Joyanta Bakali

Joyanta Bakali is the Deputy Business Head, supervising operations for Zone 1 of West Bengal, Zone 3 of North East, and Zone 4 of Odisha of Arohan's operational geographies. Joyanta joined Arohan in June 2007. He was instrumental in conceptualizing designing and successfully launching the "Bazaar" Loan product in the year 2008. With its launch, Bazaar created a revolution in the microfinance space as being the first product that catered to the needs of our male clients too! Joyanta is a microfinance veteran and has over 19 years of working experience in the sector. He started his career in "Shakti Foundation disadvantaged Women" and was instrumental in setting up the internal audit department for them. Jayanta is in charge of West Bengal, our biggest state (portfolio, customer base wise). He is loved immensely by his team who see him as mentor and guide. His strong leadership, loyalty to Arohan and the confidence to be the “Best” has taken Arohan to new heights. Joyanta holds a PGDBM from IMT Ghaziabad.