Profit fell to 4.48 billion Indian rupees ($54.08 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30, from 10.23 billion rupees a year ago when the lender recorded a reversal of impairment provisions.

Analysts on average had expected the the company to post a profit of 3.9 billion rupees, according to Refinitiv IBES data.

($1 = 82.8400 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Nishit Navin; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)