Deepak Parekh Reveals: The Day ICICI Tried to Make HDFC ‘Come Home’

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Here’s something you might not have heard: Deepak Parekh, the former chairman of HDFC, recently shared that ICICI Bank once tried to acquire HDFC. The proposal came from Chanda Kochhar, who was leading ICICI Bank at the time. Parekh turned it down, saying it just didn’t feel right, es...