To mark the Engineers’ Day, Nalco CMD TK Chand has announced Green Awards for Engineering Excellence. He was addressing the engineering fraternity here at a function organised by the Ever Green Forum on Tuesday.
The 1st prize would carry a purse of Rs2 lakh and a citation while the 2nd prize shall have Rs1 lakh and two third prizes of Rs50,000 each for the recipients.
The function was attended by State Commerce & Transport Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi and MP Prasanna Patasani, senior IIT Professors, among others.
“The awards for engineering excellence shall be our humble tributes to the engineers for introduction and adoption of green technology in the industrialisation of Odisha,” Chand said.
Intellectuals and NGOs associated with green initiatives have appreciated the Nalco’s gesture. Notably, the Nalco spends around Rs190 crore per annum in pollution control and environment protection measures, some of its latest initiatives including sponsoring publication of book on aquatic plants in Eastern India and urban plantation by the side of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack NH, entailing an expenditure of Rs 2.5 crore.