In pursuit of corporate excellence, sometimes we overstretch ourselves to a point of no resilience. So, yoga is a must as a corporate culture to attain physical wellbeing and mental peace,” said Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand.
The Navratna company joined the nation-wide celebration of the International Yoga Day on Tuesday in its plants and offices. At Bhubaneswar, the company, in association with the Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari, organised a practical demonstration of common protocols of yoga for its employees in the morning session. The Yoga Mahotsav Samiti and the Nalco Mahila Samiti organised a separate session for the family members of the employees in the evening.
JSPl celebrates Yoga Day
Angul: The JSPl celebrated the International Day of Yoga with a mass yoga session on Tuesday. Hundreds of employees with their families and local villagers participated in the yoga session, organised at Jindal Nagar under the guidance of yoga Guru Swami Satyabindu Saraswati. The yoga Guru guided the participants with different yoga postures and explained its benefits. More than a hundred regular yoga practitioners were awarded for their dedication and determination towards yoga.
JSPl executive director and Angul location head Dinesh Saraogi, chief technical officer Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyaya, executive director (project) Bharat Rohra and Jindal Mahila Samiti president Sujata Saraogi participated in the camp, organised under leadership of vice-president (HR&ES) CD Mathew.
Coalminers join yoga camps
Sambalpur: Coalminers began their day with yoga at 34 Yoga and Vayamshala Kendras set up by the MCl across its townships to celebrate the International Yoga Day.
MCl CMD AK Jha inaugurated a special five-day yoga camp at the company headquarters here while GMs or Heads of various areas and units in Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur and Angul inaugurated the camps at their centres. MCl employees and their family members participated in the camps.
“I feel Yoga will help reduce stress in life and cope up with work pressure which has increased various lifestyle diseases these days,” the CMD said, advising all the employees to perform exercises regularly to stay fit and healthy.
Chief Vigilance Officer Deepak Srivastava and Finance Director KK Parida were prominent among the senior officers performing yoga under the guidance of an instructor at the company headquarters.
NTPC holds series of activates on Yoga Day
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Kaniha celebrated the International Yoga Day on Tuesday by organising a series of programmes.
A fitness walk followed by a yoga session by experts from the Vivekananda Kendra here were organised with large number of employees of the NTPC and its associates and members of the participating in the events. Talcher Kaniha executive director NK Kothari suggested all the participants to make yoga as part of their life to stay fit and healthy. On the occasion, a yoga centre named Vivekananda Yoga Centre was inaugurated. The centre would be dedicated to the interested people who want to avail the facility.
A lecture on ‘Yoga a way life’ and essay writing and debate competitions among schoolchildren were held to spread more awareness on celebration of the day.