Bank of Baroda Honours Noted Poet and Actor Shailesh Lodha

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Pune, Sep 25, 2017: Bank of Baroda organized its Annual Official Language Function 2017 at its Corporate Office in Mumbai. The event was chaired by Bank’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Shri P.S. Jayakumar. Noted Actor, poet and lead character of TV serial “Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chasma” Shri Shailesh Lodha was the Chief Guest of the event. Chairman of Hindi Sangam Prathisthan, New York Shri Ashok Ojha and Bank’s Executive Directors Shri Mayank K. Mehta, Sri Ashok Kumar Garg and Smt. Papia Sengupta were also present in the program.

The program started with the welcome address by Bank’s Executive Director Shri Ashok Kumar Garg. Bank, under its“Sayajirao Bhasha Samman 2017”,awarded a Certificate of Honour and a cheque of Rs. one lakh fifty one thousand to Shri Shailesh Lodha on this occasion. Bank of Baroda is the only bank in the banking industry which started this award for significant contribution in the field of language. On this occasion a documentary on the“Rajbhasha Ki Aviram Yatra” and the latest issue of Bank’s quarterly Hindi Magazine ‘Akshyyam’ were also released. While addressing the program Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Shri P.S. Jayakumar highlighted the achievements of Official Language Implementation in the Bank at various levels. Shri Shailesh Lodha spell bound the audience with his mesmerizing literary presentations. He added that languages connect us and each language has its own specialty. Winners of various competitions held on the occasion of Hindi Divas were also felicitated on this occasion.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Shri Radhakant Mathur, General Manager (IBO, Subs., J.V. & Official Language). The program was co-ordinated and conducted by Bank’s Deputy General Manger (Official Language) Dr. Jawahar Karnavat.