Indian banking officials visit SANASA

Nineteen Senior Bank officials from India recently visited SANASA Development Bank (SDBL) on a 10 day study tour.

The team was lead by Deputy General Manager of National Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) A. R. Krishna Rao and the Chief Executive Officers of number of leading commercial and development and co-operative banks were amongst the team members.

The purpose of the visit was to gather insight information and the systems and modules of “SANASA” in Sri Lanka. The SANASA Development Bank Limited (SDBL) was recently chosen by the Forbes magazine USA as one of the world’s top microfinance institutions. Amongst the 641 microfinance providers, SDBL is the only microfinance provider in Sri Lanka ranked within the top 50 MFI’s.

This training programme was conducted at SANASA Campus in Kegalle as a residential workshop from July 17 to August 5.

Here Indian delegation with the SDBL Chairman / Hon. Leader, Dr. P. A. Kiriwandeniya, General Manager/CEO, Nimal Mamaduwa, Asst. General Manager (International Relations), Samadani Kiriwandeniya and Senior Manager (Development Finance and Projects), Nandani Gunasekera , and other Senior officials of SDBL at a reception held in Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo.