One of the leading infrastructure lenders with a Baa2 rating from Moody's, the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)has juggled its role as a profitable, yet inclusive, banker with a rigorous pre-finance scrutiny that is well-known. The bank's balance sheet grew 40 per cent last quarter and, with one of the lowest (1.4 per cent) non-performing asset (NPA) ratios in the country, the bank's PAT grew 29 per cent.

BK Batra, Executive Director and Group Head (Corporate Banking), IDBI Bank Ltd, in an interaction with Shashidhar Nanjundaiah, provides a perspective on infra lending and much more.

IDBI Bank's results this year show that deposits have jumped significantly whil

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