Mr K Sivagananathan
Mr. Sivagananathan was the eldest son among six children of Mr. Kurunathapillai and wife Rasammah. He was born on 27th April 1935 in Manipay. Both parents being teachers the family was fairly affluent and enjoyed a quality life. He lost his mother when he was only five years old, his sister Amirthagowrinayagi three years old, and brother Saravanapavan six months old. His father remarried in order to ensure proper and healthy upbringing of these children.
His education till secondary stage was in Nadeshwara College, Kankasanthurai. On successful completion of Senior School Certificate examination he left his native village to Colombo with a burning desire to pursue a degree in engineering. But ended up in joining Ceylon Government Technical College for further studies. Due to family circumstances he joined Bank of Ceylon in 1953 at the age of 18, mainly to financially support his family….
K Sivagananathan Memorial Trust
The K. Sivagananathan Memorial Trust (KSMT) is a non-profit organisation mainly dedicated to providing assistance to financially disadvantaged students pursuing higher studies in the field of banking and finance and encouraging them to excel in their examinations to achieve a higher standard to be in par with the developed countries.
The KSMT has distributed cash prizes students who excel in the banking exams and has sponsored needy students to do the entire banking examination and also sponsored gold medal to be awarded at the 15th Convocation of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka held in 2010 to the Youngest Candidate below the age of 24 years who completed the CBF examination with the first attempt.
This year a large number of highest achievers in DBF examination hail from Kadugannawa, Gampola, Neboda, Battiacaloa, Vavuniya, Jaffna, Ambalangoda, Urumpirai, Trincomalee, Wewagama, Nelundeniya, Marawila, Kopay, Valachchenai, Thuththiripitigama, Delgoda etc. Late Mr. K Sivagananathan who agitated to open the IBSL examinations not only to bankers….
