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School education during this Pandemic times have shifted to digital mode and is heavily dependent on smart mobile phones. Underscoring, the e-learning need of school children of the society, mainly coming from lower-income group families, Lanka IOC further stepped up their commitment by way of donation of 100 Samsung make new smart phones to Ministry of Education, GoSL.

Accordingly, today Mr. Manoj Gupta, Managing Director, Lanka IOC handed over this token of donation to Honourable Minister of Education, Mr Dinesh Gunawardana at Ministry of Education, Battaramulla. Hon’ble Minister highly appreciated this responsible corporate gesture of Lanka IOC and thanked for coming forward for the care and concern for underprivileged children of society.

Mr. Manoj Gupta extended his heartfelt thanks to the Hon’ble Minister of Education for giving this noble opportunity and assured them for continued regular empathy and assistance to the best possible extent for such a virtuous cause. Further, he added that our ongoing initiatives are in line with the current need for fighting challenges of COVID-19 and we shall continue to expand our support for the community during these unprecedented challenging times.

As a part of its ongoing efforts to support the Country’s endeavour to mitigate the challenges of the Pandemic, recently Lanka IOC came forward in the distribution of very hygienic dry ration stuff to numerous families of Sri Lanka Welfare Society of the Blind Women (SLWSBW).

Lanka IOC is operating with strong fundamentals and always endeavour for connecting with society in the various CSR activities by way of unique and effective projects that add value to the society.

Lanka IOC Plc Trincomalee Oil Terminal handed over 100 nos School Bags to children of families below the poverty line under the Trincomalee District Samurdhi Programme. This event was organized by the District Secretariat, Trincomalee and was done in the presence of Mr N A A Pushpakumara, Government Agent and District Secretary, Trincomalee. 300 nos of participants attended the programme.

Trincomalee District Samurdhi Children programme conducts various competitions annually for children in Essay Writing, Drawings, Debates, Poem writing and other cultural events in Sinhala and Tamil.

Mr Benoj Paul, VP (Ops & LBP) and Mr T Chiranjeevi, VP (Ops) handed over bags to the winners of the cultural events in the presence of Mr N A A Pushpakumara, Government Agent (GA). The GA and his team appreciated LIOC for extending the support for various welfare events.

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As part of World Environmental day, Lanka IOC , Trincomalee has conducted tree planation programme on 05.06.2017. Around 24 saplings were done at Jetty Road and Main Gate Quarters area.
There was a mass gathering from all sections and around nearly 70 nos were participated .
Sr VP (Ops & LBP ) has addressed the employees on the event and made efforts on creating awareness on environmental issues and its impact on day to day life.

Lanka IOC PLC organizes Medical and Eye Care camp for benefit of flood affected people residing in and around Akuressa. We restored operations of our flood affected RO within 48 hours. Realizing the need for immediate relief for flood affected population, LIOC organized medical camp in which free medicine and spectacles were provided. Local population came in huge number and about 300 people were attended by doctors in the Medical camp, they were provided free medicines and spectacles. Looking at the huge crowd, medical camp has been extended for one more day.

To mark this year’s World Environment Day, let’s make a pledge to use energy more efficiently and help preserve the integrity of our environment. We at Lanka IOC have been fueling this drive by producing energy efficient world class petroleum products that bring maximum efficiency out of your engine. Together, let’s make the environment and the planet, Great Again.

World Environment Day 5th June 2017.

Lanka IOC recently organized a Capability Building Workshop for its dealer network in association with the Management Studies and Commerce Faculty, Sri Jayewardenepura University.

The university’s Entrepreneurship Department Head Rukmal Weerasinghe was involved in designing the course module. Seventy dealers participated in the workshop.

The workshop was inaugurated by Lanka IOC Managing Director Shyam Bohra. In his keynote address Bohra stressed the need for constant upgrading of knowledge through such interactions with top management institutes. He said that knowledge upgrading was equally important for the company’s dealers as it was for its executives since dealers are the real face of the company. Such workshops will help in further improving the brand image of Lanka IOC and help maintain its service leadership position in the country.

Lanka IOC Managing Director Shyam Bohra addresses dealers at the workshop. Entrepreneurship Department Head Rukmal Weerasinghe and Lanka IOC Senior Vice President Siddharth Agarwal look on.

Taken from – Daily News

Another Lanka IOC Free Health Screening Camp in coordination with “Helpage Sri Lanka” was held on 24th November 2016 at Lanka IOC Petrol shed, in Weligama.

Managing Director and Senior Vice President [Finance] Shyam Bohra and Anuj Jain of Lanka IOC handing over the cheque for Rs. 5 million to President Maithripala Sirisena

Lanka IOC PLC, while sharing the grief that the country is going through, due to the inclement weather conditions that has caused large scale devastation in the country, the company contributed a sum of Rs. 5 million to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Presidential Secretariat, in order to help the affected people.

Considering the urgent need at a time of this natural calamity, as a responsible corporate citizen, the company decided to contribute towards this cause. The Employees of Lanka IOC also contributed their one day’s salary towards this worthy cause. The company wishes a speedy resettlement for the affected community.

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We are proud to announce that our Company, under its CSR theme “WE CARE” donated the 3rd Ambulance to the Medirigiriya Base Hospital in the Polonnaruwa District last week.

It was formally handed over by His Excellency President Maithripala Sirisena and Mr. Shyam Bohra MD Lanka IOC to Dr Pramitha Ratnayake Provincial Director of Health Services, Medirigiriya, at the Presidential Secretariat Colombo on Friday, 22nd of April.2016.

Mr. Chandima Weerakkody Honorable Minister for Petroleum Resources Development,
Venerable Clergy in presence of Mr. D. Srivastava(Senior Vice President Lanka IOC)
and other Lanka IOC officials at the inauguration of the Health screening camp
organised by Lanka IOC PLC.

Lanka IOC PLC, acknowledging its responsibility towards the society conducted several Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives under its theme ‘WE CARE’ with several noble programs. In addition to a series of welfare programs including assistance for elders’ homes, renovation of healthcare centre, donation of ambulances, wheelchairs and English education for underprivileged children, Lanka IOC also organised free health camps at different locations all over the Country.

In the recent past, Lanka IOC organised health camps at Katugasthota, Ratnapura, Negombo, Dematagoda, Badulla, Vavuniya, Akurana and has now organised yet another “Free Health Screening Camp” in association with Minister Chandima Weerakkody at the Eliketiya Bimbaramaya Temple in Ahangama – Galle District. The programme began with a religious ceremony with a vow to ensure many more health screening and treatment camps for the entire Sri Lankan community and this was inaugurated by Minister Chandima Weerakkody who is the Minister for Petroleum Resources Development.

Minister Chandima Weerakkody commended Lanka IOC for the initiatives taken through the ‘WE CARE’ projects facilitated by the Company and urged that many more CSR programs needs to be conducted for the community of Sri Lanka. This initiative received a remarkable response and appreciation from all those who patronized the ‘Free Health Screening Camp’. A total of 675 people were screened at the event, in which 477 opted for an eye check-up and 198 underwent general health check-up. Amongst those who availed themselves for the check-up, 424 were recommended for bifocal spectacles whilst 11 were recommended for cataract surgeries – all treatments are provided free of charge by Lanka IOC. In the last one year more than 4200 people have undergone such health check-ups in various camps organised by Lanka IOC.

Some of the participants at the Lanka IOC Free Health Screening Camp held on the 27th
of March 2016.

This medical camp solicited the experience of a team of 14 medical experts from “HelpAge Sri Lanka” including 02 doctors, a nurse, a pharmacist, 02 optometrists and support staff to provide a professional service to the patients. For ensuring proper diagnosis, sophisticated medical equipments were used to screen patients for diabetes, blood pressure, vision and other diseases. Wherever critical illness was diagnosed, the patients were referred to hospitals for further investigation and treatment.

MD Lanka IOC; Mr. Shyam Bohra conveyed that at Lanka IOC we believe public health is an aspect of national wealth through the creation of productive populations who have the mental and physical capacities to contribute to national development goals. Therefore, the Company supports many public health projects every year across the island, targeting underprivileged communities regardless of demographic difference.

More free medical camps are to be scheduled by Lanka IOC during the next financial Year.