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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