Vijayalakhshmi R.Iyer is the Chairperson and MD of the Bank of India. She was earlier the Executive Director of Central Bank of India and took over the post from R K Nair. She joined the IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) on June 15, 2015 in Finance and Investments department as a full time member. ^[3]

Vijayalakhshmi R.Iyer was born on June 1, 1955.

She completed her post-graduation in Commerce.

She is a Certified Asssociate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (CAIIB). ^[0]

Iyer's career started in 1975 when she joined Union Bank of India in 1975. During her thirty five years in the banking industry, she worked at big bank branches at number of places. She worked in Credit Department of prestigious zones for fifteen years in Pune and Mumbai. ^[1]

She has served in Credit Monitoring Department and Credit Department and played a chief role in setting up of Risk Management Department.

She worked as Deputed General Manager during 2006-2007 and was promoted as General Manager in January 2008.

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She took over as Executive Director of Central Bank of India on September 1, 2010 where she was in charge of IT, Risk Management, Credit, Treasury, CBS, Inspection & Audit portfolios and Forex.

She joined IRDAI as its member on June 15, 2015.

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