M. S. Verma

Maya Shankar Verma was an Indian career banker who served as the seventeenth Chairman of State Bank of India.

Life and Education
He holds a master's degree in Art and is a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.

He also holds an M.Phil degree from Patna University.

Banking career
He joined the State Bank of India as a probationary officer in 1956. He served in a number of roles until finally becoming the seventeenth Chairman of the State Bank of India from 1 April 1997 until 30 September 1998.

After his retirement in 1998, he was succeeded as Chairman of the State Bank of India by M. P. Radhakrishnan.

Later career
After having retired in 1998, he was appointed as the chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on 23 March 2000.

He has also served as an honorary advisor to the Reserve Bank of India.

He has served as the international chairman of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited.