Mangaluru: Kishore Kulkarni, Chairman of NKGSB Bank will inaugurate the NKGSB Bank Centenary Skill Development Centre at the World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru on February 24 at 12 noon. Rajan Bhat, Director, NKGSB Bank will be the guest of honour. Basti Vaman Shenoy, President and Founder of the World Konkani Centre along with other functionaries of both the institutions will also be present on the occasion.
The Skill Development Centre sponsored by NKGSB Bank as part of its Centenary Celebration is in support of initiatives by the World Konkani Centre over the past several years. The World Konkani Centre, under its KSHAMATA academy, has been imparting skill development programmes of various levels to thousands of students from professional and conventional disciplines. It has imparted more than 20,000 man days of training over the past 7 years.
The NKGSB Centenary Skill Development Centre, comprising of state of the art training halls will enhance the capacity of the World Konkani Centre with its already existing facilities such as Auditorium, Language Lab, Library and Residential Hostel.
The NKGSB Cooperative Bank was established in September 1917 and completed its 100th year last September. The bank had a business mix of about Rs 12,000 Crores in the last financial year. It has 105 branches all over the country.