Tarjani Vakil is a professional Indian banker, and was the first woman to head any large bank in India[1] when she became Chairperson of the Exim Bank in 1993.
[2][3][4][5] After earning a postgraduate degree in history from Bombay University,[3] she began her career at the Maharashtra State Finance Commission, which she joined in 1958 as a clerical worker.
[2][3] By 1965, she was the only female officer at the Industrial Development Bank of India.
[2][6] At the time that she was chairperson and managing director of Exim Bank, it had US$1.1 billion in assets.
In 2011, she published "A Mosaic of Memories", an autobiographical sketch (for private circulation only).