P J Bhalia, the Deputy Chief Executive of Bank of Baroda in London, will be retiring from the post on 31 August 2018. He was born on 9 August 1958 and did his M.Sc (Agriculture) from Junagadh in 1981 (Gold medalist). After his post-graduation he joined the Bank of Baroda and worked as an agriculture officer, branch head, training centre, administrative offices in rural, semi urban, urban and metropolitan centres in Gujarat, Andhara pradesh, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. Since 24 July 2014, he has been working as Deputy Chief Executive in Bank of Baroda, London. After 35 years of service in BoB he is retiring on 31 August 2018.