Meera Sanyal

Leading Indian Banker, Independent candidate for South Mumbai, President Indian Liberal Group (1961-2019)

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Lived 1961–2019, aged 58India

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1961–2019
Aged 58

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Updated 2026-06-20

Meera Sanyal was an Indian banker and politician. She was CEO and chair of the Royal Bank of Scotland in India. The daughter of a highly decorated Naval officer, Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani, she was involved in banking for over 30 years before stepping down from RBS to stand as the Aam Aadmi Party candidate in South Mumbai in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which she lost. She had earlier contested as an independent candidate in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai South constituency.