Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Equitas Small Finance Bank Launches Book On Governance Values
Equitas Small Finance Bank has launched a new book about how it is governed.
Dr CA Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh wrote the book after speaking extensively with P N Vasudevan.
The book says governance is more than following rules.
It is also about making careful and honest choices.
The book describes Equitas’ Frames Approach to Governance.
This approach looks at difficult decisions from several viewpoints.
It discusses customers, risks, technology, regulators, boards and investors.
It also explains how governance influenced Equitas as it became a Small Finance Bank.
The authors hope the book will help leaders think about governance in their own organisations.
Equitas Small Finance Bank launched “When Organisations Win – Governance, Trust and the Values of Equitas Small Finance Bank.”
The book was authored by Dr CA Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh through conversations with P N Vasudevan.
It presents governance as a mindset and value-driven decision-making process, rather than only compliance.
The book explains Equitas’ Frames Approach to Governance, which uses multiple perspectives to support learning and action.
It traces Equitas’ development from a microfinance institution to a Small Finance Bank and examines key governance challenges.
- Who
- Equitas Small Finance Bank, Dr CA Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh and P N Vasudevan.
- What
- Equitas launched a book examining its governance philosophy, values and organisational journey.
- When
- The articles do not specify a launch date.
- Where
- Chennai.
- Why
- The book aims to explain how governance, trust and values shaped Equitas’ decisions and development.
- Book title
- When Organisations Win – Governance, Trust and the Values of Equitas Small Finance Bank
- Publisher event
- Equitas Small Finance Bank launched the book
- Author
- Dr CA Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh
- Primary interviewee
- P N Vasudevan, Managing Director and Founder
- Governance model
- The Frames Approach to Governance
- Key subjects
- Board-management alignment, regulatory engagement, customer-centric governance, credit risk, technology, operational controls and investor relationships
- Institutional journey
- From a microfinance institution to a Small Finance Bank