Banking sector giant Chanda Kochhar's rise and fall
India TodayA Padma Bhushan awardee, pioneer of the retail banking revolution in the country, celebrity CEO and an icon for women, Chanda Kochhar has been a regular on the covers of Forbes and Fortune. She was instrumental in making ICICI Bank the country's biggest private sector lender. Chanda Kochhar was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation along with her husband Deepak in connection with the alleged cheating and irregularities in loans sanctioned by ICICI Bank to firms of the Videocon Group. Her stint at ICICI Bank ended abruptly in 2018 when she sought early retirement following allegations of corruption and quid pro-quo while granting loans to the now bankrupt Videocon Industries. Over the years, she came to define ICICI Bank until the announcement of her formal exit six months after allegations of impropriety first cropped up.