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STEPPING INTO SILVER JUBILEE YEAR

HEcurrentissueofthenewsle erisreachingyou
Ton the first day of the year 2019. Let me wish all
ofyouaVeryHappyNewYear .

2019 is a special year for IDRBT for it marks the
beginning of the Silver Jubilee Celebra ons of the
Ins tute, which was established by the Reserve Bank
of India in the year 1995. It is unique in the sense that
thereisnoothercentralbankacrosstheglobe,which
has set up an ns tute exclusively for research and
I
development in banking technology. Living up to the
expecta ons of the visionaries who conceived the
idea, the Ins tute has been working in the niche area
towards very high standards by posi oning itself at
theintersec onofacademiaandindustry.
March 2019. During this launch, we will also be
Some of the major events during the year 2018
inaugura ng the addi onal floor under construc on,
reflect the recent achievements of the Ins tute. The
whichwillbecalledastheSilverJubileeBlock.
Ins tute’s journal, formally launched in July 2017,
has seen three issues so far and the fourth issue is set As part of the year-long celebra ons, we plan to have
to be published in associa on with the reputed academic, social and cultural ac vi es lined up ll
publisher, Springer. A Memorandum of March 2020, when we will have the grand finale of
Understanding was signed with IIT Hyderabad for thecelebra ons.
joint Ph. D. programme and a student has enrolled
While celebra ng twenty-five years of an Ins tute, it
with IDRBT. As part of the Memorandum of
is essen al to acknowledge the contribu on of
UnderstandingwithCentralUniversityofHyderabad,
several people who worked for its success in various
a block in the name of IDRBT is under construc on,
capaci es at various points in me. But for them, the
founda on stone for which was laid during 2018. An
Ins tute would not have achieved whatever it did
Interna onalConference,aDoctoralColloquiumand
during the past several years. Thanks to each and
an Innova on Contest were organised during the
everyone who has been associated with IDRBT in
year, as has been the prac ce during the past few
somewayortheother.
years. Ac vi es of all the bank forums have been
enhanced. The coming year is a year to cherish, celebrate,
contemplate and commit ourselves to con nue to
It is in this background that we are stepping into the
contribute.
new year,during which weareplanning to launch the
IDRBT Silver Jubilee celebra ons in the first week of GoodTimesareAheadofUs.

Place: Hyderabad
Date: January 01, 2019 (Dr. A. S. Ramasastri)

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