K. Sivagananathan memorial oration and awards on March 8
View(s):The K. Sivagananathan Memorial Trust (KSMT) and the Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka (APB) will hold its 14th annual K. Sivagananathan Memorial Oration and Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 8th March in commemoration of the late K Sivagananatan, an innovative banker in Sri Lanka. The late Mr. Sivagananathan had contributed most to uplift, upgrade and grow to unprecedented heights through many new innovations in Sri Lanka’s premier state bank, the Bank of Ceylon and his tireless contribution to improve the standard of education in banking and finance in Sri Lanka to International standards together with the APB and IBSL.
This year Chief Guest – Eran Wickramaratne, Deputy Minister – State Enterprise Development and former CEO – NDB Bank will deliver the memorial oration. The commemoration ceremony will also be addressed by Guest of Honour D. M. Gunasekara – GM/Chief Executive Officer – Bank of Ceylon, President of the Association of Professional Bankers Deepal Abeysekera, Head of Marketing and Public Affairs, People’s Bank and Nathan Sivagananathan, Chairman of the K. Sivagananathan Memorial Trust, and Chief Growth Officer MAS Holdings. This year over 50 students who have obtained the highest marks in all three languages in the Diploma in Applied Banking and Finance (DABF) examination conducted in March and September 2015, conducted by the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), will be awarded cash prizes and certificates.