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M. S. Sundara Rajan

M. S. Sundara Rajan (Tamil: ம்.ச்.சுந்தரராஜன)் (born 8 March 1950), is an Indian banking consultant, economist and was previously the head of Indian Bank. Mr Rajan is a M.A. (Econ), CAIIB and A.C.S. He is a visiting faculty to many institutions. His core expertise is in investment banking, project finance, corporate restructuring and capital market. Mr Rajan is known to be a soft spoken and polite person. Mr. Rajan has visited Singapore, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York & Dubai on business engagements.Rajan is an ardent Caranatic Music Fan and can speak in over five languages.Rajan won the Golden Peacock Award on behalf of Indian Bank on October 2009.He has been part of several key strategic initiatives at Indian Bank including launching of initial IPO, introduction of Biometric ATM and introduction of touch screen kiosk across various Indian bank branches in India.According to The Economic Times press release, Mr. Rajan was ranked 45th in the Economic Times India Inc's most powerful CEOs list (2009). He was ranked No.2 among the CEOs of Nationalized Banks and No.6 among the CEOs of Commercial banks.During his leadership, Indian Bank received Golden peacock National Training Award for the year 2009 presented at a special awards function on 9 October 2009 at London during the 10th International conference on Corporate Governance.It was during his tenure that Indian Bank appeared first in featured in the list of Forbes 2000–2009 (1659th position).Mr. Rajan was also pivotal in setting up Dharavi's first bank, a place that has over Rs. 1000 billion of market potential.On 31 May 2010, Mr. Rajan was appointed as a member to look into customer service for banks by RBI.On Mar 2013, he was appointed as the Chairman of Institute of Directors – Tamil Nadu state Chapter