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o Dear Ekambaram Sir and
all others who enjoyed Bihar and others who had heard of Bihar... I too had my
share of precious posting in Bihar at some hardship centers...may be the
hardship any I could encounter f with my determination. and the instantaneous
support i Used to receive from the Management , members of staff at my Branches
and the Association members occasionally plus the strength and power provided
by my spouse who was with me there ...of course it was an experience for many
young Officers from Southern states and Gujarat or Maharashtra etc to see Bihar
the large geographical area with varied culture, potential, scope for financial
development through Banking, It would be impossible for anybody in South India
to imagine a place like Bihar with such gift of nature having tribal areas
filed with thick forests, water flows and supply of water from Ganges, eternal
supply of mineral products, etc from various places having the natural
potential. It was perhaps the Bank’s policy to post different persons in proper
places at Bihar based on requirements and a few of them got opportunities and
occasions tio shine and other got chances to learn and make use of the
experiences later in life. May be the Association or Mr Singh whose names were
heard there could not do much for the ever increasing inflow of young officers
coming from various states. With difference in Geographical locations , the vocational
advantage etc each place had its
potential. A few of us were selected for such unbanked centers like Majhgaon
Singhbhum Dist,, , Kuchai,,Singhbhum, cut off from the Regional Office or Area
Office and our parent homes ...Tamilnadu,,, and the Branches grew themselves.
Incidentally I may recollect. we got opportunities to be present for Mangers
meet or conference at Jamshedpur periodically...where we had a good Madrasi
Sammelani. You could get good Masala Dosai, Iyer meals, Maami Filter Coffee,etc
the r mess or hotel was run by some Palghat people who are known for cooking.
Also we could see an ocean of Tamilians, Malayalis etc coming there daily for
some function, entertainment,etc, and to the nearby Ayyappa temple..So, visit
to Jamshedpur occasionally was enjoyed being away from the rural unbanked centers
for a few days... Anyway the efforts , attempts, accomplishments and desires of
Mr Ekambaram were well recognized by the Bank and that he feels satisfied
having spent a purposeful tenure and life in Bihar. I endorse all his views and
would like to add that I learnt a lot from being in Bihar ..and of course
breaking or bending rules are applicable anywhere in the world where any
business thrives.Ofcourse it is true in Management circles rules are applied
for certain cases but not strictly followed in the case of others. Mr.
Ekambaram has set an example and eye-opener for the future generation of
Bankers ...young and energetic..coming to Bihar on transfer from other states
of India , and also to the local Bihar Officers posted there But I noticed a
change recently when I went to one of the Branches in Chennai city I was told many
persons from Bihar are posted in Tamilnadu, When I enquired about their feeling
happy in Chennai the expression was not clear being just new to Chennai. I told
one of the officers Chennai is a good place to live ,,but you may find the
language Tamil or English difficult to learn for a little time and your type of
food sukka rotti, , alu, piyaj, singada, etc on roadside also are available in
many places in the City in addition to the South India specialties which you
may taste and like. May be our conditions of life in Bihar with no electricity,
communication through transport, Medical facilities, , were unique and things
would have improved in those places,,,,and the persons posted in such hardship centers
always dreamt of getting good postings in places like Ranchi, Patna etc..places
which were recognized as good places those days..and however completed their
term or tenure or experience in Bihar and came back successfully adding a title
of Bihar returned along their names... which allowed them to face any type of
situation anywhere in India, Mr. Ekambaram I have broken the rules of English
language , Grammar ,etc by not making paragraphs, following Grammar , idiom,etc
as this is written in a hurry to express my heartfelt feelings. Many others who
were in the Area Office or Regional Office who are since in this group would
perhaps agree with my spontaneous words expressed herein, Thank you Ekambaram DakshinaSir,,,
I stay near your house in Chennai,,,Bye
o
o 
Ekambaram Dakshina You reminded me
of Madrasi Sammelani, the canteen inside providing authentic South Indian food,
your happiness of coming to Jamshedpur etc. You also revived the memory of our
wives working as unpaid staff of our great bank and our residence serving as...See More
o 
Vijayaraghavan P Sir...I have
worked at Adityapur Ind Estate br, Bistupur, etc and Chaibasa also...There was
no Regional Office at Jamshedpur then... we had the District Manager at
Chaibasa...One Dr Rai was there ...my acquaintance.....others like KE Sundaram,
KC Hariharan,etc,,,and AB Salkar...etc..All happy days at Bihar..Wish we were
born in Bihar...Some of my bosses...Sri DN Prasad, Mr. Sood, Mr. NV
Subramanyam, Sri AK Raghavan, S.Ramanathan, AV Ramanathan, etc and of course
Sri V,Kannan, Mr PH Ravikumar, PR Kalyanaraman,, K.Gopalan,Mr Mihir Madan, Mr
KR Unni,Mr. K.V.Kalyanraman, Mr P S Sridhar, , Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, and many
others.......I forget some names....since it ws 4 decades ago I was there
o 
Janaki Mani Too good. We are
mistaken and quoted by colleagues as being emotional nuts but truth is being a
lover of mankind and wanting to touch as many people as possible we tend to
take such decisions.
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