Bandhan Bank's Apurva Sircar Steps Down

Apurva Sircar, the head of marketing and senior vice president of Bandhan Bank, has called it quits. Sircar has worked in various sectors for over 20 years, including financial services, FMCG, and consumer durables. He has worked with Bandhan Bank for more than seven years. Sircar stated that he plans "to join a legend to run his businesses to create real impact on the ground," however he did not elaborate on his next plans.

In a parting message, Sircar revealed, "November 13, 2017. I entered a small commercial building, the head office of a hungry-to-grow organisation in a city that is perceived to be not-so-professional. Stepping into that office, changed my life, in more ways than one. And today, stepping out of another head office of the same organisation has been tougher than I thought. Yet, one’s got to do what one’s got to do."

This is not a seven-year itch, he said, "This is just life calling out to me to leap out of my comfort zone and try something new, something exciting and something risky. I don’t fully know what lies ahead of me in my professional life, but I know that for the first time in over two decades, I have the opportunity to truly create an organisation that I would love to work in, using my entire experience of two decades – implementing things that I have liked over the years and eliminating those that I think should not have existed."

Recently, Partha Pratim Sengupta was appointed as Bandhan Bank's new managing director and chief executive officer in October 2024. Starting on November 1, 2024, Sengupta assumed leadership.