Govinda Rajulu Chintala Former Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

Govinda Rajulu Chintala is the former Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) (27 May 2020 to 31 July 2022). Before that, he was the Managing Director of NABFINS, a subsidiary of NABARD headquartered in Bengaluru.

Dr Chintala, a Postgraduate from the prestigious Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, joined NABARD as an officer and worked in various capacities at the Head Office, Mumbai, and Regional Offices including Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, New Delhi and Bengaluru. He was also the Vice President of Agri-Business Finance Ltd. (now NABSAMRUDDHI Finance Ltd.), Hyderabad, and the Director of Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow.

He has handled several consultancy assignments including a significant one on ‘Roadmap for Amalgamation of Regional Rural Banks’ in 2006 that led the way for the consolidation of 196 Regional Rural Banks. He also undertook a consultancy assignment on ‘Efficacy of SGSY in meeting the aspirations of SCs/STs’ commissioned by the Ministry of Rural Development, whose recommendations helped in launching the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) throughout the country and phasing out the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana. Dr Chintala had also successfully introduced the Producers Organisations model in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

He has visited over 20 countries including USA, China, European nations, Bolivia, Brazil, Kenya, Senegal, Indonesia, etc., for presenting papers and other assignments.