First Canara Bank Rural Self Employment Training Institute in the State of
Punjab inaugurated by Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal at Tapa Mandi, District
Barnala
Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon’ble Union Minister for Railways, inaugurated
the very first Canara Bank Rural Self employment Training Institute, in the
state of Punjab at Tapa Mandi, Barnala district on 16.12.12. He also inaugurated
the first batch of 3o days training on Multi Phone Servicing. Applauding Canara
Bank initiative of establishing the Institute in one of the backward areas of
Punjab, Hon’ble Minister called upon the unemployed youth to make the best
use of the training facilities provided by the Institute. He thanked Canara Bank
for establishing the Institute at Tapa as per the wishes of the people of the
area.
Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta, Executive Director of Canara Bank welcomed the
dignitaries and the audience. He informed that Canara Bank is a peoples Bank
and has practiced its serving the Society initiatives for more than a century of
its inception. Canara Bank has been a pioneer in initiating and implementing
multifaceted and innovative programmes aimed at the development of people
from the lower strata of the society. The initiatives of the Bank are
multifarious covering different spheres like - Training unemployed youth,
Primary Health, Rural Clinic Service,
Drinking Water, Community
Development, Empowerment of Women, various relief, welfare and
developmental initiatives. He highlighted Canara Bank initiatives in the arena
of Rural Development in general and in the State of Punjab in particular. 58
training Institutes spread across 16 States of the country sponsored by the
bank has trained over 4.60 lakh youth with over 70% settlement, Shri Gupta
added.
Shri Vijay Inder Singla, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Sangarur was the chief
guest on the occasion. Addressing the gathering Shri Singla termed opening of
Canara Bank RSETI as a historic event for the people of Tapa. Shri Singla
appealed to the gathering to take advantage of newly established training
Institute in upgrading their livelihood skills.
Shri Sunil Gupta, Shri Khalid Luqman Bilgrami, Shri G V Manimaran, Directors on
the Board of Canara Bank were the guests of Honour for the programme.
Shri S S Bhat, General Manager, Priority Credit and Financial Inclusion Wing H O,
Shri R Madhusudan, General Manager, CO Chandigarh, senior executives and
large number of staff from Canara Bank participated in the programme.
Sri Mohammad Sadique MLA, Badour, Shri Kumar Rahul, DC Barnala, B K Gupta,
General Manager, Northern Railways graced the function. During the function,
Rupay cards were handed over to farmers by the Hon’ble Minister. More than
5000 people of the area attended the function. The programme was a grand
success and was elaborately covered in print and electronic media which has
given a boost to the image of our Bank.