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SKS shares up after chief quits

SKS shares up after chief quits

Vikram Akula, erstwhile founder-chairman of India’s largest lender to the poor, SKS Microfinance. Photo: AFPPremium

Vikram Akula, erstwhile founder-chairman of India’s largest lender to the poor, SKS Microfinance. Photo: AFP

Mumbai: Shares in the country’s biggest lender to the poor, SKS Microfinance, rose 5% in early trade Thursday after its founder-chairman said he was leaving the loss-making firm.

SKS shares rose to 121.8 at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on hopes the firm would now be able to chart out a new growth strategy.

Vikram Akula, erstwhile founder-chairman of India’s largest lender to the poor, SKS Microfinance. Photo: AFP

Earnings have been falling since October 2010 after the government of Andhra Pradesh, the hub of the microfinance industry, accused lenders of exploiting poor borrowers with high interest rates and harsh debt collection tactics.

SKS, based in the southern city of Hyderabad, said board member Puranam Hayagreeva Ravikumar would take over as the interim non-executive chairman.

Akula - considered the father of Indian microfinance - said he was confident that “the current leadership of SKS is well-equipped to take it into the next phase of evolution".

The US citizen said he would remain committed to the microfinance sector at a policy level and would be involved in a mobile banking initiative, which he said would “create an improved platform" for low-cost lending.

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Published: 24 Nov 2011, 12:16 PM IST
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