Tata Steel on Friday celebrated the 118th Birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna JRD Tata by paying homage to the legend and organising a host of activities like sports, quizzes, plantation drives, events for the community, etc. across all its operating locations.

Homage was paid to JRD Tata at Sonari airport in Jamshedpur by Ruchi Narendran along with other dignitaries. The celebration was organised in a hybrid mode wherein employees also paid homage virtually through the company’s intranet besides homage in-person at various other locations of the company.

Given JRD’s life-long support for sports, employees and cadets of Tata Steel-run sporting facilities along with other stakeholders across all locations participated in various sporting activities like run, walkathon, badminton, athletics, archery, football, karate, volleyball, etc.

Tata Steel Sports Department organised a walkathon for citizens of Jamshedpur at the JRD Tata Sports Complex. A total of 248 people participated in the event. Additionally, a first-of-its-kind athletics event that included a track and field meet for trans employees was organised at JRD Tata Sports Complex as a run-up to the main event. A total of 52 trans employees participated in the athletics meet.

Students of Tata Steel Karate Training Centre took part in the 2nd Jharkhand State Open Karate Championship on July 27-28 at JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur. The Championship organised by the Jharkhand State Karate Do Association and supported by Tata Steel Sports Department to mark the occasion saw the participation of 52 cadets of Tata Steel Karate Training Centre participated in this Championship.

Tata Steel Foundation organised an Inter-School Football Tournament for Under-14 boys at Agrico ground wherein senior office bearers of Tata Workers’ Union were also present on the occasion.

Sit and draw, essay writing, and painting competitions were organised in Sijua at Jharia Division in which a total of 80 youth from the villages participated. Tata Steel organised plantation drives at Kalinganagar, Meramandali and Noamundi. A blood donation camp was also organised in a few locations to mark the day. The company also distributed aids & appliances to over 30 leprosy patients at SPARSH Centre, Jamadoba. Multi-specialty health check-up camp was also organised by Tata Steel Hospital, Noamundi at Dudhbila Village.

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First commercial flight DIY kit released 

Jamshedpur

As an ode to celebrate the 118th birth anniversary of JRD Tata, Indic Inspirations, Pune’s first Art & Cultural start-up has introduced the First Flight DIY Kit. Reliving the historic journey of Tata Airways First Flight from Karachi to Bombay, this product is a tribute to JRD Tata & his first flight that created Air India. They have also gifted the first of the kits to chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata on this occasion. Working on narrating stories of Institutions of Eminence in India through objects that help relieve historic and inspiring events, Indic Inspirations has built this eco-friendly DIY Kit with a mix of artisanship and pure engineering. This eco-friendly DIY Kit is made of Birchwood ply by the artisans in Mysuru and is built by proud and young designers who saw the scale model project as a way to express their admiration for JRD Tata's work with all the details of the aircraft of this flight from Karachi to Bombay is a collector's item. This model aims to inspire planes, aviation, India’s history, and the legacy of JRD Tata that can be proudly displayed in your house or office.

Sunil Jalihal, founder, and CEO of Indic Inspirations says “It’s our honor to recreate this piece of history, JRD Tata’s historic First Flight for Tata Airlines, and help India’s citizens relive this inspiring event. This eco-friendly DIY kit is made in Birchwood ply by our artisans in Mysuru”.