Over 350 members from Northeast attend SBI Pensioners AGM

The 29th annual general meeting of the SBI Pensioners Association (North East Circle) and the Bank’s annual pensioners meet was held at the SBI Local Head Office Auditorium in Guwahati on Sunday. Bhupen Kalita, General Secretary, SBIPA delivered the welcome address and exhorted the audience to work together to make the life of a senior citizen more respectful and dignified. More than 350 delegates who had converged from the seven states of the North East participated in the daylong programme.
S. Radhakrishnan, Chief General Manager, SBI NE Circle, shared many of the success stories of SBI in the North Eastern part of India and took pride in the rich and colourful culture of the region. A.K. Jha, General Manager, Network I, SBI dealt with the problems that confront the senior citizens and explained the initiatives from the Bank’s side to address these issues. Sanat Chakraborty, Circle Development Officer, SBI assured the pensioners that Bank is always concerned about their welfare and open to suggestions for betterment of existing facilities.
Rupam Roy, General Secretary, SBI Officers Federation and a trade union leader of national stature deliberated on the long struggle of the working class to earn their trade union rights and how these should be preserved through conscious and sustained dedication to duties and responsibilities. Earlier, D.K. Basu, General Secretary, Federation of SBI Pensioners’ Associations, with total membership of over 2.4 lakh, delivered the keynote address and presented an overall picture of the present plight of pensioners and what they can look forward to in the coming days.
30 members of SBIPA were honoured with fulam gamosa, bouquet, and gifts on attainment of 75 years of age. Nurul Islam Laskar, former chief manager, public relations, SBI was felicitated with a memento, bouquet and shawl for bagging the coveted “Chanakya” award in public relations recently. Mrigen Kumar Kalita, another former SBI personnel, was honoured for his contribution in the field of sports, art and culture.
The Presidential address was delivered by Prabin Borpuzari, President, SBIPA. The inaugural session compered by Binayak Choudhury.