Stevens alumna Soni appointed YES BANK Country Head

HOBOKEN , N.J. — Rita Soni, a Stevens Institute of Technology alumna, Class of 1992, has been appointed Country Head for YES BANK of India . In this position, she will be spearheading a pioneering business approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability. Her team will work across YES BANK divisions to incorporate and further integrate Responsible Banking. She will be reporting to Somak Ghosh, Group President – Corporate Finance & Development Banking.

Soni brings with her nearly 15 years of diverse experiences in the private and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining YES BANK, she was with the American India Foundation (AIF) heading up Communications & Advocacy for the India operations. AIF, born after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake, is an international development organization charged with the mission of accelerating social and economic change in India . She worked with NGO partners and AIF programs to execute real improvements in the lives of the most marginalized across India .

Prior to this, Soni was a founding team member of the International Fellowships Program with Ford Foundation, focused on worldwide affirmative action for communities excluded from higher education. She started her professional development with General Electric, moving from an exclusive management-training program to the elite Corporate Audit Staff, to operations finance at NBC.

In addition to her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree with honors from Stevens, Soni has a master’s degree in International Affairs (MIA) from Columbia University ’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York City .

About YES BANK

YES BANK, as a Bank for “Emerging India” has a philosophy to contribute positively to India ’s development. Responsible Banking is one of the pillars of the YES BANK value proposition to our customers and is a key differentiating factor within our competitive strategy. By internalizing and externalizing CSR and Sustainability, the Responsible Banking team will help to build YES BANK as an organization of enduring value, enhancing its competitiveness, and charting a high leadership growth trajectory. Recently YES BANK CSR practice has been awarded the Social and Corporate Governance Award by BSE/ NASSCOM and under Rita’s leadership we expect to build on this initial momentum.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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