Banking and Economy competition was organised by Canara Bank
Srinagar: Abrar Ul Mustafa, a young Kashmiri banker and author from Sanoor Kalipora of Budgam district, has brought laurels to Kashmir.
Mustafa has won second prize in English poetry and fourth in English Essay. The contest was organised by All India Shreyas, under the aegis of Canara Bank, a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).
Mustafa won the prizes for his poem “Snow and Sorrow” and his essay “New Strategies for Banking Avenues”. The results were declared in the organisation’s Result Declaration Memo on Thursday.
Shreyas is a pan India contest organised once every year in a number of categories. Shreyas is a reputed name in the field of writing pertaining to Banking and Economics. Apart from Shreyas, Mustafa has a number of awards and accolades to his name. He writes for a number of newspapers and websites. He is one of the lead columnists of Business Kashmir.
Talking about the award, Mustafa said: “I am feeling happy and this has encouraged me to write more.”
Mustafa works in the Middle Management of Canara Bank which is the third-largest PSU bank in the country.