Mr. Jitender Balakrishnan has done B.E. (Mech.) from National Institute of Technology, Madras University and has also done Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Bombay University. Working initially in the Industrial sector, he moved to Banking and Financial Services in June 1978 in a long career with IDBI Bank Group serving in various positions before retiring in May 2009 as Deputy Managing Director and later as Advisor in May 2010. He has wide experience in the sectors like, Oil and Gas, Refineries, Power, Telecom, Airports, Roads, Ports, Steel, Cement, Fertilizers, Petrochemicals, Hotel, Pharmaceuticals, Paper, etc. through appraisal of Industrial and Infrastructure projects.