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North Malabar Gramin Bank

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Website
  
www.nmgbank.com

Founded
  
1976

Headquarters
  
Kannur

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Type
  
Public Sector Bank, sponsored by Syndicate Bank

Industry
  
Financial Commercial banks

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North Malabar Gramin Bank (NMGB; Malayalam: നോർത്ത് മലബാർ ഗ്രാമീൺ ബാങ്ക്) was a Regional Rural Bank in Kerala, India. It was established in 1976 as a Scheduled Commercial Bank as per Regional Rural Banks Act of 1976 to provide banking facilities in the North Malabar region. It operated in seven districts of Kerala with the headquarters at Kannur, and had 222 branches as of 14 June 2013. The bank distinguished itself as one of the few profit making RRBs in India before its amalgamation.

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On 8 July 2013, per a Government of India notification, North Malabar Gramin Bank (sponsored by Syndicate Bank) and South Malabar Gramin Bank (sponsored by Canara Bank) were amalgamated into a single entity as the Kerala Gramin Bank, with its head office at Malappuram, and Canara Bank as the sponsor bank, after consulting NABARD, the concerned sponsor banks and the Government of Kerala.

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Board of Directors

The Bank's Board of Directors had the following members before its amalgamation into Kerala Gramin Bank

  • P. Madhu, Chairman
  • Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan
  • V. Asokan
  • P. Dinesh
  • References

    North Malabar Gramin Bank Wikipedia