Bank planning to open more branches: Chairman
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 3: Governor Satya Pal Malik today inaugurated a state-of-the-art business unit of Jammu and Kashmir Bank at famous Diggi Chowk in Ajmer near the shrine of great Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Chairman and CEO, J&K Bank Parvez Ahmed; Dr Sanjeev Agarwal, Director on the Bank’s Board, Amin Pathan, President Dargah and State Haj Committee, Bank’s President Dr Ashraf Ali, Vice President Fayaz Siddiqui, prominent businessmen of Ajmer and Pushkar and a large number of citizens were present on the occasion.
The Governor along with the Chairman also visited the shrine of great Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti and prayed for the peace and prosperity in the State. A cheque of Rs 11 lakh was also presented by the Bank to the Dargah Management for development works.
Congratulating the Bank and the people of Ajmer on opening of a new branch, Governor said, “the Bank is promoted by the Government of J&K and has been instrumental for financial empowerment of people in the J&K. The bank has touched new heights under the leadership of the current Chairman and with the kind of vision the Chairman has for empowering the people it is bound to grow in future too”.
“J&K Bank represents the spirit of Jammu and Kashmir besides its rich legacy. Its spirit of service and progress is matchless in the country. With a huge experience in wealth creation in its home State, I am very optimistic about its presence at Ajmer and confident that they will be active participants in the financial growth and development of this divine city”, the Governor said.
He advised the management of the bank to proactively reach out to the business community irrespective of the economic scale of business as there was a lot of potential of wealth creation amongst the prosperous and simple living business community of the region of Rajasthan.
He also directed the bank to work for revival of the handicraft sector by interventions like Self Help Groups to leverage the talent of the artisans.
Speaking on the occasion, Chairman & CEO of J&K Bank Parvez Ahmed said that the Bank is presently having more than 2000 delivery touch points across the country and is selectively looking for opportunities to expand its footprint to cater to the niche segments where the Bank has a fair degree of expertise.
The Bank, he said, is associated with all the pilgrim destinations in the State by one way or the other like being a preferred Banker to all major shrines of J&K by offering full cash management service, operating business Units 24X7 for providing services to the Shrine and pilgrims, registering the Yatris from all across the country through its branches, internet payment gateway services for donations on digital platform etc.
“Now we are keen to explore the pilgrim tourism circuit of the country where we can leverage our expertise for growth of the pilgrim tourism ecosystem and it is in this context that we have opened our business unit in Ajmer”, he further said, adding “in fact a few months from now we are opening another Business Unit at Shirdi near the Sai Baba Shrine keeping in view the growing demand of people of our State and also to leverage our expertise for the economic growth of important pilgrim centres”.
Delivering the vote of thanks, Bank’s President Dr Ashraf Ali urged the people of Ajmer to take full advantage of the state of the art customized services of the Bank which bring a whole new world of convenience and flexibility to customers.
Earlier, the Bank’s Vice President and Zonal Head Delhi presented the welcome address.
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