Chanda Kochhar : (13)

" We have a vision of a strong and prosperous India and an equally strong belief that this vision is achievable. " - Chanda Kochhar

" I learnt to always keep my mind open to new ideas and looked at each new assignment as an opportunity to learn and prove myself. " - Chanda Kochhar

" Mark-to-market losses are not real loss. It’s a notional loss. What we can monitor is the credit quality of the underlying papers. Are the companies paying interest on time? Is there any deterioration in the credit quality of these companies? " - Chanda Kochhar

" I take all the stress on myself so everyone else can work without stress. " - Chanda Kochhar

" Only if you aspire for more will you achieve more. " - Chanda Kochhar

" As far as discom reforms are concerned, they have to be a combination of two parts. One is the existing balance sheet and, therefore, taking care of that. The second important is the reduction in losses going forward. " - Chanda Kochhar

" India did not innovate with the ATMs. But when we brought ATMs into India and made the machines talk in 15 regional languages to the people in rural India, we got millions of transactions on the ATM. " - Chanda Kochhar

" When we in our sector talk of the adoption of Indian consumers to new products and innovative ways of doing banking, they always exceed our expectations. " - Chanda Kochhar

" The real underlying value comes if you can put a company back into a running state and it becomes a successful viable entity if it continues to repay loans. " - Chanda Kochhar

" My priorities are going to be to play a very balanced role in the sense that I have to keep an eye on the challenges in the environment. At the same time, I have to keep an eye on the optimism that is there for India. " - Chanda Kochhar