The entire journey of eighteen years the author has covered it as a story which spread across thirteen chapters. By writing it as a story the author has kept it interesting by engaging the readers. The objective was not merely to come up with the bank's history but to revolve a story about the making of this successful bank in India.
Author, Tamal Bandyopadhyayis one of the most respected business journalists in India. His weekly column, Banker's Trust, in India's second-largest read financial daily Mint, where he is Deputy Managing Editor, is widely read for IFSC codes its deep insights into the world of finance and its unerring ability to anticipate major policy moves.
Tamal has kept a close watch on the financial sector for over fifteen years and has had a ringside view of the enormous changes in Indian finance over this period. He has been a frequent speaker at seminars across India and has hosted a very successful weekly show (by the same name as his weekly column) on television, featuring some of India's most respected bankers, policy makers, central bankers and regulators.
He has contributed to The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, edited by Kaushik Basu and published by Oxford University Press in 2007. Banker's Trust, an anthology of his weekly column in Mint, has recently been published. This is Tamal's first book.
The journey begins right from how different names were suggested like Bank of Bombay (BoB) or Bombay International Bank before finally settling down with name HDFC Bank. The acronym for Bank of Bombay clashed with the established public sector bank, Bank of Baroda and that was dropped off.
