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K.Sivagananathan memorial trust awards

The 10th Annual Awards ceremony of the K. Sivagananathan Memorial Trust and the annual oration jointly conducted by the K.Sivagananathan Memorial Trust and the Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka will be held on Monday, March 05, 2012 at the Bank of Ceylon Auditorium at 6 p.m.. This annual event will be attended by the elite of the banking and financial institutions, professionals, bankers and the other invitees.

After successfully conducting nine award ceremonies involving 450 plus cash awards since 2002, this will be the 10th Oration Awards Ceremony since the untimely demise of the well-respected banker.

This year almost 40 students, who had obtained the highest marks in all three languages in the Diploma in Banking and Finance examination in March and September 2011 conducted by the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), will be awarded cash prizes and certificates.

As a result of the banking examinations conducted by the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka which is affiliated to "IFS School of Finance", UK, formerly known as the Chartered Institute of Bankers London, open to the bankers and public, tremendous enthusiasm has been shown not only by bankers but by those who aspire for a career in banking and finance.

It is heartening to note that the number of high achievers in Diploma in Banking and Finance examination has been considerably increased from 29 in 2002 to 39 in 2011.

The K. Sivagananathan Memorial Trust (KSMT) is a non-profit organization mainly dedicated to providing assistance to financially disadvantaged students pursuing higher studies in the field of banking and finance and encouraging them to excel in their examinations to achieve a higher standard to be in par with the developed countries.

The KSMT has distributed cash prizes students who excel in the banking exams and has sponsored needy students to do the entire banking examination and also sponsored gold medal to be awarded at the 15th Convocation of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka held in 2010 to the Youngest Candidate below the age of 24 years who completed the CBF examination with the first attempt.

This year a large number of highest achievers in DBF examination hail from Kadugannawa, Gampola, Neboda, Battiacaloa, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Ambalangoda, Urumpirai, Trincomalee, Wewagama, Nelundeniya, Marawila, Kopay, Valachchenai, Thuththiripitigama, Delgoda etc. Late K Sivagananathan who agitated to open the IBSL examinations not only to bankers but also to public will be the happiest if he is living today, with the excellent results shown by the non-bankers with least amount of facilities. The KSMT also donated books on banking and Finance to IBSL Library.

The late K. Sivagananathan's involvement with the IBSL contributed to its association with the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) London, to raise the professional standards of bankers in Sri Lanka which will no doubt contribute in a big way for Bankers to run their banks and branches to keep up with globalization of the financial sector.

This year the Oration will be delivered by the Guest of Honour, Chairman, Easwaran Brothers Export (Pvt) Ltd., Deshamanya D. Eassuwarren and the Chief Guest of the ceremony will be former Governor of Central Bank and former Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and presently Chairman of Bartleet - Trans-Capital Deshamanya. A.S.Jayawardena. H.M. Hennayake Bandara, President of Association of Professional Bankers the present General Manager of National Savings Bank and Nathan Sivagananathan Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the K Sivagananathan Memorial Trust and the Secretary General of APB NJ Senaratne , Head of credit cards, HSBC will also address the gathering.

Trust also hopes to launch a website www.kstrust.lk on 5th March, 2012.

The web site will have articles on banking and links to various sites for students to learn the latest trends in the banking world. All these will help the students to excel in their studies and to raise the professional standard of Bankers to be in par with the international standards.

 

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