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The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, a nonprofit organization that places college students from the United States and other countries in internships, has recognized Rokas Beresniovas, a vice president for business development, at the State Bank of India (California), with an Internship Supervisor Award.

The award was presented at the spring 2016 Internship Supervisor Award Reception in Washington, DC, on April 20.

Beresniovas, a columnist for The American Bazaar, is one of the Washington Center’s more than 500 internship supervisors.

“We have been working with The Washington Center for a couple of years now and they always match us with the most professional interns from all over the world who are eager to learn and get business experience with us,” he said. “What we focus is on is providing our interns with experiences that befit their time living in the capital city of the United States and the seat of a major world power.”

Beresniovas added:“In addition to hands on experience working with a number of projects related to their interests, we also encourage them to attend professional development opportunities at think tanks, international organizations, major corporations, and on Capitol Hill because we are fortunate to have such resources all consolidated in this amazing city. We want our interns to grow as professionals, not simply come to the bank to serve as an extra set of hands.”

According to the Washington Center, Beresniovas was nominated by interns: Calvin Pratama from Earlham College, Zixiao Nie from Tsinghua University and Jasmeet Kaur Sandhu from Mount Royal University.

With 70 full-time staff and more than 50,000 alumni, the Center is the largest program of its kind, says it website. Read more.

WASHINGTON DC NETWORKING EVENT

Join us for an evening of networking with business, community and government leaders

Thursday, April 28, 2016
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania
2622 16 St, NW Washington DC

 Host Committee

Kathy Bailey – Bailey Law PC
Rimvydas Baltaduonis – Washington DC Lithuanian-American Community
Rokas Beresniovas – State Bank of India (SBIC)
Živil? Kriš?i?nien? – Washington DC Lithuanian Professionals’ Club
Agnia Grigas – The Atlantic Council
Neal Gupta – Kiwi Tech
Seth Price – Price Benowitz LLP
Amy Fisher Bruey – World Learning
Heather Louise Finch – SmartCEO

The event is graciously hosted by the Lithuanian Ambassador to the US, H.E. Rolandas Kriš?i?nas as part of a benefit for the youth ensemble “Juosta.” Lithuanian folk traditions are over 1000 years old, and Juosta ensures that Lithuanian-American youth in the greater DC area learn and preserve traditional Lithuanian folk dances.

Please join us to meet other professionals in DC and support this wonderful cause.

Drinks and refreshments will be provided.

Entrance donation is $30 (tax deductible as a charitable donation)

Please register here: https://goo.gl/4HkzJG

All students and academic staff are kindly welcomed to meet businessman Rokas Beresniovas (vice-president, State Bank of India, USA) on March 30, 2016, Room III-610. Rokas studied marketing in Lithuania and USA. He started his carrier in US as manager, was awarded many times for excellence in the region. In 2006 he started working in one of US banks and now he is one of the leaders in this sector.

Discussion will be held in English and Lithuanian. Read more.

Agenda of meeting

For more information:

Assoc. prof. Jolita Greblikait?, tel. +37061644615, jolita.greblikaite@asu.lt

Director of IBRDM dr. Jan Žukovskis, jan.zukovskis@asu.lt

Dean of FEM prof. Astrida Miceikien?, astrida.miceikiene@asu.lt

Rokas to host a Networking & Scholarship Benefit Reception for the Global Tassels at The Embassy of Ivory Coast USA

Rokas was selected as a SmartCEO 2016 for the Washington Executive Management Awards.

State Bank of India (California) was ranked 13^th in Small Business Administration loans in the Washington, DC, metro area in 2015 fiscal year by Washington DC Business Journal’s Book of Lists.

SBI (California), the only subsidiary in the United States of an Indian bank, was established in 1982. The bank has branches in California and Washington, DC.

The Washington branch, which offers both personal and commercial banking, was opened in 2009.

Business Finance Group Inc. is the top lender in the region, followed by Wells Fargo Bank and Eagle Bankcorp Inc. The other two in the top five are SunTrust Bank Inc. and M&T Bank.

“We are thrilled to be ranked with such established banks in the community as Sonabank, BB&T and others, especially since we have been in this market for only a couple of years,” Rokas Beresniovas, a vice president, who is in charge of implementing strategic business plan for SBI California, told the American Bazaar.

Sonabank was ranked 14^th, a notch below SBI California, and BB&T was placed 16^th by Book of Lists, which provides listings of hottest area companies in different fields by ranking.

“We are proud to be a leading SBA lender in the community for small businesses and for being amongst such great companies,” Beresniovas said. “Our most recent small business loans created dozens of jobs in the community and helped small businesses to expand and grow. We look forward to continued success in 2016.”

In an interview last February, Beresniovas had said that SBI California had done loans from $50,000 to $300,000 generally.

In the Los Angeles area, SBI (California) was ranked 40^th in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015. Read more.

Rokas received an award from the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry recognizing him as the best mentor in the U.S.

Rokas received The Washington Center’s Spring 2015 Internship Site Supervisor Award for providing transformational experiences to young leaders.

The Money Manager Awards program honors bankers, wealth managers and investors who have demonstrated unrivaled commitment to their clients. They have selflessly dedicated their time, effort and financial savvy to helping their clients navigate and manage the complex financial landscape of their lives and businesses. These individuals serve as trusted financial partners and represent the best and brightest in the region. Finalists will be chosen by an independent committee of local business leaders, profiled in the September/October issue of SmartCEO magazine, and celebrated at an awards event in October where the winners will be announced live.