The logo of the State Bank of India is a blue circle with a small cut in the bottom that depicts perfection and the small man, the common man being the center of the bank's business. The logo came from National Institute of Design(NID), Ahmedabad (Designer: Shekhar Kammat) on 01 October 1971 and it was inspired by Kankaria Lake, Ahmedabad in Gujrat(India).