Exhibit 12.1

         I, Mr. K.V. Kamath, certify that:

         1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of ICICI Bank
Limited;

         2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

         4. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the company and have:

                  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
         caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
         our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
         company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
         by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this report is being prepared;

                  (b) [Reserved]

                  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the company's disclosure
         controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
         about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
         of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
         evaluation; and

                  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the company's
         internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
         period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or
         is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal
         control over financial reporting; and

         5. The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
         the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
         which are

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         reasonably likely to adversely affect the company's ability to
         record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

                  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
         management or other employees who have a significant role in the
         company's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: September 28, 2006


                                              /s/ K.V. Kamath
                                              -------------------------
                                              Mr. K.V. Kamath
                                              Managing Director & Chief
                                              Executive Officer