MUMBAI: State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the launch of ‘YONO 20 under Twenty’ to recognise and reward young achievers below 20 years of age across 10 diverse fields such as sustainability, performing arts, acting, entrepreneurship or innovation, sports, global Indian, disability champion among others. The campaign aims to establish SBI as most preferred bank for the youth.
SBI had kicked off the YONO 20 Under Twenty initiative in October 2018 by identifying 100 young individuals who have gone way beyond enjoying their teen age and visualised changing the world. The list of 200 boiled down to 60 with 30 male and 30 female nominees. These nominees were short listed by an esteemed jury panel of eight eminent personalities including Bollywood actresses Soha Ali Khan and Dia Mirza; sports journalist and author Boria Majumdar; Microsoft India MD Sashi Sreedharan; NPCI MD and CEO Dilip Asbe; and social media influencer Mallika Dua, among others. The entire process was managed independently by audit firm KPMG.
Jury members shortlisted three names (3 males and 3 females) under each category. Eventually, one winner will be picked from each category. Winners will be decided by an online public voting process that will open from 14 January and will close on 27 January 2019. People can vote for their favourite nominees by logging on to www.yonosbi20under20.com.
The 60 nominees for this grand event include names like Bollywood actors Faisal Khan, Zaira Wasim, athlete Hima Das, cricketer Prithvi Shaw, global Indian Sparsh Shah, to name a few. Winners will be felicitated and conferred with the awards at a grand ceremony on 4 February 2019 in Bengaluru.
SBI MD, corporate client group and IT Arijit Basu said, “YONO 20 Under Twenty is SBI’s endeavor to strengthen bank’s appeal and connect with the youth and we are very excited to host this unique concept. We believe these winners would positively influence, encourage and motivate the youth of India to dream big and become great innovators. It is a matter of pride for SBI to celebrate these young achievers who can make India proud. Achievers are not born with everything magical, it is the result of their effort, ideas and faith that makes them successful and we at SBI would like to congratulate them and wish them all the very best for their inspiring work and making India proud”.
