J&K BANK undertakes massive plantation drive

Ludhiana, March 23, 2013: J&K Bank, one of the fastest growing private sector banks in India and a significant contributor to Jammu & Kashmir’s socio-economic development, has undertaken a massive plantation drive across the J&K state. Under this initiative J&K Bank will plant 75,000 trees across the state. The drive will kick-start J&K Bank’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Incorporated in 1938, J&K Bank is celebrating its platinum jubilee this year. It has evolved over75 years from humble and modest origin to come to be acknowledged today as one of the premier institution of the country and a household name in the state of J&K. The plantation drive is one of the ways in which J&K bank will be observing its celebration of completing 75 years of dedicated service and support to the society. 

According to Mushtaq Ahmad, Chairman and CEO J&K Bank, “We have planned a whole series of events and initiatives to celebrate the platinum jubilee of the Bank as a responsive, responsible and relevant financial institution.”

Adding further, he said, “Recognising the contribution of the state in its growth and progress, J&K Bank wants to celebrate this landmark year with one of its most important stakeholder, the people of J&K.” 

J&K bank has always committed itself to the cause of community development and this initiative is an attempt to conserve the pristine landscape of the state. The state of J&K attracted a record inflow of tourist in the last two years, most of which visit Jammu and Kashmir State for its serene environment and its picturesque landscape. In order to preserve the natural heritage of the state, the bank has given a priority to a plantation drive.

75 years is a great milestone for any institution but more so for J&K Bank as it has witnessed some of the most turbulent circumstances to reach this far. The bank looks back with pride on the adventurous and path breaking journey that the bank embarked upon way back in 1938.

J&K Bank has always moved beyond its job of extending banking services and touched lives of many. Being true to its motto of ‘serving to empower’, it has played the mentor Jammu and Kashmir State always needed. The decades of uninterrupted growth is the result of the trust it has earned in the past 75 years.

J&K Bank, a universal bank in the state of J&K and a specialised bank in the rest of the country, is all set to cross Rs.1 lakh crore business mark ending March 31 this year.