R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, APR 12
RBL Bank, one of the leading new-generation private banks has distributed 100 bicycles to underprivileged girl children studying from Class VI to Class IX at Greater Chennai Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School, Perambur in Chennai on Tuesday.
The bicycles and school-kits were distributed to the students under the RBL Bank’s flagship CSR initiative `UMEED-1000’ by R V Ramya Bharathi, DIG/Joint Commissioner of Police, North Zone, Greater Chennai Police in the presence of Sathyanarayanan Ganesh, Executive Vice President, Head – South & Goa, RBL Bank, V Shanthi, Education Officer, GCC and other officials.
- Class VI to Class IX students at Greater Chennai Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School, Perambur in Chennai get bicycles and school-kits
- Criteria for selecting the student beneficiaries include their regularity in attending classes, economic back ground of their families etc
- The Bank under its flagship CSR initiative ‘UMEED-1000’ is donating 1,000 bicycles to underprivileged girl students across India: Sathyanarayanan Ganesh, Executive Vice President, Head – South & Goa, RBL Bank
- True to our mission of ‘Community as the Cause’, we stand fully committed to help the marginalized communities with our unique CSR outreach programmes: R Subramaniakumar, Managing Director and CEO
Distributing bicycles, Ramya Bharathi exhorted the students to concentrate only on their studies during their school life and set a goal to reach greater heights from now on, as it will help them fulfill their dreams to be an independent and self reliant future woman.
Welcoming the gathering Sathyanarayanan Ganesh, Executive Vice President, Head – South & Goa, RBL Bank explained on how the UMEED-1000 CSR initiative was conceptualized and expanded across India after a small beginning of Cycling 1000 kms by the bank employees every year as fund raising initiative. The bank had adopted a school in Hyderabad through fund raising programme and later expanded to all over India.
The bank so far distributed bicycles and school-kits to seven cities across India including Chennai and the next destination is Kolhapur in Maharashtra, he added.
Speaking to navjeevanexpress.com, Sathyanarayanan said that apart from this initiative, the bank plans to conduct financial literacy programmes for school children soon.
He said one of the major reasons for children dropping out of school is distance from their homes. This initiative will provide the much-needed means of transport to increase access to education. The bicycles will help the girl children go to school in a way that is both energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable, he added.
Criteria for selecting the student beneficiaries include their regularity in attending classes, economic back ground of their families etc.
Commenting on the initiative, R Subramaniakumar, Managing Director and CEO, RBL Bank, said, “True to our mission of ‘Community as the Cause’, we stand fully committed to help the marginalized communities with our unique CSR outreach programmes. The world over, education is the key to unlocking a brighter future for girls. By facilitating access to education, we can break down barriers that prevent young girls from achieving their dreams.”
Nagalaxmi, Assistant Education Officer, GCC also spoke.
School headmistress S SelvaKumari proposed the vote of thanks.
