Rajnish Kumar is not afraid to ask questions

Kumar explained why the State Bank had to jump in to save the "lender of the last resort" (Yes Bank) while narrating the behind-the-scenes story graphically

After retirement, a public sector banker follows a one-year cooling off period before taking up new assignments. Former State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar, who retired in October 2020, has made a productive use of this, writing his memoir, The Custodian of Trust.

In State Bank’s 215-year history, he is probably the second chairman to write such a memoir. P G Kakodkar, who retired in March 1997, had written My 40 Years with SBI. Released in 2006, it narrated the pressures on the bank during Emergency, the challenges of implementing the 20-point programme and the Harshad Mehta stock scam,