Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RX)

 Mangalore, Jan 3: State Bank of India with its novel scheme, ‘Girl Child Adoption Scheme’, has adopted seven poor girls with the help of the headmasters to fund their education.

SBI bank announced the virtuous deed in a programme held at Jugul Towers, Mallikatta, here recently.
 
The selected seven girls are Vinoda, Govt High School, Mallikatta, Lakshmi, Govt Higher Primary school, Mallikatta, Jenisha, Padavu Higher Primary School, Nanthur, Agajegowri, Canara Lower Primary School. Dongerkeri, Swathi Arshekar, Canara Lower Primary school, Dongerkeri and Josline, Bethany Education Society’s Higher Primary School.
 
The programme started with the invocation by the stuff mebers, G S Panduranga, Prathibha and Sudha Premanath. M Shripathi, chief manager gave introductiory remarks and explained about the girl child adoption shceme.

 H R Deshpande, principal Dist and Sessions Judge, Mangalore and  Hanchate Sanjeev kumanr, first Addl. Dist and Sessions Judge, Mangalore were the chief guests present on the occasion.
 
B A Sathyamoorthy presided over the programme. Sathyamoorthy, Hanchate Sanjeevkumar and M Shripathi handed ove the cheques and giftes to the beneficiaries. Manjunatha Rao proposed the vote of thanks. Lakshmikanth Bekal compered the programme.

State Bank of India also conducted the customer relationship programme at its premises,Mallikatta here recently.
 
Rudolf D'Souza from St Sebastian Church, Bendore gave the blessing message from the Church. Sudhakar Rao Pejavara, a renown social worker of the city gave felicitation address.
 

Yugandhar Guntur, Jagannadha Rao, Anoop Shukla and Ravindra Shenve from Suzlon Ltd, Padubidri,  Sudhir M Pai from Bharath group of concerns, Mangalore, T Ganapathi Pai from Pai Sales P Ltd, Harsha Kumar Kedage, Sujaya Kumar, Ashok Rao, Jugul Saldanha, Prem Kumar, J S Nagar, Capt Pramod Correa, Prof Sethumadhava Rao, Prof HRV Shenoy, Rohan Shiri and Shammy Shiri among others were present.