In a function held at SCOPE, Steel Authority of India ltd.’s (SAIl) Director (Finance), Anil K Chaudhary, Director (Technical), SS Mohanty and Director (Commercial), Binod Kumar felicitated SAIl employees, who have won 15 out of the total 28 prestigious Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) for the performance year 2013.
Out of the total 132 awardees, 86 awardees are from SAIl, who claimed majority of the awards.
The Vishwakarma Rashtriya Awards are a public recognition of outstanding achievements and innovations on the part of the workers in increasing productivity, quality, safety, working conditions, etc.
The awards are given to individuals belonging to Industrial Undertakings both in the public and private sector.
Earlier, Minister of State for labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Bandaru Dattatreya presented the Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) to the awardees at a special ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan on September 17.
It is noteworthy that the estimated annual savings resulting from implementation of the innovative works mentioned in SAIl’s award winning projects are approximately over Rs117.12 crore (Recurring) & Rs86.39 crore (One time).