Banks play a crucial role in development of Hindi. In the present time Hindi has become the language of the corporate world,” said Dr. Balendu Sekhar Tiwari , Ex. Professor Ranchi University at Hindi Diwas Ceremony organised by Punjab National Bank on September 14.
In his presidential address on the occasion PNB’s Zonal head VK Mahajan Said that Hindi was our national identity and PNB’s establishment was also done by nationalists like lala lajpat Rai and other freedom fighters. “This was our first swadeshi bank. Excellent customer services is our motto,” he said.
Different competitions like painting for kids, essay writing and News reading were organized for the staff on this occasion. First prize winners in different categories were -- Kumar Sanath Singh in Quick Hindi Essay Writing, Shefali Minj in Hindi News Reading. Prizes were also given for best articles published in PNB Johar magazine of the zone.
A Kavi Sammelan was also organized during the programme in which Kameshwar Prasad Shrivastava Nirankush, Dr. Surendra Kaur Neelam, Dr. Balendu Shekhar Tiwari, Madhwai and Ramasya Dwivedi Rasik mesmerized the audiences with their presentations.
In painting competition organized for children’s divided in different groups on the basis of their classes, Utkarsh Ranjan (upto 2), Sandeepan Sarkar(3 to 5) and Ishan Deep(6 to 9) bagged the first prize respectively in their groups.
Apart from this Umesh Prakash Sinha, Shrikant Mukherjee and Punam Jyoti Burwa were awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respectively for their best work in the field of Hindi.
AGMs SC Arora, Deepak Sharma and SK Panigrahi alongwith Chief Manager and a large number of bank employees were present on the occasion. The vote of thanks was given by AGM SC Arora.