The State Bank of India, Bhubaneswar Circle, on completion of 35 years of service in the State, celebrated the 36th Circle Foundation day on June 18 last.
An array of colorful, social, cultural and public awareness programmes was held. To start with, all the staff members put their writings on wall about their 35 years of experience. Chief General Manager KM Trivedi told about the contributions of the SBI for the development of Odisha and its future plans.
A sand art creative was unveiled focusing the developmental role of SBI in Odisha. A blood donation camp was organized where 36 volunteer employees of SBI donated blood.
The bank also adopted 35 poor and orphan girl children for shouldering their study and welfare expenses. It donated 35 computers to different schools in and around Bhubaneswar and donated chairs, table, aqua guard water filter and fan to Niladri Vihar Primary School.
It also donated a multi utility medical van to Open learning System dealing with poor, orphan, destitute, mentally and physically challenged children. The bank felicitated 27 brilliant scholars who secured more than 90 per cent marks in last board examinations.