The Central Sports Committee, State Bank of Patiala organised 9th Inter Zone sports meet and 1st Inter Zone Cricket Cup.
The event was inaugurated by Vasudha Bhat Kumar GM (HR) and president Central Sports Committee at Govt. College of Physical Education in Patiala on Sunday.
In the inaugural address, Kumar emphasized on importance of sports and stated that today, sports emerge as an important component of socio-economic development of a country. As a true citizen of the nation, every one of us must play as well as watch the sports to contribute in development of the country, said Kumar.
Nearly 300 employees and their family members from ten zones (Delhi, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Haryana, Jalandhar, ludhiana, lucknow Patiala, Mumbai & Shimla) of the Bank participated in the meet.
S A Ramesh Rangan, Managing Director, State Bank of Patiala graced the occasion as chief guest. While addressing the meet, he said that sports is an excellent recreational activity & fun and exciting to watch as well as to play. It helps people immensely to understand team spirit to work in harmony with others, become mentally strong, and utilise time in constructive way, to keep good health, inculcate self-confidence, imbibe discipline in character and enhance social cohesion, said he.