Ministry of Power, Government of India has endowed the ‘Best Nodal Officer’ Award to Ashok Kumar, Chief (HR) of Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation (NHDC), Bhopal constituted for organising Painting Competition as part of the Energy Conservation Campaign, 2015.
The Performance Award was given for showing the highest percentage increase in Students’ Participation over previous year, amongst all States in the Country. The State of Madhya Pradesh had registered a whopping 28 lakh students from more than 1.23 lakh Schools which was the highest in the Country.
The Award was received by Ashok Kumar, Chief (Humar Resources), NHDC from Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/c) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, Government of India on Monday at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Painting Competition was organised for School children in Two Categories; Group A: Class IV, V & VI and Group B: Class VII, VIII & IX with the objective of putting across the message of Energy Conservation to young pupils and general public at large.
Besides, the NHDC limited was conferred second time consecutively the best ‘HR Excellence’ award in the Second India Today Group PSU Survey.
The award was received by Gopal Prasad Patel, Chief Executive Director, NHDC limited from Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications & Information Technology and law and Justice, Government of India and Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/c) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, Government of India on Monday in New Delhi.
The evaluation was based on a comprehensive survey of Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) across four segments- Maharatna, Navaratna, Miniratna and Other PSUs. It is an attempt to find out which of the country’s PSUs are contributing to the most towards various aspects of nation building.
The Awards in eight categories recognise significant and specific roles played by PSUs in India’s economic development and industrialisation.