Category: National

November 26: “Bharat Mahotsav” – highly esteemed Festival of One India, organised on 21st – November, 2021at Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport, The Circle in Zurich Switzerland. The most coveted Bharat Gaurav Samman by Confluence – Make in India NGO. The award was given to Dr. BK Deepak Harkeby Dr. Mickey Mehta, Global Leading Holistic Health Guru / Corporate Life Coach. The program was affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and External Affairs of India. The award is also given to prominent personalities from various fields of India.

“Bharat Mahotsav” Festival of One India is being organised from 20th – 24th November 2021 in Zurich (Switzerland), with the theme being “Celebrating 75 years of Indian Independence”. In this unique MahotsavDr. BK Deepak Harke honoured with the most coveted Bharat Gaurav Samman to promote Indian ancient Rajyoga Meditation by doing 174 different world Records.

Nepal’s first Vice President Honorable Shri Ramanand Jha, presented 1st Global Peace Award to Dr DipakHarke on 02 October 2021 at Kathmandu.

Forbes magazine’s March 2020 issue titled ‘Modern India’s Game Changers’ focuses on the work done by Dr. BK Dipak Harke to spread the ancient Raja Yoga of India.

Dr. BK Deepak Harke became the first Indian to spread the Raja Yoga by setting 174 world records, including the following:

The biggest rangoli; The biggest greeting car; The biggest newspaper; The biggest kite; The biggest postcard; The biggest inland letter; The biggest pamphlet; The biggest trophy; The biggest book; The biggest wedding bouquet; The biggest flower Shivling; The smallest rakhi; The smallest lotus; The smallest badminton racket; and The biggest rose bouquet.

For spreading the word about Raja Yoga for the last 32 years, Dr. BK Deepak Harke has been honored with the “International Achievement Award” by actress Raveena Tandon in Calcutta.

He was also felicitated by actress Madhuri Dixit in Goa with “International Glory Award.”

Actress Bipasha Basu honoured Dr. BK Deepak Harke with “India Excellence Award” in Bangalore.

In the same way, actress Urmila Matondkar felicitated him with “Indian Glory Award” in Delhiactor VivekOberoi also honoured Dr. BK Deepak Harke with “Indian Pride Award.”

Meanwhile, actor Sunil Shetty presented Dr.Harke in Goa with the “India Signature Brand Award.”

Also, Union Water Power Minister Shri Ratanlal Kataria honored him with “Bharat Gaurav Award” in Delhi,

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Kaushal Kishor felicitated Dr. Harke with “Bharat GauravYuva Award 2021” in Delhi.

Actor SonuSoodhonored him with “International Glory Award 2021” in Goa.

Dr. Dipak Harke, was honored in Bangkok by Marissa Fankwamfi, a well-known Thai entrepreneur, and Dr. Abhiram Kulshreshtha, Director-General of the National Institute for Education and Research.

Lord B. Parekh, Lord Rami Ranger and Amrita Devendra Fadnavis presented them the Bharat Gaurav Award in the House of Commons of the British Parliament in London.

Thane (Maharashtra) [India], November 25: Till a few years ago, shiv sena did not have a group of educated young activists. In recent times, the face of Shiv Sena has started changing. The reason for that is huge and important. The educated team of young leaders like Cabinet Minister Aditya Thackeray of mahavikas coalition government, Shiv Sena MP Dr. Srikant Shinde, YuvaSena’s Varun Sardesai, YuvaSena secretary Purvesh Sarnaik and many educated youths are now joining shiv sena. Therefore, the help offered in the leadership of this highly educated youth has helped the citizens during the Corona crisis. And it has also started creating the future leadership of Shiv Sena. One of such young activists is Ad. Radhika Abhijit Shedge from Thane. She is a lawyer by profession.

She was the general secretary of the committee for three consecutive years at the Government College in Mumbai. She was also vice president of the Rotoract Club of Thane Skyline. So, her public relations are good. However, in the corona crisis, her leadership qualities rose.

During the times of the first and second waves of the corona, Ad Radhika Shedge started helping people who came to her as much as she could. In the first wave, she opened the doors of the kitchen of her own hotel Sri Swami to the needy. She started distributing free meals to the needy from her hotel. From April 2020 till the end of the first lockdown, she started distributing around 2000 needy people nutritious food daily, and she distributed about 3 lac sanitiser bottles of 50 millilitres. She also distributed PPE kits to doctors and staff of Vedanta on Ghodbunder Road in Thane and Kalsekar Hospital in Mumbra.

However, when she realized that students living in chawls in Thane city, especially in Nalpada, were facing a lot of difficulties in online education, this made her upset. Then Ad. Radhika spoke to her husband and hotelier Abhijit, and then she made sure to make free internet Wi-Fi service available for almost 2000 families there. At the same time, the educational material required by the students was also given free of cost. As a result, the question of the education of students from about 2,000 families was resolved in a moment. Meanwhile, due to the heavy rains in Konkan, there was a huge loss. Ad. Radhika was very sad by all this; she felt very bad for all the residents in Konkan. Radhika Shedge discussed with colleagues and decided to provide help to the flood victims. For this, her husband Abhijit and a colleague took a truck full of essential commodities. The Shedge couple then went to a place affected by heavy rains in Konkan and started helping.

At the same time, Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Urban Development and Public Works Minister Eknath Shinde, Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray were also working round the clock to help the flood victims of Konkan. Ad. Radhika was watching all these big leaders working hard in such a situation. It made a huge positive impact on her, and she realized that she needed to have such a big force like this with her to work more and more for people.

After helping the flood victims of Konkan. Ad. Radhika returned to Thane. And within a few days, she joined the Shiv Sena. After entering Shiv Sena Ad. Radhika started working with new energy. For the first time in the Mumbai division, in Hiranandani meadows, a residential complex in Thane city, citizens were provided with a vaccination facility in their own housing complex. Ad. Radhika made it available in collaboration with Apollo Hospital. This was the first time that citizens had access to vaccination facilities directly to their doorsteps in this manner. Thane Municipal Corporation mayor NareshMhaske extended special support for the same. 1050 citizens were directly benefited with home delivery vaccination.

November 24: “Bharat Mahotsav” – highly esteemed Festival of One India, organised from 20th – 24th November 2021in Zurich (Switzerland) honoured Spiritual Guru and social reformist His Holiness Gurumauli with the most coveted Bharat Gaurav Samman by Confluence – Make in India NGO. The award was given by Mr Sandeep Marwah, National Chairman, Media and Entertainment Committee BIS, Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution, Government of India and Chancellor AAFT University of Media and Arts and Mr Govind Savale, President Indo Swiss Centre. The program was affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and External Affairs of India. The award is also given to prominent personalities from various fields of India.

Honorable Nitin bhau More, son of His Holiness Gurumauli, accepted the award on behalf of His Holiness Gurumauli in Zurich, Switzerland.

After celebrating the Mahotsav in London (UK), 2018 & 2019, Dubai (UAE) 2020, Varanasi (India) 2021, the chosen venue for this year “Bharat Mahotsav” Festival of One India is Zurich (Switzerland), with the theme being “Celebrating 75 years of Indian Independence”. The occasion will not only promote Indian Fashion, Handloom & Tribal Products, Tourism, Culture & Trade, women Empowerment but will felicitate people with excellence in their respective fields.

The reputed award is being conferred to His Holiness Gurumauli, Spiritual Head of Akhil Bhartiya Shree Swami Samarth Gurupeeth, Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, Maharashtra, for his matchless contribution to the grassroots level Social Reforms for Masses in different streams with its healthy, positive and life-changing impact on humanity across the globe.

The Akhil Bharatiya Shree Swami Samarth Gurupeeth, Trimbakeshwar, is a charity trust founded by His Holiness Gurumauli to provide a platform for a healthy, joyful, and peaceful life to the world.

The social reformer and visionary aim to offer a platform for imbibing Vedic knowledge streams (vidya) and skills (Kala) to the spiritual seekers and to conduct research and spread awareness about Indian cultural values. He has been relentlessly working on grassroots social changes in India and now in other areas of the world.

For the past several decades, the saint has worked to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor, equipping them with information and training, empowering them to become self-sufficient, and, in the process, forging out a strong village and agrarian economy based on communal peace and harmony. In addition, the charity has an exclusive team of trained volunteers to conduct Value Education and Youth Empowerment seminars in schools and colleges to raise awareness of rich heritage among the youth and provide environmental conservation counsel. The outcome is the result of this education and training, which the trust imparts, is overwhelming.

The reformer has inspired millions globally to quit drinking and drugs. The followers are encouraged to found good jobs or to be self-employed. Even the women are running small and medium-sized businesses, and farmers are using both traditional and modern agricultural techniques and tools to increase yield because of the above-mentioned reforms and training that is free of cost. Also, the Seva Marg conducts successful seminars and programmes of no-dowry mass community marriages, agro empowerment, communal harmony, self-employment for the youth, and so on, which have now spread across the globe through the trust’s thousands of social service centres.

The counselling sessions, which are available at over 5000 Seva Marg centres worldwide, take into account the troubled and dissatisfied solution seeker’s social, educational, and ancestral background and recommend basic, easy-to-do self-help approaches.

His Holiness Gurumauli’s relentless and selfless work has been duly recognised internationally as well as globally. He has been felicitated with many well-known honours and citations for his matchless contribution in the fields of welfare and Vedic knowledge, spiritual awareness, meditation techniques, healthcare, agriculture, youth and woman empowerment, and feeding the poor. The latest in the list is honour bestowed to him by the World Book of Records, London, last month. Before this, in 2019, the spiritual guru was awarded by the Indian Institute of Education Management with ‘Bharat Seva Ratna’ award and the ‘Vijay Ratna Gold Medal’ for outstanding Social Service in India. The Maharashtra government in 2014 recognised him with the ‘Krushi Bhushan award’ for his remarkable contribution to farmers. On the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Din – 2007, he was awarded for meritorious efforts in the field of Non-Conventional Energy.

During the Kargil War in 2006, thousands of volunteers donated blood for the national cause from camps arranged by him, earning him a special award from the Maharashtra Government. Nasik Collector and District Magistrate lauded and awarded a letter of appreciation for contributions made during the water scarcity management programme. He was also awarded the ‘Malhari Ratna’ by Jejuri Sansthan for his tireless efforts on behalf of the ordinary man, among other things.

With the constant guidance and blessings of His Holiness Gurumauli, the Eighteen- Point Social Reform Program focusses on Value Education and Moral Values for children and youth, Counselling Cells, Guidance on natural way to Farming, Health through Ayurveda, Scientific Research of the “Vedas”, Marriages without dowry, Training Programs for Volunteers, Indian Culture, Guidance on Law, “Vastu-shastra”, Women Empowerment, Self-employment etc. The Programs have helped in the creation of a more sensitive, tolerant, happy and overall positive and inspiring community both in India as well as abroad. His Holiness Gurumauli achieves this mammoth task of serving millions of people through lakhs of volunteers of the Seva Marg.

Millions of people around the world are living healthy, happy, and tranquil lives because of His Holiness Gurumauli’s grace. His work has touched the lives of millions of individuals all around the world, transcending race, nationality, and religion.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 22: Have you heard of any kid who doesn’t love celebrating Children’s Day? We haven’t either. For the last few years, the children of Worli have had something extraordinary to look forward to, thanks to Basti BBQ – a unique pop-up carnival concept by youth activist Arjun Meghe to celebrate children, art, food and entertainment.

This Children’s Day, the third edition of Basti BBQ, was organized at Worli Police Camp. More than 250 children of Mumbai Police personnel were pampered with some delicious food, carnival deco, fun-filled games, live music performances and much more. The event also featured booths for popcorn, candy floss, tattoo painting, selfie points and other interactive activities.

“Our Mumbai Police and their families have been tirelessly working for us ever since the pandemic started. It was high time that something exciting had to be done for them. What better than this bundle of experiences for their l’il ones!! ” as quoted by Arjun Meghe whilst dedicating this edition to the Mumbai Police.

Some of the city’s best restaurants like New York Burrito Company, Speak Burgers by Vicky Ratnani, Veranda Bandra, and Flour Power by Ayesha Mehta pitched in to feed the children their best food. The kids were also treated with some lip-smacking cupcakes by Le 15 Patisserie and Crafted Crumbs. Award-winning hip-hop rappers Bombay Lokal, OG Ankit and Yeda Anna (Gully Boy fame) from Most Wanted Records got the audience grooving with their explosive performances. Renowned digital production company India Film Factory was roped in to look after video production and content creation.

The leading man behind this initiative, Arjun Meghe, is the President of Insaniyat Association – a registered NGO that works for the 360° welfare of Worlikars across women empowerment, sports, art, culture, healthcare and more. Along with Basti BBQ, the NGO Insaniyat is also known to host several other flagship events throughout the year. Insaniyat conducts women empowerment training regularly and concludes them with Jijau Grahak Peth – a flea market that generates independent household income for women. The Worli Health Organization (WHO) is an open medical camp that provides free doctor consultations and medicines to the underprivileged in Worli.

Events like Gun Gaurav reward meritorious board exam students with gadgets and stationery. The youth gets hooked on to their Rap Premier League and other sports leagues.

Interestingly, Arjun is also the Vice President of BJYM Mumbai and has held several prestigious posts in BJP and BJYM. His party senior leader Smt. Chitra Kishor Wagh (Vice President, BJP Maharashtra) graced the event as the Chief Guest and her share of fun with the kids.

November 22: The Talampally family from Hallikhed, Humnabad of the Bidar District of Karnataka, celebrated the wedding of Akash, son of businessman Dhanraj S Talampally and Shailashree Talampally, with Dr. Shakuntala, daughter of former Karnataka minister and sitting Congress MLA Rajashekar B Patil and Prema Patil. The wedding saw the presence of a large section of State and National Political leaders from across various parties from the State. The list included leaders like the former Chief Minister and leader of opposition in Karnataka State Assembly, Siddaramaiah, KPCC President, D K Shivakumar, and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjuna Kharge, among other eminent leaders from the state and centre.

The wedding was a feast to the eyes with a lavish ceremony that was organized at Shakuntala Patil Residential School premises in Bidar. Thousands of guests blessed the couple as they step foot into their journey of life together. The grandeur and opulence of the entire event gave an experience the guests would never forget. The entire wedding ground spread over acres of land was lit up, making it nothing less than a fairy-tale royal wedding.​

Akash Talampally is the Managing Director of Talampally Venture Private Limited and is an emerging name in the Real Estate business. He is the Secretary for the CREDAI Youth wing in Karnataka and is a well-known name in the elite real estate circles of Bangalore.

Talampally Group has been at the forefront of providing support and assistance to the needy people of the Bidar district in Karnataka. Dhanraj Talampally and his team have been widely lauded for the social welfare initiatives that they have spearheaded in Humnabad. This includes educational scholarships, health checkup camps, providing school books, providing food kits and ration supplies during times of natural calamities and crises etc.

Dhanraj Talampally is the General Secretary, Basavakalyan Engineering College in Bidar and has been awarded the ‘Mahatma Gandhi Samman’ Conferred by NRI Welfare Society of India, at Global Indian Summit, House of Lords LONDON by Baroness Verma, Member House of Lords, Indian English Politician.

Inspired by the gesture of the late Sandalwood superstar, Punit Rajkumar, whose eye donation helped 4 people with the gift of vision, Businessman Dhanraj Talampally had organised a Free Two Day – Eye Check-Up Camp for the people of his hometown Humnabad. This initiative helped raise awareness on the need to donate your eyes and help save lives.

This social concern initiative to celebrate the occasion was highly appreciated by people from across the state and the nation.

Kangen machine is also gifted to Chopra family

November 22: Surat’s eminent entrepreneur Subhash Dawar is famous for doing what his heart says. Amidst rising fuel prices, on Diwali, Subhash Dawar gifted electric scooters to the employees of his company. His initiative made media headlines across the country. Now in the latest development, Subhash Dawar has invited Olympic gold medalist and Neeraj Chopra, who has become the heartthrob of young hearts across the country, to visit Surat.

While Subhash Dawar had gone to Haryana to attend the wedding ceremony of Neeraj Chopra’s elder sister in the Chopra family, he met Neeraj Chopra. In the meantime, while appreciating the achievements of Neeraj Chopra, he expressed his desire to hold a ceremony honoring him in the textile city of Surat. Subhash Dawar said that Neeraj Chopra had accepted his invitation to come to Surat, saying that at present, he is busy in training, and he will come to Surat as soon as he gets time. He is so excited to come to the beautiful Surat!

Let us tell you that when Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the Olympics, there was a rain of gifts by big industrial groups, central and state governments and government and private institutions. At that time also, Subhash Dawar, the leader of the Alliance group, had gifted the machine of Kangen – Alliance to Neeraj Chopra and met his family. His aim was that with the use of the Kangen machine, the entire Chopra family should consume clean and healthy water and stay healthy always. It has to be seen when the young stars who are being respected across the country become guests of Surat.

New Delhi, November 20: A massive rise in air pollution levels has led to New Delhi’s air pollution levels reaching hazardous new heights. Basant Goel, the owner of Goel Medicos, is carrying forth the legacy of social work by distributing masks to under-served people. The main aim is to protect and safeguard the citizens from breathing in a dangerous amount of polluted air. Additionally, it is crucial not just to preserve but also to educate. It is why they’ve also carried drives to help educate the citizens on the importance of masks during this hour of need. These masks are what will protect people from breathing in low-quality air.

This movement was initiated on November 15, 2021, and since then, the company has distributed roughly 350 masks. In the four days of its operation, the masks have been distributed to rickshaw drivers, street vendors, and so on.

Mr. Basant Goel said, “With winters fast approaching, and as the air turns colder, the air quality goes from bad to worse in Delhi and its adjoining areas. During these trying times, I try to help out those in need and protect them from the toxins in the air, with small initiatives every year. I hope this is their window to education and helps prevent them from breathing in dangerous air. Hence, as a responsible citizen of India, I try to help the under-served people with such initiatives.”

Ahmedabad, Nov 19: Jigar Bhagwanbhai Desai was aware of the perks that the upper-class majority enjoys from an early age, which is why he pledged himself to devote his time to serving people, particularly the farmers of Gujarat’s Banaskantha District. He is currently the vice-chairman of the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and vice president of the Banaskantha District Bjym Director – APMC Deesa. Jigar Desai, who was only 18 years old at the time, won the Market yard with the most votes in 2012 and became Gujarat’s youngest Director. He was appointed Minister of Youth Front of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Banaskantha District in the year 2013.

Jigar Desai’s family has been serving the public and farmers for years. Jigar’s grandfather and father were always ready to solve the problems faced by the farmers of Banaskantha district. Jigar’s father passed away in 2011, due to which he understood the responsibilities at a young age and was determined to take care of his father’s work. Jigar Desai is known today as a Young Social Activist in Banaskantha District. The Gujarat government implements farmer-friendly schemes, and Jigar Desai personally visits farmers to explain the benefits of these initiatives. And if a farmer needs a loan to start farming, Jigar promises to assist them as much as possible through his bank.

In the years 2015 and 2017, Gujarat received heavy rainfall. In the Banaskantha district, many were displaced from their homes. Road connectivity became difficult to reach out for food, water, etc. During such a humanitarian crisis, Jigar Desai and a team arranged for food packets, distributed kits along with NDRF and called for helicopters to rescue people. He personally went down to villages to see the conditions of the affected citizens and helped them afterwards.

To understand the agricultural field and farming depth, Jigar Desai has taken training from NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in Sikkim and Shimla. His sheer dedication and hard work made him work towards the benefits of society. From this training, he learnt the difficulties of farming and how one can take measures to develop the rural areas.

In the times of the covid-19 pandemic, a lot of people suffered from it. Blood donation camps were organized by Banaskantha District Youth Front, where Jigar Desai participated. This camp took place at Palanpur and Dhanera in the mid of the second wave of Covid19, intending to alleviate the shortage of blood to the needy patients in the district.

Jigar Desai wishes to continue the social work he has been doing for years. He wants to dedicate his time to the betterment of society and the development of the rural areas of his District. If he got the opportunity, he would like to serve the people of his district by entering the hard-core politics of Gujarat in future.

New Delhi (India), November 18: In the backdrop of the existing Covid-19 pandemic, Sesame Workshop India (SWI) has taken its water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives to the next level. SWI has partnered with Planet Water Foundation and is targeting the diarrheal season (diarrhoea death’s peak in the month of January) to renew and reinforce the need for washing hands and maintaining hygiene as a sure-shot means of avoiding the disease, which is the 8^th-highest cause of deaths globally. Diarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old and was responsible for the deaths of 370,000  children in 2019 (WHO data).

Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial to children’s health and well-being. With the growth in digital communication techniques, SWI has focused on technology and storytelling to bridge the communication gap and reach out to the children and their families to catalyse a paradigm shift in the habits of the masses.

With support from Planet Water Foundation, SWI recently launched a special handwashing song – Chhapa Chhap (available here https://youtu.be/3AQwLslNHqg) featuring children’s favourite muppets Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby, giving out the message of washing hands using soap to safeguard them against the life-threatening diseases. Additionally, to promote hand hygiene habits amongst children, Sesame Workshop India has been amplifying the message via engaging videos, e-books, and posters that were developed as part of its global initiative –‘Caring for Each Other’, through various social media platforms.

Sesame Workshop India has always focused on visual modes of communication, which create entertainment, virality, enjoyment, recall and bridges the language divide. Its mass-market initiatives – television shows, community radio initiatives focus on building communities of change.

To help children grow smarter, stronger and kinder and create a world of possibilities for them, SWI has been engaging with 216 million children in India below the age of 8 across homes, classrooms and communities with content and programs on early literacy and numeracy, WASH and hygiene, nutrition, and gender equality. Providing home-based education to over ninety thousand children across nine states, SWI is helping children catch up and be ready for school in the next academic year. Sesame Workshop India develops and distributes high-quality and engaging content through television, radio, community radio (CR), digital and on-ground outreach initiatives.

Radio over Telephone has been a very effective technique to ensure that complete households can consume the messages together in communities which have no access to any other form of communication and outreach mediums, making it a unique initiative to influence the hitherto unserved rural population.

Planet Water Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on bringing clean water to the world’s most impoverished communities through the installation of community-based water filtration systems and the deployment of hygiene education programs.Its projects are focused on schools, children, and rural communities. Since 2009, Planet Water has deployed more than 1,500 projects that provide clean water access to more than two million people across 15 countries.

Kristen Steele, Vice President, Education and creator of Planet Water Foundation’s water-health and hygiene education materials and school implementation platform, said that “Handwashing is a cost-effective, healthy hygiene habit that can prevent many diseases amongst people and save lives. While the pandemic has led to an increase in the levels of awareness about handwashing, we aim to continue to emphasize upon the sustenance of this hygiene behaviour with Sesame Workshop India.

Supporting the health and hygiene needs of young children of India, Sonali Khan, Managing Director, Sesame Workshop India, said that “Via our partnership with Planet Water Foundation, we aim to further boost messages on handwashing with Elmo and Chamki to children who are at a higher risk of suffering from the preventable diseases like diarrhoea, any kind of flu, etc. and achieve positive health and hygiene outcomes to meet their developmental needs.”

Expresses Gratitude to Police for their valuable role during Corona Pandemic Period

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November17: Bank of Maharashtra, which works on the principle of “Ek Parivar, Ek Bank”, under the Unique initiative taken by The MD and CEO Mr.A. S Rajeev, Honorable Executive Director Mr. Hemant Tamta & Honorable Executive Director Mr. Vijay Kumar have organized the MahaGrahakParicharcha across its 1999 branches and 40 Zonal Offices on 15/11/2021.

The Bank has invited all the local Police Thana in-charges at their respective branches vicinity to Commemorate & Express their Gratitude to Police department across the country.

On this special occasion, Zonal Manager, Mumbai North Zone, Bank of Maharashtra, Mr. Ramachandra M Ragiri, along with AGM, Lalit Patel & Chief Manager CPC Vasant Thakkar, held the mega customers conference “MahaGrahakParicharcha” on November 15 at the Bank’s Mumbai North Zonal Office at Bandra East, Mumbai.

Bank has invited Dr.Sadanand Date, IPS, as Chief Guest for the event. Dr. Sadanand Date is currently Posted as SP, CBI, Mumbai, Economic Offence Wing. Mr. Ramachandra facilitated Dr.Sadanand Date with flowers and expressed Bank’s gratitude to all the police officers who did their utmost effort to keep the pandemic situation under control and rebuild Nation.

Dr. Sadanand Date inaugurated the customers’ conference, where he guided the audience on safety precautions while performing Digital Transactions, and also shared many real-life incidences of Digital theft done in the last few years and guided how we should keep an eye on digital activities. He has also requested the bank to keep coming up with strong online secure systems to keep account holders wealth secure.

Mr. Ramachandra, Zonal manager, BoM, while addressing the large gathering, said, “BoM has achieved stupendous growth in India’s banking sector in the recent times, and Bank is headed to become a Mid-Sized Bank within a short span.

He also emphasized that this MahaGrahakParicharcha is aimed at further strengthening the Bank-Customer relations and also celebrating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mohatsav’ for India’s 75 years of Independence.

Mr. Ramachandra has said that the Bank’s digital banking initiative has made banking services customer-friendly with the Online Savings Account opening, Maha Secure Digital and Door-Step Banking. Clients can also now apply for any type of loan, be it personal or commercial, through an online application facility. Similarly, the Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) unit owners can avail of banking loan facilities starting from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 crore under the new MahaSwagatamScheme with attractive interest rates.

BoM is also now aggressively offering Gold Loans at very low-interest rates.

To strengthen the bond with their customers, BoM is now focusing on increasing the Customer Product penetration

For more information, kindly visit the website https://www.bankofmaharashtra.in/