The State Bank Of India has donated a 14-seater school bus and nine computers containing Windows 7 to Rural litigation & Entitlement Kendra, Dehradun (RlEK)
for the children from Van Gujjar tribal community under CSR and also for the teachers of the schools being run by the organisation in Uttarakhand.
The State Bank of India is fulfilling its corporate social responsibility in full, the senior bank officials present there said. The nationalised bank has also declared that it would do spend 1 per cent of the amount earned by it each year by way of profit to such organisations to push things up. SBI is willing to help more and more such organisations in its determination to help the nation grow apace, said Pallav Mohapatra, chief general manager, SBIIJ.
Special computer training workshop will be organised for the children in the coming days, said Avdhash Kaushal chairperson RlEK, adding that SBI has been helping RlEK for the past 45 years.
Farida who studied at a RlEK-run school located in Dehradun is now doing graduation, he said, adding that others should emulate her.