Role Players 2013
NAMITA VIKAS
President & Chief Sustainability Officer
YES Bank Ltd.
Namita Vikas is President and Chief Sustainability Officer at YES BANK. She spearheads YES BANK's Version 2.0 Vision & Strategy of further strengthening the bank as a commercially viable financial institution with sustainability principles incorporated within its core operations. Namita is also responsible for mainstreaming sustainability via a two pronged approach of Responsible Banking in Thought and Responsible Banking in Action. Her work involves Sustainability Research, Strategic Philanthropy, Triple Bottom-line Accounting, Socially Responsible Investing and building innovative models through Social Enterprises incubation. She nurtures a range of external and internal stakeholder relationships to create innovative, scalable and financially viable approaches to Development and Public Policies for YES Bank. Institutionalizing and formation of "YES Foundation" is one of her immediate critical agenda.
Namita has over 22 years of well rounded experience in Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Affairs, Communication and Policy Advocacy. She has held leadership positions with Marico Ltd, Microsoft Corporation and Confederation of Indian Industry. Prior to joining YES BANK, she was heading the Marico Innovation Foundation and was driving its Innovation and Social development agenda. She was instrumental in setting up the Foundation. She has also been involved in guiding and implementing philanthropic initiatives of Marico around Entrepreneurship.
Namita serves as a Jury on The World Bank's Development Market Place initiative for India, Tata Group Innovista Awards, and Mariwala Foundation Women Entrepreneurship Awards. She is an Advisory Board member of Responsible Investment Research Association (RIRA) and Indian Centre for CSR (ICCSR). Besides, she is a member of National Committees on Sustainability & Innovation of FICCI and ASSOCHAM. Namita has an Advanced Management Degree in CSR and Leadership from the Swenska Institute, Sweden, a Bachelor degree in Economics and Diploma in Business Management from Mumbai University. Besides this she has participated at several professional development courses in India and Europe.
Namita has over 22 years of well rounded experience in Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Affairs, Communication and Policy Advocacy. She has held leadership positions with Marico Ltd, Microsoft Corporation and Confederation of Indian Industry. Prior to joining YES BANK, she was heading the Marico Innovation Foundation and was driving its Innovation and Social development agenda. She was instrumental in setting up the Foundation. She has also been involved in guiding and implementing philanthropic initiatives of Marico around Entrepreneurship.
Namita serves as a Jury on The World Bank's Development Market Place initiative for India, Tata Group Innovista Awards, and Mariwala Foundation Women Entrepreneurship Awards. She is an Advisory Board member of Responsible Investment Research Association (RIRA) and Indian Centre for CSR (ICCSR). Besides, she is a member of National Committees on Sustainability & Innovation of FICCI and ASSOCHAM. Namita has an Advanced Management Degree in CSR and Leadership from the Swenska Institute, Sweden, a Bachelor degree in Economics and Diploma in Business Management from Mumbai University. Besides this she has participated at several professional development courses in India and Europe.