ICICI Bank was established in 1955 as the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India to provide long-term financing for infrastructure and industry. It later transformed into a full-service bank providing loans, savings, insurance, and investment products. The document discusses ICICI Bank's history, objectives of analyzing its performance, methodology used including ratio analysis, and limitations of the study. It also includes an introduction to the company, outlining its founding, leadership, products, revenues, assets, and merger with ICICI Limited to create a large universal bank.