He has worked in the banking sector for 40 years, in India and other countries. He became CEO of
Citibank,
Malaysia in 1992. In September 1994 he returned to India as managing director of
HDFC Bank. He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of
Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of
Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2010. In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of . He officially stepped down from his position in
HDFC Bank on 26 October 2020. Sashidhar Jagdishan took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of
HDFC Bank from 27 October 2020. In January 2021, he joined the biopharma company Strides Group as Advisor and will also serve as a Director of its associate company, Stelis Biopharma. He recently joined Deloitte India as a Senior advisor in 4 October 2023. ==Awards and honours==