17th Annual K. Sivagananathan Memorial Oration and Awards ceremony

Seated (from left): APB President Asanka Ranhotty, Chief Guest Mahela Jayawardena, Guest of Honour Bingumal Thewarathanthri and Nathan Sivagananathan

The 17th Annual K. Sivagananathan Memorial Awards and Oration was held on Monday, 11 March at the BOC Auditorium in Fort amidst a large gathering. This Annual Memorial Oration and Awards ceremony is conducted jointly by the Association of Professional Bankers of Sri Lanka (APB) and K. Sivagananathan Memorial Trust (KSMT), in commemoration of the late K. Sivagananathan, who was an innovative banker and contributed much to uplift and upgrade Sri Lanka’s banking and financial services industry.  

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 in par with international standards. The Chief Guest at this year’s event was the former Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena and the Guest of Honour Bingumal Thewarathanthri, CEO-Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka, delivered the memorial oration.

25 students who have obtained the highest marks in the Diploma in Applied Banking and Finance (DABF) in the March and September 2018 examinations conducted by the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), were awarded cash prizes and certificates at the awards ceremony this year.