Dipankar Basu was an Indian career banker who served as the fifteenth Chairman of the State Bank of India.
[1][2][6] He served as the fifteenth Chairman of State Bank of India from 25 February 1993 until 31 August 1995.
[1][2] He was largely responsible for the bank's entry into the investment banking and mutual fund businesses and was instrumental in setting up SBI Capital Markets Ltd. and SBI Mutual Fund.
[5] After his retirement in 1995, he was succeeded by P. G. Kakodkar as the Chairman of the State Bank of India.
[1][2] After having retired from the State Bank of India in 1995, he was appointed as the non-executive chairman of the Sun Foreign & Colonial Asset Management, which is currently a subsidiary of the Principal Financial Group.