Milk major Omfed’s Managing Director Bishnupada Sethi will be conferred the prestigious Udyog Rattan Award by the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) at a special ceremony in Mumbai on November 21.
“The IES has proposed to confer the Udyog Rattan Award to your good self for outstanding performance in the field of industrial development of the country,” IES Executive Director Sangeeta Singh has said in a communication.
Along with Sethi, the Omfed will also be conferred the Award for Excellence by the IES.
The past recipients of the honours include business leaders like United Breweries Group CMD Vijay Mallya, Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal, lIC Housing Finance ltd. Managing Director Surita Sharma, NBCC ltd Managing Director Anoop Kumar Mittal Managing Director and JCB India ltd Managing Director Bipin Sondhi.
The New Delhi-based IES is a research-oriented and awareness-promoting organisation, established in 1980 by a group of economists, parliamentarians and industrialists. It confers the Udyog Rattan Award (Jewel of the Industry Award) and Award for Excellence every year to Indian citizens for their outstanding contributions to the economic development of the country.
The selection is done by a panel of judges who are usually eminent citizens with economic backgrounds.
Sethi, who is also the Secretary of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department, has been a pioneer in developing the diary, poultry and animal husbandry sector in Odisha. Due to his efforts, the Omfed is scaling new heights, both on production and profit.
His tireless efforts have given a boost to economic and employment generation in the State.