The 67th foundation day of State Bank of India and 50th anniversary of Bhopal Circle celebrated with pride and enthusiasm in Bhopal Circle on Friday. Various programmes and activities were organized with the active participation of Bank Employees in all the Administrative and Regional Business offices of State Bank of India in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The event was also celebrated with full enthusiasm at all the 34 Regional Business Offices of Bhopal Circle.
Binod Kumar Mishra, Chief General Manager of the Bhopal Circle administered pledge to all its employees in a programme in Bank’s Local Head Office to passionately guard the glory of SBI, take pride in their work, improve the skills and take personal responsibility for sustaining SBI’s position as a leader and pioneer in financial services. On this occasion 11 compassionate appointment letters were also given to the dependents of the deceased employees of the bank.
SBI on the occasion felicitated Padma Kapil Tiwari, Vijaydutt Shridhar, Durga Bai Vyam during the programme at Ravindra Bhavan on its foundation day and recalled and recognized their contribution in the field of art and culture. The chief guest of the event was Rajiv Verma, eminent theatre director and cine actor.
On this occasion to reduce the uses of single-use polythene across the country from July 1, the idea of "Polythene-free Bhopal", an ideological movement of State Bank of India Bhopal Circle, was launched by distributing cloth bags in the Ekant Park and Govindpura weekly Haat under the leadership of Chief General Manager Binod Kumar Mishra. This initiative of SBI is being appreciated by the local public in the city.
On the foundation day, plantation at Rewa parisar was carried out by CGM Binod Kumar Mishra, and General Manager BL Saini, Shailendra Singh Tadagi, Neeraj Prasad, AK Sinha General Manager (ZIO) and Deputy General Manager and other bank staff and their family members along with members of SBI Ladies Club, Bhopal Circle also participated in the cultural programme.