{"id":3604,"date":"2022-08-05T08:11:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T08:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy\/?page_id=3604"},"modified":"2022-08-05T08:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T08:22:39","slug":"karuna-bhatia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/karuna-bhatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Karuna Bhatia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3604\" class=\"elementor elementor-3604\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78cce01c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78cce01c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c1f782a\" data-id=\"3c1f782a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1591c7d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1591c7d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Head of Sustainability, <\/strong><br \/><strong>Standard Charted Bank (SCB), <\/strong><br \/><strong>India &amp; Global Business Services<\/strong><b> <\/b><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Karuna is currently the Head of Sustainability at Standard Charted Bank (SCB), India &amp; Global Business Services. She is responsible for managing the Country Sustainability agenda for the Bank and the Global Business Services. She sits on the board of various impact organizations.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Under Karuna\u2019s leadership, SCB is progressing rapidly in its journey towards being an inclusive organization by working towards affecting a real change through initiatives like \u2018Seeing is Believing\u2019 which is making 30 Railway stations across India accessible for people with disabilities by providing a host of facilities.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Before this role, she was the Business Head of Microfinance, at Standard Chartered. Karuna has led several strategic initiatives; she was responsible for setting up the Excel Banking \u2013Wealth Management channel and providing strategic direction to this fast-growing business, leading the Branch reconfiguration strategy for ANZ Grindlays where 15 branches were merged. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karuna-bhatia-b135465\/?originalSubdomain=in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/karuna-bhatia-b135465\/?originalSubdomain=in<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fe1178 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fe1178\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a5fe38\" data-id=\"0a5fe38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b528a11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b528a11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Copyrights \u00a9 2022. Transforming Rural India Foundation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Agenda 2022 About IRC IRC 2021 IRC 2021 Report Media Coverage Speaker Karuna Bhatia Head of Sustainability, Standard Charted Bank (SCB), India &amp; Global Business Services Karuna is currently the Head of Sustainability at Standard Charted Bank (SCB), India &amp; Global Business Services. She is responsible for managing the Country Sustainability agenda for the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/karuna-bhatia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Karuna Bhatia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3604"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3630,"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3604\/revisions\/3630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trif.in\/india-rural-colloquy-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}