About R.K. Talwar Memorial Lecture

The First R K Talwar Memorial Lecture was organized by the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance on 31.07.2007 at Mumbai. State Bank of India has instituted this Annual Memorial Lecture in memory of late R.K.Talwar, Chairman of the Bank for over 6 years.

He had played yeomen's role in the development and shaping of State Bank of India especially after 1969. The admirers of the late R K Talwar from amongst the pensioners, existing staff of the Bank and some outsiders collected funds to create an endowment to perpetuate his memory and recall his role/ contribution towards the growth and development of the Bank. SBI on its part has contributed a matching amount to the corpus created for this purpose.

He was also one of the Governing Council members (1968-1976), Vice President (1969-1976) & the President (1970 & 1975) of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance

• ABOUT LATE R.K. TALWAR


• Twelth R K Talwar Memorial Lecture: Topic – “Reflecting policy changes in the Indian Financial System” by Mr. M. Rajeshwar Rao, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India on 21^st October 2022


• Eleventh R K Talwar Memorial Lecture: Topic – “India’s Covid Response” by Dr. Krishnamurthy V Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India on 9^th February 2021.


• Tenth R K Talwar Memorial Lecture – 2019: Topic – “Beyond Risk: Policy Making for an Uncertain World” by Mr. Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser and Co-Chair of G20’s Framework Working Group, Ministry of Finance, Government of India on 22^nd November 2019


• Ninth R K Talwar Memorial Lecture – 2018: Topic – “The Reform Agenda” by Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and Member, NITI Aayog on 8^th August, 2018


• Eighth R K Talwar Lecture – Topic: The Unfinished Agenda: Restoring Public Sector Bank Health in India by Dr Viral Acharya, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India on 7th September 2017


• Seventh R .K.Talwar Lecture - Topic : Castles in Sand: India and the Tide of Globalization by Dr. Ashish Nanda, Director, IIM, Ahmedabad on 24th August 2016


• Sixth Lecture-17/07/2015-Topic: Growth, Poverty and Economic Transformation in India delivered by Dr. Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog


• Video of 5th R.K. Talwar Lecture delivered by Shri N. Vaghul, Former Chairman, ICICI Bank on 7th September - 2011


• Fifth Lecture-07-09-2011-Topic: "The Future of Finance in India"-delivered by Shri N Vaghul, Former Chairman, ICICI Bank


• Fourth Lecture - 28.07.2010 - Topic : "The Future of Financial Regulations : Some Reflections"-delivered by Dr . Rakesh Mohan, Chairman, National Transport Development Planning Committee, Planning Commission, Govt. of India


• Third Lecture-23.07.2009 - Topic : "Capital and Citizenship : Challenges and Opportunities before Financial Inclusion"-delivered by Smt. Elaben Bhatt, Founder Self Employed Women's Associaion (SEWA)


• Second Lecture-25.07.2008 - Topic : "Human Resource as a Key Driver in Indian Banking"-delivered by Shri Vinod Rai (IAS), Comptroller & Auditor General of India


• First Lecture-31.07.2007 - Topic : "The Indian Banking System-Challenges Ahead" delivered by Dr.C.Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister & Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India