was ranked No 1 company to work for in the BFSI sector - 'The Best Companies to Work for' survey by Business Today in 2013. As an acknowledgement of her efforts, Harvard Business School published a case study on Managing Change at Axis Bank in 2013. But there was a sad ending to 'glorious career',Reserve Bank of India had asked the bank's board to reconsider Sharma's three-year re-election, citing concerns about the quality of the bank's assets, among other reasons. Following which Sharma asks Board to shorten her term to 7 months. Sharma retired on 31 December 2018, and was succeeded by Amitabh Chaudhry as MD and CEO. Awards and recognition 'Banker of the Year' for 2014-15 by Business Standard AIMA - JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award for the Year 2014 'India's Best Woman CEO' by Business Today- 2013 'Transformational Business Leader of the Year’ at AIMA's Managing India Awards – 2012 Woman Leader of the year’ at Bloomberg - UTV Financial Leadership Awards – 2012 Businessworld's Banker of the Year Award - 2012 Forbes List of Asia's 50 Power Business Women - 2012 Indian Express Most Powerful Indians – 2012 India Today Power List of 25 Most Influential Women - 2012 Finance Asia's Top 20 Women in Finance - 2011 Business Today ‘Hall of Fame' – 2011 Fortune Global and India list of 50 Most Powerful Women in Business – 2011 Businesswoman of the Year at the Economic Times Awards – 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year – Manager at the E&Y Entrepreneur Awards - 2007 Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year, CNBC TV 18's Business Leader Awards References External links Axis Bank board of directors Category:Indian women bankers Category:Living people Category:Indian women chief executives Category:Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad alumni Category:1958 births Category:Businesspeople from Delhi Category:Businesswomen from Delhi Category:20th-century Indian businesswomen Category:21st-century Indian businesswomen