A workshop was held at BSL's Ispat Bhavan with the aim of making BSL officials and suppliers of BSL aware of GEM (Government e Marketplace ). The workshop was inaugurated jointly by BSL Executive Director (Personnel and Administration) Mukul Prasad, Executive Director (Materials Management) VK Pandey and Executive Director (Finance and Accounts) DKSaha. On this occasion GEM Deputy CEO Nirmal Kumar and Director (Operation) Amar Sharma, Chief General Manager (MM) FR Azmi and BK Chaudhary, General Manager (MM) Anil Kumar and SP Singh were present. Addressing the workshop, Mukul Prasad and other officials stressed the need for purchasing materials through the GEM portal. Officials of GEM also gave detailed information about this, underlining the imperative of purchasing by government institutions through this portal. BSL officials participated in the first session of the workshop and in the second session BSL suppliers were informed about purchasing from GEM. Finally Anil Kumar proposed a vote of thanks.