SPER CANARA BANK RETIRED OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION (Regd.) O IT R Y P (Registered under the Trade Union Act 1926) SECURITY C B (Affiliated to AIBPARC) VICE R O A Registered Office : SER # 1 & 70, First Floor, P.B. No. 1162, 9th Main, III Block, Jayanagar, Bengaluru - 560 011. Phone : 080 2664 0003 Fax : 080-2654 1655 E-mail : [email protected] Web: www.cbroa.co.in CIRCULAR NO. 3/2018 25th July, 2018. XI Biennial Conference at Mangaluru on 1st and 2nd December, 2018 Notice to all the members. NOTICE IS HEREBY ISSUED THAT THE XI BIENNIAL CONFERENCE AND THE GENERAL BODY OF OUR ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD AT MANGALURU, KARNATAKA ON SUNDAY THE 2ND DECEMBER, 2018 AT 10.00 A M AT THE FOLLOWING VENUE TO TRANSACT THE BUSINESS AS PER THE AGENDA GIVEN BELOW: SRI RAMAN PAI CONVENTION HALL AMMEMBAL SUBBARAO PAI ROAD, MANGALURU Agenda 1. To approve the Report of the General Secretary. 2. To approve the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Association for the years ended 31.03.2017 ......and 31.03.2018. 3. To amend the Rules and Bye-laws of the Association, notice for which has been received at least ......15 days before the date of the Conference by the Central Office. 4. To consider and pass any resolution moved by the delegates, if any, for which 15 days' notice is ......given prior to the date of General Body. 5. To appoint Auditors for the coming years covering the Biennial Period. 6. To elect the Office bearers and Central Committee Members, for the next term. NOTE: 1. All the members whose annual subscription is up-to-date or who is a life member will be delegates ......to the XI Biennial Conference. 2. Non-receipt by any member of this notice or copies of Resolution and / or amendments to the ......Rules and Bye Laws, if any, to be moved in the meeting shall not invalidate the proceedings of the ......said Meeting. 3. Members who are desirous of moving any resolutions or amendments to the Rules and Bye-Laws ......of the Association shall give 15 days' clear notice to the General Body and forward the same to ......reach the Central Office of our Association on or before 15th November 2018. 4. The Biennial Inaugural programme will be preceded by a procession. Procession will commence ......from Founder’s Monument at Dongerkeri which is half kilometer away from venue. Procession will ......start from 3.00 p m and reach venue by 4 p m. Inaugural function will start at 5.30 p m. Members ......are requested to assemble at the Founders Monument well ahead of the prescribed time. Place: Bengaluru A N Krishna Murthy Date: 25.07.2018 General Secretary 1 SPER CANARA BANK RETIRED OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION (Regd.) O IT R Y P (Registered under the Trade Union Act 1926) SECURITY C B (Affiliated to AIBPARC) VICE R O A Registered Office : SER # 1 & 70, First Floor, P.B. No. 1162, 9th Main, III Block, Jayanagar, Bengaluru - 560 011. Phone : 080 2664 0003 Fax : 080-2654 1655 E-mail : [email protected] Web: www.cbroa.co.in RECEPTION COMMITTEE XI BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, MANGALURU E-mail ID: [email protected] WELCOME TO MANGALURU! Dear Friends, of spirits that guarded the land and also the divine serpent. Jain chieftains built basadis that We are extremely happy to extend all our hug the foothills of the Western Ghats. Seafaring members a cordial welcome to Mangaluru, the traders brought Islam in the 8th century AD. Adi land sacrosanct with the foot prints of our Shankara's Advaita philosophy too resonates Founder Sri Ammembal Subbarao Pai. You are from the Mookambika shrine at Kolluru in setting your foot on the coastal Karnataka with Kodachadri Hills in the north of Udupi. 320 Kms long sea coast of rich tapestry of azure Madhwacharya's Dvaitha stream flows gently in waters, lapping palm fringed pristine beaches, the temple town of Udupi. Christian missionaries dense green forests and valleys. Nestled in the came here in waves and added yet another layer laps of the Sahyadri mountain range on the east to the region's already robust religious mix, and surrounded by the Arabian sea on the west, leaving behind a valuable commercial and Mangaluru, has emerged as a major hub of authenticated legacy including eponymous red educational institutions, renowned hospitals etc. hued “Mangalore tiles.” The history of Mangaluru dates back to the 3rd century BC. It has been ruled by a number of rulers like Kadambas and Harihararaya II of The erstwhile South Kanara District which is now Vijayanagar Empire. It was later conquered by bifurcated into Dakshin Kannada and Udupi the Portuguese who lost it to Hyderali.The British Districts, has the unique reputation of producing took over Mangaluru by defeating Tipu Sultan in eminent bankers, scientists, administrators, 1799. educationists, literary giants, journalists of international repute, jurists, leaders of industry and commerce, politicians of outstanding merit, Mangaluru developed as a port city in the social reformers and freedom fighters. Freedom Arabian sea during ancient times and became a fighters like Sri. Karnad Sadashiva Rao, social major port of India. This port today handles 75% reformers like our own revered Sri. Ammembal of India's coffee and cashew exports. Subbarao Pai, who thought of giving education to girl child when the girls' going to school was a taboo, by starting the Canara Girls' High School Mangaluru gets its name from the presiding deity way back in the beginning of 20th Century, Sri. of the town Mangaladevi, the goddess of fortune. Kudumal Ranga Rao, Sri. Narayana Rao A picturesque city, Mangaluru is an interesting Chandavarkar, scientists of international blend of the old and the new, traditional and reputation Sri B Ramamurthy, who was modern, with plenty of sightseeing and nominated for Nobel Prize, novelist, rationalist, interesting cuisine. Any visitor to Mangaluru will thinker Sri. Shivaram Karanth, Man Booker not return disappointed. “Cosmopolitan cities are Award winner novelist Sri. Aravind Adiga, a product of the 20th century, but Mangaluru was journalists of international repute Sri. Madhu a cosmopolitan port town by the 10th century Kamath, Sri. Benegal Shiva Rao, Jurist in the AD.” Pre-dating the advent of Sanskritised International Court of Justice, the Hague, Sri. Hinduism in this region were its colourful Bhuta Benegal Narasinga Rao, eminent educationist and Naga cults, whose rituals involved worship and Banker Sri. T M A Pai, eminent Bankers Sri. 2 Sri. K P J Prabhu, Sri. C E Kamath, Sri. T A Pai, Nitte, Mangalore, Puttur etc. have been Sri. Haji Abdulla Khader, Sri. B Jagannath Shetty, attracting students from all over the country and Sri. Y Sadanand Hegde, Sri. Mulki Sundara abroad. Sri. Sathya Nadella, the CEO of Rama Shetty, Sri. V Prabhakar Shetty, Sri. Microsoft studied at Manipal Institute of Manmohan Shenoy, Sri. K Yashwanth Prabhu, Technology. Chairmen of different Banks, Sri. Benegal Rama The District has many places which are on the Rao, former Governor of Reserve Bank of India, must visit wish list of tourists and we have Supreme Court Judges Sri. K S Hegde, Sri. furnished the details separately. Santhosh Hegde hail from Mangalore District. Internationally acclaimed Mrs Maya Rao, Sri. We feel extremely happy to host the Biennial Kamaldevi Chattopadhyaya are from this Conference of our Association for the second District. Late Sri Renjal Gopala Shenoy the time and it shall be our endeavour to take care of renowned sculptor who has carved the Sri. all the delegates who will come from every nook Gomateshwara installed at Dharmasthala hails and corner of the country for attending the from Dakshin Kannada District. Late Sri. B V Conference. Our various functional teams are Karanth, the renowned dramatist, Sri. Gurudutt making all out efforts to make the Conference a Padukone, the cine actor are from this district. Sri big success and a memorable event. While Prakash Padukone, the world famous badminton every effort will be made by the reception player is from this district. The famous cine Committee to organise the Conference in a actors Smt. Aishwarya Rai, Smt. Shilpa Shetty, grand manner, we solicit suggestions for Ms. Deepika Padukone have their roots in this organising the Conference in a very befitting district. No single district in the country has manner. Friends, all roads lead to Mangaluru produced so many eminent personalities who during the first week of December 2018 for have contributed immensely for Art, Culture, celebration of life by the elderly people who have Literature, Theatre, Dance, Cinema, Folk Art, in their own way contributed immensely for the and for making human life better. development of the country by being part of our beloved Bank, CANARA BANK, which always cared for the common people, poor the farmers The district has been home to five major Banks, and the deprived class of people in the society. viz., Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank, Corporation Bank, Vijaya Bank, which are in the public sector and Karnataka Bank, a private sector Bank. Hearty welcome to Mangaluru for celebration of These banks played a major role in fostering the elderly get-together of senior citizens from savings habit amongst the villagers, petty and every nook and corner of the country. The small business people and have played a key occasion will be a confluence of our Members role in the socio-economic transformation of the from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Assam to country. When social banking was unheard of, Gujarat, representing retired Officers' Sri. A Subba Rao Pai pioneered lending to the community of our Bank from all grades. It is a poor, the down trodden people in the society and perfect replica of national integration, unity in showed the way as to how a bank can act as a diversity.