The Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) felicitated three Padma Shri awardees of Odisha as it celebrated its 25th Foundation Day.
Padma Shri Dr PK Jena (science & technology) was felicitated by MCl Director (Technical/Operations) AK Tiwari while Jagriti Mahila Mandal president Dr Nisha Thakur felicitated Padma Shri Tulshi Munda (social service). MCl Director (Technical/Projects and Planning) JP Singh honoured Padma Shri Haldar Nag (poet) in the presence of Director (Finance) KK Parida and Director (Personnel) lN Mishra.
Former MCl CMDs, Dr AS Prasad, SN Sharma, SR Upadhaya and AN Sahay were also felicitated.
later, a performance of Raw Star famed Rituraj Mohanty enthralled the audience who could not stop dancing to the melodies.
A series of programmes to create awareness on various Central Government programmes, performance analysis within the company, promotion of art and cultural are part of the silver jubilee celebrations in the company.