Punjab National Bank celebrates spirit of womanhood 

New Delhi: Nation’s leading public sector bank, PNB organised a felicitation ceremony on International Women’s Day to commemorate women employees for their unflinching commitment and standing together as a family in making the banking experience seamless even during the pandemic. The event started with lightning of the ceremonial lamp by Mrs. Janaki Mallikarjuna Rao, President, PNB Prerna, Mrs. Sangeeta Kumar, VP, PNB Prerna, Mrs. Anjana Dube, VP, PNB Prerna and other senior members. The bank felicitated PNB’s women warriors Ms. Akansha Chaudhary, Para Shooter, Ms. Oli Mishra, artist (specially abled) and Ms. Mandavi Garg, musician (specially abled).

As part of its CSR initiative, PNB has collaborated with Thy Kingdom Come Foundation, an NGO based out of New Delhi. The bank has installed Automated Sanitary Pad Vending Machines and electric incinerators at different NGO locations in New Delhi. PNB also gave sewing machines and distributed sanitary pads.

PNB has an illustrious history of 127 years, where women employees have been equal growth partners, who have been the harbingers of transformation and have been a part of the overall growth story. Today, 5.56% of top management of PNB consists of women workforce and 21.27% constitute the clerical staff. Also, the Officer Cadre in Punjab National Bank makes up a whopping 24% of women workforce, from all cadre scale 1 to 8.

Speaking on the occasion, Sh CH. S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao, MD & CEO, PNB said “Over the years, women have played a multifaceted role in in eminently managing their responsibilities. We have seen an increase in women workforce and women entrepreneurs in multiple domains and geographies, yet it is not enough. Our objective is to increase women’s participation and that is only possible when we recreate a more balanced environment.

At PNB, we always aim at providing a more diverse environment and encourage women to move in the right direction. We ensure that parity and diversity are maintained in every layer of the management. It’s time for women to show the renewed element of energy that they can do much better than others.”

This year’s International Women's Day campaign theme “Choose To Challenge” that signifies that women can choose to challenge gender bias and inequality in the world and status quo for betterment and amelioration. The theme is in sync with the ideology of PNB to support women through their multiple schemes like PNB Mahila Udyam Nidhi Scheme, PNB Mahila Samridhi Yojna, Scheme for Financing Creches, PNB Mahila Sashaktikaran Abhiyan and the PNB Power Ride Scheme.