Balasore Alloys donates sewing machines
Baleswar: The Balasore Alloys donated six sewing machines to the inmates of the Baleswar jail on Saturday. Training on tailoring will be provided for a period of three months by a local NGO. District Collector B Parmeswaran inaugurated the training programme and addressed the inmates of the jail. Among others, jail DIG Sunita Sarkar, Baleswar Alloys president Ausumnan Bhanj, its AGM Mr Sanjay Acharya, jail superintendent Surendra Kumar Pattnaik, jailor Manoranjan Pratihari, jail welfare officer Sujata Das and Archana Nandi were present on the occasion.
JSPl gets best CSR award in 2 categories
Angul: The Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl) bagged awards for the best CSR practices in two categories, Sustainable livelihood and Community Health Care at the Odisha CSR Conclave on Monday. JSPl vice-president (CSR and Corporate Communication) Prashant Kumar Hota along with the CSR team received the awards from State Steel and Mines Minister Rajanikant Singh. Hota highlighted different innovative CSR approaches of the JSPl, Angul like Sshodshi, Kishori Express and Watershed Management Practices. The CSR activities at JSPl focus on improving quality of life of the people in the periphery areas as well as the people at large, said Hota.
Sesa Sterlite bags best CSR awards
Jharsuguda: Sesa Sterlite ltd of Jharsuguda was bestowed with two awards in the field of innovative efforts for sustainable growth and support and improvement in quality education in the recently concluded Odisha CSR conclave here on January. Pritam Motilal and Amit Kumar along with Swati Chintagunti received the awards from Steel and Mines Minister Rajanikant Singh. The organisation was bestowed for its innovative cooperative model for sustainable-livelihood opportunities under Project Vedanta Integrated Jan Jivika Yojana (VIJJY) and delivering excellence towards quality education drive through project Vedanta Vidyarthi Vikas Yojana (VVVY).
GMR wins CSR award for livelihood initiatives
Dhenkanal: GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF) won the best CSR Practices Award at a conclave on ‘integrating CSR into strategic managerial processes’ organised by Think Media Inc here on Friday for undertaking exemplary livelihood activities among communities dwelling in the neighbor hood of the GMR Kamalanga Energy limited’s (GKEl) 1400 MW power plant at Kamalanga in Dhenkanal District. GMRVF program leader Jayant Kumar Mohanty received the award from Steel and Mines Minister Rajani Kant Singh. Congratulating the GMRVF team, GKEl president RV Sheshan said he is confident that GMRVF is capable, equipped and committed to fulfil GKEl’s socioeconomic commitments in an exemplary manner in the State.
OPGC receives CSR award
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) received the CSR awarded at the Odisha CSR conclave held here on Friday for its sustainable drinking water project in the periphery villages of Ib Thermal Power Station in Jharsuguda organised by Think Media Inc of New Delhi. OPGC Director (Finance) HP Nayak received the certificate and trophy from the chief guest Steel and Mines Minister Rajanikanta Singh.