Over Thirteen thousand vibrant artworks have been scrutinised to choose the greatest baby artists who created the most imaginative drawings to be honored and rewarded with money prizes and certificates at the ‘Arunalu Siththam’ artwork competitors carried out not too long ago by the Commercial Bank of Ceylon.
Of these winners, the 12 younger artists that topped 4 of the 5 age teams that competed in the competitors obtained their prizes at a vibrant ceremony hosted by the Bank at the BMICH.
The Bank launched the ‘Arunalu Siththam Children’s Art Competition 2021’ – the second in the sequence – in October final yr and invited kids between the ages of 4-16 below 5 age classes to submit drawings that illustrate the themes of ‘Our lifestyle,’ (Junior class) and ‘Gifts of nature,’ (Senior class) earlier than twenty fifth November 2021. The classes have been Pre-school (ages 4-5), Primary (ages 6-7), Post Primary (ages 8-10), Junior (ages 11-13), and Senior (ages 14-16). The competitors was open to any baby, whether or not an account holder of the Bank or not. However, in recognition of being an present account holder, particular money prizes are to be awarded, doubling the prize.
The baby artists that took the stage at the BMICH have been the First, Second, and Third positioned winners in the 4 older age teams. These winners have been introduced money prizes of Rs 100,000, Rs 75,000, and Rs 50,000 every, as per their placements.
Although not current at the occasion, the 25 youngest successful contestants in the Pre-school class might be awarded money prizes of Rs 10,000 every and certificates, and one other 50 individuals on this class will obtain Merit Certificates. Additionally, 25 contestants in every of the different age teams will every obtain money prizes of Rs 10,000 whereas one other 50 individuals in every group will obtain Merit Certificates, the Bank mentioned.
The complete of 359 winners together with the prime three in every class in addition to the winners of Awards of Excellence and Merit Awards have been chosen from the entries that have been submitted digitally through www.arunalusiththam.lk, however solely the prime winners have been current at the awards occasion, in order to guarantee security in view of the prevailing state of affairs.
The Bank mentioned all different winners will obtain their certificates via the nearest Commercial Bank Branch and those who have received money prizes may have their winnings credited to their respective ‘Arunalu’ accounts. A complete of Rs 2.5 million in money prizes is to be distributed amongst the winners.
The panel of judges for the competitors included Professor Susiripala Malimboda, retired Dean of the University of the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) who can also be a member of the State Arts Council of Sri Lanka; Mrs Deepa Alahakoon, a Consultant Creative Director (Advertising) and visiting lecturer at the VPA; Mr Lal Jayasekara, Senior Lecturer and the Head of Department of Printmaking at VPA; Mr Sanjaya Seneviratne, skilled artist and a graduate of VPA and Mrs Inoka Edirisinghe, artwork instructor at Royal College Wayamba who can also be a graduate of VPA.
The vibrant awards ceremony was attended by Commercial Bank’s Group Chief Marketing Officer Mr Hasrath Munasinghe, Deputy General Manager – Personal Banking Mr Delakshan Hettiarachchi and representatives of the senior administration of the Bank.
Commercial Bank launched the ‘Arunalu Siththam Art Competition’ in 2017. The flagship kids’s financial savings account of Commercial Bank, Arunalu, after which the competitors was named, gives a better rate of interest for Children’s Savings Accounts and rewards account holders with particular money prizes in the event that they rating the first, second or third highest mixture marks of their faculties at the Year 5 Scholarship Examination.
Sri Lanka’s first 100% carbon impartial financial institution, the first Sri Lankan financial institution to be listed amongst the Top 1000 Banks of the World and the solely Sri Lankan financial institution to be so listed for 11 years consecutively, Commercial Bank operates a community of 268 branches and 938 automated machines in Sri Lanka. Commercial Bank is the largest lender to Sri Lanka’s SME sector and is a pacesetter in digital innovation in the nation’s Banking sector. The Bank’s abroad operations embody Bangladesh, the place the Bank operates 19 shops; Myanmar, the place it has a Microfinance firm in Nay Pyi Taw; and the Maldives, the place the Bank has a fully-fledged Tier I Bank with a majority stake.