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Can private bankers run PSBs? Govt needs patience to make it work

Yes, they can. But to make the experiment successful, the government must have patience

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Opening top PSB roles to private-sector talent could inject fresh expertise — but pay gaps, cultural differences, and bureaucratic rigidity may test the government’s banking reform experiment.

Tamal Bandyopadhyay

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Last week’s column on the government opening up some of the top slots at public-sector banks (PSBs) for professionals from the private sector has kicked off animated coffee-table discussions in the banking circles over the pros and cons of such a move. Let me try to summarise their ideas and concerns, while throwing in a few of my own unsolicited suggestions on the way forward. 
First, a quick recap. In the first week of October, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) revised the guidelines for the selection of wholetime directors at public-sector banks, superseding all earlier norms. 
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