Bank of Baroda in its annual Rajbhasha function recently held at its Mumbai-based corporate office, felicitated renowned poet and lyricist Prasoon Joshi with Maharaja Sayajirao Bhasha Samman for his outstanding contribution in promoting and propagating Hindi in public at large.
The award has been instituted in the memory of Bank’s founder Maharaja Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad-III, according to a Bank Press release issued here.
Joshi was awarded with a cheque of Rs1.01 lakh and a memento during the function presided over by the Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer P S Jayakumar.
Executive Director B B Joshi, General Manager (i/c-Rajbhasha) Ravi Kumar Arora, senior executives and a large number of staff members registered their presence on this occasion.
Addressing the gathering, Joshi said, “I am happy to receive this award from Bank of Baroda. language is not only the medium but it also defines the culture.” Meanwhile, he also expressed his gratitude towards Bank of Baroda for honouring and praising his efforts.
He further said that poetry is the strongest medium of communication. The Bank felicitated two of the meritorious students of SNDT Womens’ University, Mumbai who have scored maximum marks in MA (Hindi) Examination-2015 and also the winners of various Hindi competitions held for the staff members on the occasion of Hindi Diwas.
During the second half of the programme, famous theatre organisation Avitoko, staged a play.