J&K Bank has been awarded as the best Bank in the prestigious ‘Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) – Polaris Software Banking Awards 2011. The award was conferred in the category for "Rural Reach- Private Sector".
The award was presented by R Bandyopadhyay, IAS (Retd.), Former Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. J&K Bank Zonal Head (Mumbai) Surjeet Singh Sehgal received the award on Bank's behalf in presence of Mohan Ramaswamy, Chief Operating Officer, Dun & Bradstreet – India and Subhash Chand Aggarwal, Chairman & Managing Director, SMC Global Securities Limited. at a function held at ITC Maratha in Andheri (E) Mumbai that also marked the launch of the fifth edition of D&B India's study on India's Top Banks 2011.
The high profile function was attended by Senior Bankers, Chief Executive Officers of many top Corporate Houses of India, Senior Bureaucrats, prominent journalists and media persons besides many other distinguished Guests.
The Awards event is closely tied to the publication, India's Top Banks 2011. The publication ‘India's Top Banks 2011' captures the key trends of the scheduled commercial banks (SCBs), comprising of 26 Public Sector Banks (PSBs), 20 Private Sector Banks and 16 Foreign Banks.
Notably, Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) is the world's leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight. Its Polaris Software Banking Awards 2011 seek to recognize the growth and resilience of the Indian banking industry.