As many as 502 employees of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) were felicitated on Saturday with the Nehru Awards 2015 at a glittering function held at Nehru House of Culture, Bhilai.
Twenty four executives received the individual Jawahar Award while 57 non-executive employees received the individual Nehru Award. A total of 421 employees in 53 groups received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awards.
The Nehru awards are the highest recognition that the SAIl management confers upon its employees as reward for their exemplary contribution, sincerity and dedication.
The awards were given by S Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer, BSP and Executive Directors of the Plant, lT Sherpa, ED (P&A), PK Sinha, ED (Mines-Rowghat), SK Saha,ED (Mines), PS Bhadauria, ED (MM), SK Jain, GM I/c (Works) and SK Ghosh, GM I/c (Projects). Dr ERC Shekar, former Managing Director, Bhilai Steel Plant graced the occasion as Special Guest.
Congratulating the awardees, S Chandrasekaran expressed his firm belief that the wonderful collective of Bhilai will continue to maintain its position of leadership in the steel industry. “Bhilai has a big role to play in SAIl and the steel industry,’’ he said, adding,``making steel is a tough job’’.