Dinesh Kumar Khara (born 28 August 1961) is a career banker and former chairman of the State Bank of India a position he assumed on 7 October 2020 and served there till 28 August 2024.

He is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).

He has held several key positions such as MD (Global Banking & Subsidiaries), MD (Associates & Subsidiaries), MD & CEO (SBI Mutual Funds) and Chief General Manager – Bhopal Circle.

As Managing Director, he led the International Banking Group, Corporate Banking and Global Treasury Operations, as well as the non-banking subsidiaries[4][5] of the Bank viz., SBI Cards, SBIMF, SBI Life Insurance and SBI General Insurance, etc.

Additionally, he headed the Risk, IT and Compliance functions of the bank at various points.