HDFC Bank, once again, recognized and rewarded its dedicated staff, at the recently concluded Annual Awards Ceremony for 2016 held at Grand Monarch, Thalawathugoda. 

The Chief Guest of this event was the bank’s Chairman R. J. De Silva.

At the event, 10 Business Promotion Officers who had made outstanding contributions by achieving individual targets in “Palm top doorstep banking service” were recognized at the ceremony. Five branches of the HDFC bank such as Piliyandala, Kurunegala, Kalutara, Jaffna and Badulla were selected as the best branches in the 
respective regions

The Best Region award was won by the North Western Region while The Best Branch of the Year 2016 award was bagged by Homagama Branch. Homagama branch received 03 other awards for best branch in large scale category, best branch in the Deposit mobilization and 
Loan approvals.

Monaragala branch was selected as the “Emerging Branch of the Year” which is new award category introduced this year.

The Ratnapura branch was recognized for staff efficiency while 02 other branches of the HDFC bank including the Hyde Park, and Gampaha were also awarded for their dedicated performance in the areas of NPL Management and Savings mobilization. The Embilipitiya , Tricomalee and Polonnaruwa branches were awarded for the best performance in Leasing Finance , Gold loans, and Development Finance respectively. Small scale category winner was Nugegoda branch while the Badulla branch walked away as the winner in medium scale category. Bank’s Kalutara, Piliyandala and Peliyagoda branches were the runners-up in large, medium and small scale categories.

The children of staff members who have achieved best results in G.C.E. Ordinary level and advanced level examinations were also recognized with cash prizes.

The Directors of HDFC bank M.Surendran, P.M. Gunawardhana, N. Wijeyanathan, Chief Executive Officer /General Manager, Upali Hettiarachchi , Chief Operating Officer.S.Dissanayake and all the members of the corporate and senior management and the regional managers, branch managers and other members of staff of the bank were also present at 
the event.