Hindu ceremonies to celebrate APB’s 25th anniversary

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The 25th anniversary celebrations of the Association of Professional Bankers (APB) kicked off with the holding of religious ceremonies.

The Hindu religious ceremony was held recently at the Nallur Kandaswamy Temple in Jaffna amongst a gathering of key officials of the APB and senior bankers in Jaffna. This was followed by other religious ceremonies in Colombo. In keeping with the policies and objectives of the association to update the knowledge and skills of the young bankers in the provinces a series of events were held in Jaffna in connection with the anniversary celebrations. To encourage bankers to update their banking knowledge an inter bank quiz competition was held at the new HNB Auditorium in Jaffna; 14 teams participated in the interbank quiz competition for the R. Theagarajah, R. Nadarjaha and A. Kathiravelupillai challenge trophies for the winner, first runner-up and the second runner-up respectively, which was keenly contested. Commercial Bank ‘B Team’ emerged the winners with Sampath Bank PLC and Commercial Bank A Team claiming the first runners-up and the second runners-up positions respectively. The interbank quiz competition was followed by a public lecture on the subject ‘Opportunities and Challenges for Future Economic Development of the North’ by Dr. Muttukrishna Saravananda. During this event APB President Aravinda Perera presented APB publications to the Chief Librarian of the Jaffna Public Library. The President also launched the Professional Banker Journal as an ‘e journal’ on the web. Fellowship and dinner was held at the Green Grass Hotel in Jaffna with the participation of 150 senior bankers. The celebration evinced a lot of enthusiasm and interest and a decision has been made to hold the interbank quiz competition as an annual event with the help of the APB.