion

Hinduism

Chanda Kochhar Facts

1. She joined the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) as a management trainee in 1984.
2. She handled project appraisal and monitoring as well as evaluated projects in industries such as textile, paper, and cement during her initial year at ICICI.
3. During the 1990s, Chanda Kochhar became an important figure in the establishment of ICICI Bank and was appointed as one of the core team members in 1993. The following year, she was promoted to assistant general manager (AGM).
4. She started serving as the deputy general manager (DGM) of ICICI Bank in 1996. She also headed the newly formed Infrastructure Industry Group of ICICI Bank in 1996.
5. She was promoted as General Manager (GM) in 1998 and headed ICICI Bank’s major client group.
6. Chanda Kochhar went on to handle the strategy and e-commerce divisions of ICICI Bank in 1999.
7. It was under her leadership that ICICI Bank started building the retail business in 2000. It focused mainly on technology, innovation, process engineering, and expansion of distribution and scale.
8. She was appointed as deputy managing director of ICICI Bank in 2006 and handled the international and corporate businesses of the bank in 2006-07.
9. She served as ICICI Bank’s chief financial officer (CFO) and joint managing director from 2007 to 2009.
10. In 2011, she was co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting.
11. Chanda Kochhar was awarded the Padma Bhushan and the “ABLF Woman of Power Award (India)” at the Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards in 2011.
12. In 2018, it was alleged that she favored Videocon Group in lending practices and it was The Indian Express that first reported on March 29, 2018, that Videocon group promoter Venugopal Dhoot had provided crores of rupees allegedly to NuPower Renewables Pvt Ltd (NRPL) (a firm he had set up with Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar and two relatives six months after the Videocon group got ₹3,250 crore as loan from ICICI Bank in 2012).
13. In December 2023, she and 10 other people were booked for cheating tomato paste company Tomato Magic which led to its ₹27 crore loss.

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