K. Sivagananathan Memorial Oration and awards on March 14
View(s):The 15th Annual K Sivagananathan Memorial Trust (KSMT) Awards will be held on Tuesday March 14.
This annual Memorial Oration and Awards ceremony is conducted together with the Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka (APB) in commemoration of the late K. Sivagananathan who was an innovative banker and contributed much to uplift and upgrade Sri Lanka’s premier state bank – the Bank of Ceylon. He also worked tirelessly with the APB and IBSL to improve the standard of education in the field of banking and finance in Sri Lanka to be on par with international standards, the organisers said in a media release.
Chief Guest at this year’s event Dr. Harsha de Silva, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will deliver the memorial oration. Guest of honour for the evening will be Ronald C. Perera, President’s Counsel, and Chairman of Bank of Ceylon.
Over 40 students who have obtained the highest marks in the Diploma in Applied Banking & Finance (DABF) in the March and September 2016 examinations conducted by the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), will be awarded cash prizes and certificates at the awards this year.