Atal Mithila Award on birthday of Bharat Ratna AB Vajpayee organised
In Mithila Hind Post organised the Atal Mithila Award on the birth anniversary of the former PM Bharat Ratna, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Padma Shri Udit Narayan Jha, Padma Shri Hans Raj Hans, Deepa Kumar Jha and Aditya Narayan were honored. Arun Jaitley (Finance Minister, GoI) was present as the Chief guest and besides the Bihar Minister, Kapil Ashok (IAS), Piyush Kumar Jha (IAS), 25 people were feted for outstanding contribution in the uplift of Mithila. On this occasion, Arun Jaitley said, Mithila has always been known for education and its indomitable totality and has been completely out of nature resources. Atalji has done a lot of good work for the upheaval and totality of Mithila, which is commendable. Therefore, the Mithila Honor is a praiseworthy effort in the name of Atal ji. Udit Narayan said that the people of Mithila have woken their necks in the countries around the world. In the program, Sharda Sinha sang many popular songs, while Udit Narayan also spellbound songs in Maithili and Hindi. The threat of Mithila in Delhi has shown us to inspire our glorious past with a new generation. The program was concluded by colorful dance poets, along with Udit Narayan ji sang many popular songs with his son Aditya Narayan.
Meenakshi Davar first woman to become Director (HR) of POSOCO
Meenakshi Davar appointed as Director (HR), Power System Operation Corporation limited (POSOCO), becomes first Woman Director on the Board of Power CPSEs. Before selection, she has holding the charge of Executive Director (HR), POWERGRID. She has spent last 35 years working in NTPC and POWERGRID in the HR department. She has handled all aspects of HR like policy, appraisals and promotions, establishment, transfers, industrial relations and manpower planning. She has also been in-charge of Human Resource Development including Training & Development. She is passionate trainer of soft skills herself and has a keen interest in studying human behaviour and psychology. She is a Post Graduate from University of Delhi and an MBA from University of Hull, United Kingdom. Received ‘Women Persona - In WENA of the Decade - Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) Awards 2017’ for contribution to the Power Sector and Public Sector at large across functions like Human Resource, Corporate Social Responsibility, Technical Planning, Resourcing, etc. She has been conferred with Amity Women Achiever Award in the Area of Human Resources by Amity University in March, 2016.
PFCCl, Tata Power-DDl sign MoU to explore scopes in Electricity Distribution Sector
PFC Consulting ltd. (PFCCl), a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation ltd., has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Power Delhi Distribution ltd. (Tata Power-DDl) on Wednesday for jointly exploring opportunities in electricity distribution sector in the country which shall inter-alia include various distribution projects, Network Strengthening, Electrical Mobility, Smart Grid, Smart Metering, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Distributed Energy Resources, Energy storage, Trainings etc. or any other distribution scheme of Ministry of Power (MoP), GoI in various State Discoms/ Utilities and/or in electricity distribution sector worldwide. MoU was executed in the presence of Rajeev Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, PFC, Functional Directors of PFC and senior officials of PFCCl & Tata Power-DDl. Subir Mulchandani, Chief Executive Officer, PFCCl signed the MoU on behalf of PFCCl and Praveer Sinha, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tata Power-DDl executed the MoU on behalf of Tata Power-DDl.
Maldives Prepares for Busy Holiday Period while Scooping Major Travel Awards
The Maldives has won a host of travel industry awards, confirming it as one of the most desirable tourist destinations in the world amid ambitious plans to increase its offering in 2018. The recent awards include the coveted Condé Nast Traveller ‘Best Islands for places to stay award' as well as Best in Travel's ‘Best Holiday Destination', where it came second overall in Asia. The Maldives was awarded 3 World Travel Awards: the ‘Indian Ocean's leading Beach Destination', the ‘Indian Ocean's leading Destination' and the ‘Indian Ocean's leading Dive Destination'. The Maldives also scooped the Reader's Choice Dive and Travel Awards 1st prize for best ‘Dreaming Area'. Commenting on the multiple awards, Minister of Tourism, Moosa Zameer said, “It is such a privilege and an honour to win these prestigious awards. These awards are a symbol of admiration and acceptance of the Maldives by the visitors. A great achievement for the joint efforts and hard work done by the Government and the tourism industry of the Maldives. We will strive to further improve and expand our destination at the same time maintain our brand positioning. The Maldives will remain a unique destination.” He also confirmed that the initiative Visit Maldives had been very successful, resulting in 6.8 per cent growth in tourist arrivals in 2017.
CMD, NHPC meets Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Balraj Joshi, CMD, NHPC and Chairman, NHDC ltd (A Joint Venture Company of NHPC & Govt of Madhya Pradesh) met Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on his visit to Bhopal on 22nd December, 2017. During the meeting, Chief Minister was apprised about the various activities of NHDC and was requested to entrust new projects to NHDC.
NTPC Dadri organises Town Official language Rajbhasha Udyan
Department of Official language, MHA, Government of India constituted Town Official language implementation committee at Dadri and GGM (NTPC Dadri) has been nominated its Chair person. Its first meeting was held at NTPC Dadri on Thursday. In this meeting Secretary Rajbhasha, MHA, Government of India, Prabhas Kumar Jha has been invited as Chief Guest. GGM Dadri chaired the meeting. The Senior officers of around 25 Central Government Offices, PSUs and Banks situated at Dadri, Greater Noida and Hapur has been participated in this meeting. On this occasion chief guest, Jha, Sinha and Senior officials of various Central Government offices have been sapling at ‘Rajbhasha Udyan’.