A total of 850 employees of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) including those serving in the mines, plant and non-work areas were honoured with 'long service awards’ for 25 years of dedicated service of the company at various functions organised in the Plant on Saturday here. These include 160 executives and 690 non-executive employees who had joined the service in SAIl’s flagship unit, Bhilai Steel Plant in 1989.
At a function held at the Main Assembly Hall of Human Resources Development Centre, BSP CEO S Chandrasekaran, gave away long service award to 81 executives of the rank of Assistant General Manager and above in the presence of Dr S Hiran, Director In-charge (Medical & Health Services), Y K Degan, Executive Director (Works), lT Sherpa, Executive Director (Personnel & Adminintartion), S K Saha, Executive Director (Mines), general managers, President and representatives of Officers’ Association.
Congratulating the executives, Chandrasekaran greeted the officers on achieving this once-in-a-lifetime milestone of 25 years of dedicated service of the Plant. Praising them for their contribution to the growth and progress of the Plant, he said these 25 years were also years in which the company witnessed many ups and downs, facing boom years and recession periods.
Giving valuable tips to the senior executives, Chandrasekaran emphasised on the need to change and evolve with the times and to keep on adding to one’s expertise. He spoke of the challenging times facing the Industry and Company and the role he envisaged for the senior executives. Chandrasekaran urged the executives to freely share their experiences and wisdom with new generation of steel makers, to exercise leadership and to pass on the history and legacy of this great Plant and company to their younger colleagues.
He asserted that SAIl is a great organisation that puts great value on its employees. Dr Subodh Hiran appreciated the loyality displayed by the executives being felicitated. On the occasion, many executives who were felicitated reminisced about their experiences, about what the company has meant to them and wished the best future to Bhilai Steel Plant and SAIl.