A panel of judges for the Prime Minister’s Trophy for Best Integrated Steel Plant for the year 2012-13 comprising former RINl CMD BN Singh, former Deputy MD, Tata Steel T Mukherjee, former CEO Essar Steel JK Tandon, former MD, BSl KAP Singh, PK Sen of IIT, Kharagpur and SK Singh, Dean of Delhi Technical University, arrived here on November 19. They were received at the airstrip by RSP CEO GS Prasad and other senior officers of the steel plant.
On November 20 morning, the panel of judges attended a meeting with Prasad and other senior officers of the plant. During the interaction, the visiting dignitaries expressed happiness over RSP becoming a 4 million tonne plus steel plant and hoped that the plant will achieve further growth in the days to come.
They also advised the RSP collective to ramp up the production from the modernised units quickly and discussed various issues pertaining to future plans, commercialisation of new products, labour productivity, beneficiation of raw material, techno-economic parameters and solid waste utilisation etc. Earlier, Prasad welcomed the gathering and introduced the visiting dignitaries. A presentation was made on this occasion on various aspects of functioning of the steel plant.
Earlier, the dignitaries planted saplings at the Nehru Park accompanied by the CEO and other senior officers. later, the panel of judges visited various units of RSP including the modernised units. The visiting dignitaries went around the township including the Nehru Park. They also witnessed the light and sound show at Indira Gandhi Park. In the evening, a cultural programme was organised in the honour of the distinguished guests. The programme consisted of Odissi performances by the artistes of Debanrutyam and Ispat Kala Parishad. The CEO and many other senior officers of the plant were present.