Rajesh Kakkar is new Director (offshore) of ONGC
Rajesh Kakkar has taken over charge of Director (Offshore) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Tuesday. As Director (Offshore), he will look afteroil and gas production from ONGC’s offshore fields that contribute 70 per cent and 78 per cent of ONGC’s domestic crude oil and gas production respectively. Kakkar has more than three and a half decades of experience in the various aspects of operations and management in both offshore and onshore fields. Kakkar played a key role in reversing the production trend at Western Offshore in 2015. He has been pioneer of “field-life-cycle maximization” to enhance production from the ageing fields.
NTPC ltd pays Interim Dividend of Rs 2,251.01 crore for FY 2017-18
For the financial year 2017-18, NTPC ltd. has paid an interim dividend of Rs 2,251.01 crore, being 27.30 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of the Company. The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs 1,401.81 crore to Government of India, being the share of Government of India in the interim dividend, was presented by Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC, to RK Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy in the presence of Saptarshi Roy, Director (Human Resources & Finance), AK Gupta, Director (Commercial), SK Roy, Director (Projects), Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Prasant Kumar Mohapatra, Director (Technical) from NTPC ltd. This is the 25th consecutive year that NTPC ltd. has paid dividend.
Maple Assist Inc launches App
Maple Assist Inc. has announced the launch of Maple Assist App, an innovative mobile application which will connect Canada’s four leading colleges with the global student market. It is an effort to boost educational collaboration of leading colleges of Canada, namely Fanshawe College, Durham College, Georgian College and St. Clair College with prospective students from countries like India, China, Philippines, Japan, Brazil and Mexico. The app will be launched on 21st February at Taj Mahal Hotel in New Delhi. The app helps the students access a mine of useful information about any partnered Canadian college and their admission process. In addition to this, relevant information about preparing to settle in Canada, adopting its unique culture, are also provided.
PNB launches new agriculture schemes on Agriculture Conclave day
A two days Agriculture Conclave has been organized by Punjab National Bank at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. The Conclave is based on the theme “Agri Bank with in Bank”. The Conclave was inaugurated by Sunil Mehta, Managing Director & CEO, Punjab National Bank. More than 900 Agriculture Officers of PNB across the country are participating in this GRANDUTSAV. On the occasion, four new schemes viz. Farm House construction & repair, Orchard Purchase, Vehicle purchase for Agriculturist and Smart mobile phone under Dugdh Vikas Yozna were launched. Two Handbooks one on Agriculture Schemes & the other on Financial Inclusion were also launched during the event. While discussing on the theme, Dr Padha, General Manager said that Young minds are like sponges and they are looking for the right input to soak it in and this conclave is an attempt to synergize thepool of High-tech Agriculture Officersof Bank with the ample opportunities available in Agri Financing scenario. Sunil Mehta, Managing Director &CEO, while interacting with the young Agri Bankers said that Great things happen when there is a gathering of great minds.
NlC INDIA CONDUCTS INTENSIFIED VITAMIN A CAMPAIGN A intensified Vitamin ‘A’ campaign organized by Health Department/TA / NlCIl has been inaugurated on February 19 at NlC India General Hospital by Dr Rajeswari, DGS/Medical in presence of Senior Officials from TA Department, Doctors from NlCIl GH and Health Staff/TA.
BIS, IBC & CPWD Organises workshop on “National Building Code of India 2016”
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) jointly with the Indian Buildings Congress (IBC) and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) is organizinga two-day national workshopon “National Building Code of India 2016” on 20 & 21 February 2018. The workshop is aimed to sensitize the state authorities, all local bodies, builders, developers and building professionals for urgent implementation of the recently revised National Building Code of India 2016 (NBC 2016) to ensure that large number of buildings being constructed in the country are functionally efficient and disaster resistant. Inaugurating the workshop, Director General of BIS, SurinaRajan, IAS said that NBC 2016 incorporates comprehensive administrative and technical provisions which can be readily adopted by the local bodies to suitably revise and revamp their building bye-laws. BIS after extensive work for two years through its 22 expert Panels involving around 1,000 experts, has brought out the new state-of-the-art National Building Code in two volumes, totaling 33 chapters.