Awards and Recognition

Delighted to showcase an outstanding performance at the IBA Banking Technology Awards this year, South Indian Bank has once again secured a remarkable six awards. Demonstrating unparalleled expertise in bank technology, SIB clinched these accolades at the 19th Annual Banking Technology Conference, Expo, Citation, 2022-2023.
The awards include:

• Technology Bank of the Year (Winner)
• Tech Talent & Organisation (Winner)
• IT Risk Management (Winner)
• Tech-enabled Financial Inclusion (Runner Up)
• Fintech Collaboration (Special Mention)
• Digital Sales & Engagement (Special Mention)

Securing these awards consistently underscores the bank's commitment to advancing in banking technology and highlights the digital prowess developed by South Indian Bank.

For the second year in a row, The South Indian Bank Ltd. (SIB) won handsomely at the Indian Banking Association (IBA) Awards, 2022.

At the 18th edition of the awards, SIB bagged podium honours in six out of seven categories. Sri Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor of the RBI, handed over the awards at a glittering ceremony held in Mumbai on December 3.

SIB grabbed the honours in the following categories: -

• Winner - Best IT Risk Management
• Runner Up - Best Technology Bank of the Year
• Runner Up - Best Use of AI/ML adoption
• Runner Up – Digital Sales & Engagement
• Runner Up – Technology talent and organisation
• Special Mention - Best Fintech Collaboration

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South Indian Bank won prestigious coveted Banking Frontiers Finnoviti Awards, 2022 for Robotic Automation of Merchant Credit Processing.

South Indian Bank won prestigious coveted Banking Frontiers Finnoviti Awards, 2022 for Robotic Automation of Merchant Credit Processing.

South Indian Bank won the Asian CSR Leadership Award under the category ‘Best use of CSR practice in Banking and Finance’

South Indian Bank has been recognised as one of India’s Most Preferred Workplaces in BFSI 2022-’23 by Team Marksmen India

South Indian Bank was recognized in the ET Edge Best Brands in Best Brand 2022 Conclave 5th Edition organized by The Economic Times

South Indian Bank’s MD & CEO Mr. Murali Ramakrishnan was honoured with the ET Ascent Business Leader of the Year Award

South Indian Bank sets a World Record for Staging and Swinging 101 'Oonjals' at Marine Drive, Kochi, Kerala on 9th October 2022

South Indian Bank’s Learning and Development (L&D) unit bagged two prestigious awards – one each in the organization and the individual category, at the National Awards for Leadership and Excellence in Mumbai.

South Indian Bank won the award for ‘Best Use of Social Publishing-Banking in the Konnect Insights Excellence Awards and Summit 2022

South Indian Bank and Vayana Network have been awarded for ‘Best Project Implementation’ at IBS Intelligence ‘Global Fintech Innovation Awards’

South Indian Bank bags ASSOCHAM National e-Summit & Awards for Digital Financial Services in Banking & Financial Lending- Runner Up, Digital Deposits- Private Sector Bank

South Indian Bank has won big at the prestigious Banking Technology Awards 2021 instituted by the Indian Banks’ Association. South Indian Bank delivered a stellar performance by winning the coveted awards in 4 categories.

The awards include Most Innovative Project (Winner –Small Banks), Best Use of IT & Data Analytics (Winner - Small Banks), Best IT Risk & Cyber Security Initiatives (Winner - Small Banks), and Best Technology Bank of the Year - Runner Up.

South Indian Bank won prestigious coveted Banking Frontiers Finnoviti Awards, 2021 for SIB’s FeeBook- an event based fund management and collection portal.  

South Indian Bank delivered a stellar performance by winning the UiPath Automation Excellence Awards, 2020. 

South Indian Bank has won big at the prestigious Banking Technology Awards 2020 instituted by the Indian Banks’ Association. South Indian Bank delivered a stellar performance by winning the coveted awards in 6 categories out of total 8.
The awards include Best Technology Bank of the Year (Winner –Small Banks), Best Use of Data & Analytics for Business Outcome (Winner - Small Banks), Best IT Risk Management & Cyber Security Initiatives (Joint Winner - Small Banks), Best Payment Initiative (Joint Runner Up - Private Sector Banks), Most Customer Centric Bank using Technology (Small Banks) and Best CIO - Runner Up.
The awards were received on behalf of South Indian Bank by Mr. Raphael T. J, CGM & CIO at IBA’s 15th Annual Banking Technology Conference, Expo And Awards held in Mumbai.

Mr. Raphael T.J, CGM & CIO of South Indian Bank receiving the IBA Banking Technology Awards 2020 from Mr. Rajesh Gopinathan, MD & CEO of Tata Consultancy Services and Mr. Rajnish Kumar, Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) & Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).

Delhi: South Indian Bank was awarded ‘Best MSME Bank’ among Private Sector banks, by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). The award was bestowed on SIB in connection with the ‘7th MSMEs National Excellence Awards -2019’ by ASSOCHAM. Mr. Sivakumar.G, EVP(Credit), received the award on behalf of South Indian Bank from Hon’ble Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari, in New Delhi.
The prestigious award was conferred as a recognition of SIB’s overall performance in MSME segment. The Bank has been deploying specialized officers trained in MSME across the country in branches having business potential. SIB has been aggressive in augmenting its retail loan portfolio, which is steadily growing over the years. Also, fast and efficient processing of MSME and other loan proposals in a centralized processing environment has enabled the Bank to achieve an edge in the MSME, Retail and Agricultural sectors.
 

Shri.Sivakumar.G, EVP(Credit) South Indian Bank, receiving "Best MSME Bank” (Private Sector) award from Hon’ble Union Minister Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari during the 7th MSMEs National Excellence Awards-2019 by ASSOCHAM.

Padma Shri Dr Deepak B Phatak handing over the award to Raphael T J , CGM&CIO of SIB. Mr Raj Nair, President, Mr Ashish Vaid, president-elect, Mr Ashank Desai, Chairman, Digital Technology Committee of IMC Chamber of Commerce are also seen Mr Ajit Mangrulkar, Directror General of IMC on the extreme left.

South Indian Bank has bagged two awards at the Banking Technology 2019 awards instituted by the Indian Banks’ Association. The Bank emerged winner in the ‘Most Customer Centric Bank Using Technology’ category and runner up in the ‘Best Payments Initiative’ category amongst small Banks’.

Mr. Raphael T J, C.G.M and C.I.O and Mr. Sony A, J.G.M received the awards on behalf of South Indian Bank at a vibrant function held in Mumbai, from Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Director, Super Computer Education & Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science Mr. Sunil Mehta, Chairman, Indian Banks’ Association (IBA), Mr. R. Sridharan, MD, CCIL-Clearing Corporation of India in the presence of Mr. V. G. Kannan, Chief Executive, IBA.

South Indian Bank has received the award for Best MSME Bank-Runner Up, instituted by Chamber of Indian Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. Mr. John Thomas, Country Head (Business Development) received the award on behalf of South Indian Bank from Shri. Giriraj Singh, Minister of State in charge, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in presence of Mr. Mukesh Mohan Gupta, President, Chamber of Indian Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) and Mr. Satheesh Kumar K S (JGM & Regional Head, Delhi), South Indian Bank.

Shri. Raphael T.J (Senior General Manager & CIO, South Indian Bank) receiving CSR Award for Banks & NBFCs under Education Sector instituted by Kerala Management Association from Shri. Kochouseph Chittilappilly (Chairman & CEO, V-Guard Industries Ltd.) in the presence of Dr. George Sleeba (Executive Director, K. Chittilappilly Foundation), Mr. Jose Dominic (MD & CEO, CGH Earth Group), Mr. V. George Antony (Non Executive Vice Chairman, UAE Exchange & Financial Services Ltd.) and Mr. Vivek Krishna Govind (President, KMA & Senior Partner, Varma & Varma Chartered Accountants)

South Indian Bank has won the CSR Award for the contribution to higher education sector through "SIB SCHOLAR", Bank's own scholarship scheme for academically brilliant but financially challenged students for pursuing higher education.

Shri. Reghunathan K N, EVP (Treasury), South Indian Bank receiving National Payments Excellence Award for RuPay instituted by NPCI from Shri. B. P. Kanungo, Deputy Governor RBI, in the presence of BiswamohanMahapatra, Chairman NPCI, Mr. V.G. Kannan, Chief Executive, IBA and Dr. A.S. Ramasastri, Director, IDRBT.

South Indian Bank has won National Payments Excellence Award 2017 for ‘RuPay’ among the small category banks, which is the highest recognition in the industry to acknowledge exceptional performance in payments system.
The award was received by Shri. Reghunathan K N, EVP (Treasury) South Indian Bank from Shri. B. P. Kanungo, Deputy Governor RBI, in the presence of BiswamohanMahapatra, Chairman NPCI, Mr. V.G. Kannan, Chief Executive, IBA and Dr. A.S. Ramasastri, Director, IDRBT at a glittering function held at Mumbai.

These prestigious awards hosted by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) are for inculcating a spirit of healthy competition and for recognising the exceptional performance of NPCI members. The award is conferred for the second consecutive time to SIB, which is making significant strides in pioneering technological innovations in digital banking.

South Indian Bank has received the award for ‘Best Performing Primary Lending Institution (PLI) of HUDCO’ under Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS). This prestigious award is a recognition of the Bank’s contribution to promote credit under CLSS in 2017-18.

Mr. Sanchay Kumar Sinha, Country Head (Retail Banking) received the award on behalf of South Indian Bank from Shri Hardeep S Puri, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs, in the presence of Shri Rakesh Kumar Arora, Director (Finance) HUDCO, Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary, Dr. M Ravi Kanth, Chairman and Managing Director HUDCO and Shri N L Manjoka, Director (Corporate Planning), HUDCO.

Mr. Sanchay Kumar Sinha, Country Head (Retail Banking) receiving award for ‘ Best Performing PLI of HUDCO’ under CLSS from Mr. Hardeep S Puri, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge). Also seen are Mr. Rakesh Kumar Arora, Director (Finance) HUDCO, Mr. Durga Shanker Mishra, Union Housing & Urban Affairs Secretary, Dr. M Ravi Kanth, Chairman and Managing Director HUDCO and Mr. N. L. Manjoka, Director (Corporate Planning) HUDCO.

Mr. V.G. Mathew MD and CEO receiving the ‘Best Technology Bank Award 2018 (Small Category Bank)’ instituted by IBA from Mr. Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, (Ministry of Electronics& IT). Also seen are Smt.Usha Anathasubramanian (Chairman IBA), Mr. R. Gandhi (Ex-Deputy Governor, RBI), Mr. V.G. Kannan (CEO, IBA), Mr. Raphael T J Senior General Manager and CIO, South Indian Bank.

Mr. G Sivakumar, Executive Vice President ( Credit ) receiving “ Social Banking Excellence Award-2017” in Priority Sector Lending instituted by ASSOCHAM, on behalf of South Indian Bank, from Mr.Shiv Pratap Shukla, Hon'ble Minister Of State for Finance.

Shri. Reghunathan K.N, EVP (Treasury) receiving “FIEO Regional Export Award 2015-16” for Best Financial Services & Foreign Exchange Earner in Southern Region (Gold) on behalf of South Indian Bank from Shri. M.Venkaiah Naidu, Honorable Vice President of India in the presence of Shri. Banwarilal Purohit, Honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu, Dr. A Sakthivel, Regional Chairman, FIEO and Dr. Ajay Sahai, Director General & CEO, FIEO.

South Indian Bank, one of the leading private sector Bank in India, has bagged Digital India Excellence Award 2017 for its innovation in mobile app ‘Digital e-lock’ in the 5th PAN-IIM World Management Awards 2017. Mr. Thomas Joseph K., EVP (Operations), on behalf of South Indian Bank received the award in a glittering function at IIM Lucknow. The award was presented by Sri.K. K Sharma, Secretary, MHRD, Justice Rajesh Tandon, Former Judge, Uttarakhand High Court in the presence of Prof. Dinesh Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh

PAN-IIM World Management Conference is an annual event initiated by all the 20 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) which is supported by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India and Niti Aayog. The Awards segment has been instituted for the first time this year in its 5th edition under the banner ‘PAN-IIM World Digital Indian Excellence Awards’
Digital e-lock is a facility for locking individual accounts in SIB’s trendsetter banking app SIB Mirror+. The facility offers significant security in the digital environment. The award is a recognition for South Indian Bank’s initiative to offer best in class digital banking solutions.

Mr. Thomas Joseph K., EVP (Operations), South Indian Bank receiving Digital India Excellence Award 2017 from Sri. K. K Sharma, Secretary (MHRD) & Justice Rajesh Tandon, Former Judge, Uttarakhand High Court in the presence of Prof. Dinesh Sharma, Hon. Deputy Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh.

South Indian Bank has won the ‘Best Bank Award for Digital Banking among Small Banks’ and ‘Best Bank Award for High Performance IT Ecosystem among Small Banks’ in the thirteenth edition of the IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17.

Sri. V.G. Mathew, Managing Director & CEO of South Indian Bank along with Mr. Raphael T.J, Senior General Manager receiving the IDRBT Best Bank Award from Sri. Sudarshan Sen and Sri. S Ganesh Kumar, Executive Directors, RBI.

Mr. Reghunathan K.N, Executive Vice President (Treasury), South Indian Bank receiving the ‘Dun & Bradstreet, India’s Top Banks & Banking Awards 2017’ in the category Best Private Sector Bank - Priority Sector Lending (Agriculture), from Mr. Harun Rashid Khan, Former Deputy Governor, RBI in the presence of Mr. Manish Sinha, MD, Dun & Bradstreet India.

Mr. Bobby James, Senior General Manager, and Mr. Sony A, DGM (IT), receiving the National Payments Excellence Award 2016 on behalf of South Indian bank from RBI Deputy Governor Mr. N.S. Vishwanathan, in the presence of NPCI Non Executive Chairman Mr. Balachandran M and NPCI MD & CEO Mr. A.P Hota.

Mr. Raphael T.J, Senior General Manager (Technology and Marketing) and Mr. Sony A, DGM (IT) South Indian Bank receiving the Banking Technology Awards instituted by IBA from RBI Deputy Governor Mr. Viral Acharya, and Padma Vibhushan Mr. Raghunath Mashelkar.

South Indian Bank, the front-runner in retail and digital banking, has been awarded with ISO 27001: 2013 certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS).

Mr. V.G. Mathew, MD and CEO of the Bank received the ISO 27001:2013 certificate from Mr. Venkataram Arabolu, Managing Director, BSI Group India at an official ceremony held at SIB Building Kakkanad.

The certification process involved an extensive audit, which was conducted by British Standards Institution against the criteria set out by the ISO 27001:2013 standards on various domains of IT functions. The bank had already received ISO 9001 Quality Management certification for its Credit Department, Personnel Department and Data Center.

“Achieving the ISO 27001:2013 certification demonstrates our total commitment to benchmarking our technology framework and processes with international standards, and forms part of our long term vision for security best practices. Adhering to the internationally recognized ISMS standards adds yet another layer of security for Bank’s customer data and assures customers of the quality of our service", said Mr. V.G. Mathew.

Mr. Raphael T.J, Senior General Manager and CIO, Mr. Shibu K Thomas, Deputy General Manager (IT Operations) and Mr. Sony A, Deputy General Manager (Digital Division) also spoke at the function.

South Indian Bank’s MD & CEO Mr. V.G. Mathew receiving the ISO 27001:2013 certificate from BSI Group India’s MD Mr. Venkataram Arabolu, in the presence of Mr. Raphael T.J,Senior General Manager and CIO.

South Indian Bank’s MD & CEO Sri V.G. Mathew receiving the FIEO Export Excellence Award 2014-15 in the Best Financial Institution Category (Southern Region) from Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India.

Hyderabad: IDRBT has announced the Annual Banking Technology Excellence Awards (12th edition) on 18th July 2016. The award was given by RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan in the presence of Sri. R Gandhi, Deputy Governor RBI and Dr. A.S Ramasastri, Director, IDRBT. South Indian Bank was conferred the ‘Best Bank Award’ for Electronic Payments among small category banks. The award was received by Sri.V.G.Mathew, MD and CEO of South Indian bank and Mr. Raphael T.J, General Manager & CIO, South Indian Bank

 
RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan presenting the ‘IDRBT Best Bank Award’ for Electronic Payments to Sri. V.G. Mathew, MD & CEO of South Indian Bank. IDRBT Director Sri. A.S. Ramasastri, RBI Deputy Governor Sri. R. Gandhi and South Indian Bank General Manager & CIO Sri. Raphael T.J is also seen.  

Hyderabad: IDRBT has announced the Annual Banking Technology Excellence Awards (12th edition) on 18th July 2016. The award was given by RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan in the presence of Sri. R Gandhi, Deputy Governor RBI and Dr. A.S Ramasastri, Director, IDRBT. South Indian Bank was conferred the ‘Best Bank Award’ for Electronic Payments among small category banks. The award was received by Sri.V.G.Mathew, MD and CEO of South Indian bank and Mr. Raphael T.J, General Manager & CIO, South Indian Bank

 
RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan presenting the ‘IDRBT Best Bank Award’ for Electronic Payments to Sri. V.G. Mathew, MD & CEO of South Indian Bank. IDRBT Director Sri. A.S. Ramasastri, RBI Deputy Governor Sri. R. Gandhi and South Indian Bank General Manager & CIO Sri. Raphael T.J is also seen.  

Our PRIDE- "SIB MIRROR" mobile banking application have Won THIRD Prize in IDRBT Banking Application Contest-IBAC-2016 conducted at IDRBT, Hyderabad

Our GM Mr. Raphael T.J, Mirror developers-Mr. Balu Thomas, Mr. Abin Koshy Cheriyan, Mr. Narayanan K and IDRBT members  at IBAC Award ceremony, Hyderabad.

Personnel Department of South Indian Bank is awarded ISO 9001:2008 Certification. MD & CEO of South Indian Bank Mr. V G Mathew receiving the ISO 9001:2008 Certificate from Mr. Shashi Nath Mishra, Global Head, IRQS in the presence of Mr. Paul V L, General Manager (Admin), SIB.

Shri. Murali N.A, General Manager Mumbai Region recieveing " Social Banking Excellence Award 2015” (Runner up position, Rural banking -Small bank) instituted by ASSOCHAM on behalf of South Indian Bank from Hon. Minister of State for Finance Mr. Jayanth Sinha at a glittering function at Mumbai on 29/01/2016. Also seen in the picture from Left to Right, Mr. Kurian Abraham, AGM R.O Mumbai, Mr. Vinod Francis AGM, Br. Nariman Point Mumbai, Mr. Sunil Kanoria President ASSOCHAM, Mr. B Sriram, MD SBI and V Vaidyanathan, Chairman and MD, Capital First.

SIB has won the prestigious IWP Awards 2015 in two categories viz. Best HR Technology and Best HR & Talent Practices instituted by the Banking Frontiers. Mr. Paul V L, General Manager (Admn.) and Mr. Nandakumar G, DGM- Mumbai Region receiving the award from Dr. Anil Khandelwal, Ex-CMD- Bank of Baroda in the presence of Mr. Sunil Paul, CEO- M/s Finesse Global, Dr. Asha Naik, BoM- HRM Chair Professor (HRM) and Mr. Babu Nair, Founding Publisher of Banking Frontiers

South Indian Bank has won the prestigious Banking Technology Excellence Award 2014-2015 for ‘Cyber Security Risk Management’ from IDRBT, the technical arm of Reserve Bank of India. South Indian Bank is winning the IDRBT award for the 5th time. The Banking Technology Excellence Awards are the best indicators of efficient and effective technology implementation and innovation in the Indian Banking and Financial Sector.RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan presenting the Banking Technology Excellence Award to Sri.V.G.Mathew,MD & CEO of South Indian Bank. Sri.H.R.Khan, Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India & Chairman IDRBT, Sri.Raphael.T.J., General Manager (DICT and Marketing) South Indian Bank are also seen.

South Indian Bank has won the prestigious Banking Technology Excellence Award-(tenth edition-2014) for 'Best IT TEAM'-(Small Bank category) from IDRBT, the technical arm of Reserve Bank of India. On behalf of the bank, Sri.V.G.Mathew, MD&CEO received the award from RBI Governor, Dr. Raghuram Rajan in the presence of Sri. R.Gandhi, Dy. Governor, RBI and Chairman-IDRBT, Sri. B. Sambamurthy, Director-IDRBT, Dr. A.S. Ramasastri, Director Designate, IDRBT, Sri. John Thomas, GM and IT Head -South Indian Bank and eminent dignitaries from banking sector.This is the fourth time, South Indian Bank has won the IDRBT award, for excellence in various banking technology domains.

Our Executive Director Mr.Abraham Thariyan ,General Manager and Regional Head Mumbai Mr.Benoy Varghese , General Manager Treasury Mr.Murali N.A.,receiving prestigious IBA Banking Technology Award 2012-13 from Padma Bhushan Dr.raghunath A Mashelkar,Chairman,National InnovationFoundation in the presence of Mr.K.R Kamath Chairman Punjab National Bank & Chaiman IBA.

Dr. V.A. Joseph, MD & CEO, South Indian Bank, wins 4 coveted national awards in mid-sized bank category - 1. Best Banker Award, 2. Best Private Sector Banker Award, 3. Best Banker- All Round Expansion Award and 4. Best Banker - Efficiency and Profitability Award, in the Sunday Standard Best Bankers -2013 Awards instituted by The New Indian Express Group. 

South Indian Bank MD &CEO, Dr. V.A.Joseph, receives the Best Banker Award (Mid Sized banks) from Sri. Kamal Nath, Honourable Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs. He received three more awards, viz. Best Private Sector Banker Award, Best Banker- All round expansion Award and Best Banker - Efficiency and Profitability Award in the "Sunday Standard Best Bankers -2013 Awards" instituted by The New Indian Express Group.

The glittering award function was held at hotel Taj Mahal-Mansingh, New Delhi on 06th Sep. 2013. The awards were given away by Sri. Kamal Nath, Honourable Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs. Sri Anand Sharma, Honourable Union Minister for Commerce, Sri Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of UP, Sri. Subir Gokarn, frmr Dy. Governor, RBI and top bankers of the country were present at the function.

Our Executive Director,Shri.Abraham Thariyan receives the First MasterCard Innovation award for Activation and Usage Program from Sri. Vikas Varma, Area Head, South Asia, MasterCardWorldwide on 15.03.2013 at a graceful function organized by MasterCard at Kovalam,Trivandrum in the presence of Shri.Reddy N.J., DGM and Regional Head Trivandrum Region and Shri.Sony A.,AGM Marketing Department. Our Bank emerged winner by presenting the success of "SIB Smartshopper contest" and our increase in card base in last two years. We had competed against 60 nominations from 30 banks in various categories for the innovation award.

Our MD&CEO Dr.V.A.Joseph, receives the “Banking Technology Excellence Award 2011-12 “ from RBI governor Dr.D. Subba Rao on 03.08.2012 at a graceful function organized by IDRBT, the Technology arm of RBI at Hyderabad in the presence of Sri B.Samba Murthy , Director IDRBT and Sri P.J.Jacob our DGM and DICT head.This is the third time we are getting this prestigious award.
 

South Indian Bank has won the Technology Excellence Award 2010 from IDRBT (Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology) - the technical arm of the Reserve Bank of India. This award was presented to our Bank as a national level recognition to the excellent contribution made in the area of IT Implementation and Management in the small bank Category. Bank had earlier bagged similar award in 2006 in the area of Information Security policy and practices. Competing against the peer level Banks in India in this category, this award from IDRBT recognizes Bank’s sustained efforts in deployment of IT, most efficiently.

Our MD & CEO, Dr. V.A Joseph receives the Technology Excellence Award for "IT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT" from Shri. Anand Sinha, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India at a function organised by IDRBT at Hyderabad on 04.08.2011 in the presence of Mr. G Padmanabhan, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India and Mr. B.Sambamoorthy, Director, IDRBT

South Indian Bank has bagged the Businessworld India’s Best Bank 2010 Award. The Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of South Indian Bank, Dr. V.A.Joseph, receives the award from Sri. Pranab Mukherjee, The Hon. Union Minister for Finance, in a colourful function held at Mumbai on 23rd December 2010.

Our MD&CEO, Dr.V.A.Joseph receives the award for the “Best Bank” in the old generation banks’ category - ‘fe India’s Best Bank Awards’ from Hon: Union Finance Minister Mr.Pranab Mukherjee . “Financial Express” Awards for “India’s Best Banks” were selected by Ernst &Young. The function was organized at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai on 25th July, 2009.

South Indian Bank has bagged the best web site award from Kerala Management Association. On 4th February 2011, Our Executive Director Sri. Abraham Thariyan and Deputy General Manager(DICT) Sri. P J Jacob received the award from Sri. Jayaraj, Addl. Chief Secretary of Karnataka at a glittering function in Kochi. There were totally 54 nominations for consideration of the Best Web Site from various business verticals and this award is a great recognition for our Bank. In fact, this is the second award we are receiving for our web site, the first one being the best “Asian Banking Web Site” award from Asian Banking & Finance Magazine, Singapore in January-2009.

Our Executive Director Sri. Abraham Thariyan and Deputy General Manager(DICT) Sri. P J Jacob receive the BEST WEBSITE AWARD from Sri. Jayaraj, Addl. Chief Secretary of Karnataka.

Our MD & CEO Dr.V A Joseph receives the award for the best bank in asset quality among all private sector banks in India from Mr.James E Thompson, GBS Chairman & Chief Executive, Crown Group of companies on 18th February 2009 at Mumbai. Accompanied by Dr.Manoj Vaish, Presedisent & CEO, Dun&Bradstreet, India.