Expecting good growth in next 2 quarters: Bank of Baroda MD & CEO Jayakumar

There was no difference between pre-merger numbers of BoB and ratios after the merger, P S Jayakumar, MD and CEO Bank of Baroda says

Listing common identity as public sector entities, ground work by CEOs of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank, reforms, and transformation were factors for a smooth integration, P S Jayakumar, MD and CEO Bank of Baroda, told Hamsini Karthik and Abhijit Lele. He said the new entity will maintain push for sustainable growth. Edited excerpts:

About year ago, you were not in favour of a merger of any bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB). You have gone ahead with it. 

Yes. That was 18 months ago. That was because we as a bank had not transformed ourselves. But over the last