J&K Bank Chairman visits DPS Srinagar, appreciates management and staff

10/12/2017

Srinagar, Dec 9: Using the education as means with all its excellence and diversity to enable children to engage, learn and create value in intellectual and other terms, DPS Srinagar as an institution strongly echoes the missionary theme of J&K Bank which is to empower people through varied financial products and services to create value in economic terms. Of particular value is their special focus on the kids with physical or learning challenges that equally resonates with our efforts under CSR to bring socio-economically disadvantaged from margins to the mainstream of our society.
J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed made these remarks today during his visit to the Delhi Public School Srinagar in presence of Chairman DPS Srinagar Vijay Dhar and Principal Balsubramaniam Murli, who along with other senior faculty members of the school welcomed him at the school. The Chairman was invited by the management of DPS Srinagar and was accompanied by the Zonal Head Kashmir Central-I Manzoor Hussain, Head Business Unit BB Cant Syed Jameel Qadri and other officials of the bank.
"I am fascinated to see Delhi Public School Srinagar as the live blend of state-of-the-art infrastructure and the dynamic vision of its inspirational founders. Education afforded to variously challenged kids is heart-warming. 'Wonderful job' is the appropriate expression to sum up my experience as a visitor to this growing educational enterprise of the valley. In this regard, the bank would like to further extend hand of partnership towards DPS Srinagar for fulfilment of collective values of self-reliance and industry the hallmarks of our cultural ideals", Chairman said.
Parvez Ahmed while lauding vision of the founder of the school and the socio-economic contribution in the backdrop of Kashmir yat said, "There cannot be a better way to honor the memory of one of our finest visionaries of the State. Late D P Dhar has been one of the greatest contributors to the strengthening of the Socio-economic fabric of the State and I am glad to see the hires of his legacy contributing tirelessly and carrying forward his legacy in the best possible manner. The Socio Educational causes undertaken by the School are simply heart touching.”
Responding to it, Chairman Parvez Ahmed directed the concerned on the spot to begin conducting financial awareness camps at the school and follow those up with guided tours to the bank's business units and various offices to provide children with firsthand experience of bank's functions and processes. On the occasion Chairman also proposed a model educational banking lobby for the school which shall be housing a banking lab.
The school management promptly agreed to provide the space for the banking lobby. "We really need to catch them young and inculcate a sense of financial education so that they begin it by spending their pocket money prudently," Parvez Ahmed agreed.
"We are very sensitive towards our roots and that is why we keep focus on our social heritage, literature, poetry and other cultural expressions besides providing best basic education in science, languages, technology and sports. The main motivation for me personally is that the children should feel happy being here", remarked Chairman DPS on the uniqueness of school's purpose.
In his concluding remarks, Chairman thanked the DPS Management particularly it's Chairman Vijay Dhar for the invite and reiterated his desire to extend the partnership with the institution further in the noble cause of education and empowerment of society. He congratulated the Principal and school staff for their commendable contribution in the making of such a wonderful institution.

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