Vol. 2, Issue 2, Part K (2016)

Abstract
Banking Sector plays an important role in economic development of a country. The banking system of India is featured by a large network of bank branches, serving many kinds of financial services of the people. A bank is a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities. This study investigates Profitability and Liquidity of top five leading private banks in India for the period of ten years from 2006 to 2015. Financial statements of HDFC bank, ICICI bank, Axis bank, Kotak Mahindra bank and Indusind bank for the indicated periods were obtained from database such as CMIE, money control and yahoo finance. Necessary information derived from these financial statements were summarized and used to compute the financial ratios for the ten-year period. Financial ratios and statistical tools are used to measure the profitability, and liquidity performance of five major banks.