The panel of judges for the selection of the best integrated steel plant in the country for the award of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Trophy for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 reviewed the performance of Bhilai Steel Plant on Saturday on a range of enabling parameters.
The panel of judges comprising eminent personalities such as Dr BN Singh, former CMD, RINl, Prof JK Puri, Former Chief Advisor Cost (CAC), Finance Ministry, GOI, Prof PK Sen, chairman of the Steel Technology Centre of IIT, Kharagpur, Prof NK Chaddha, Professor & Head of Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Dr Goutam Dutta, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Dr Rajendra Prasad Singh, Former CMD, Power Grid Corporation, V Shyamsunder, Former MD, Durgapur Steel Plant and Baij Nath Rai, All India president, BMS arrived in Bhilai on October 14. The eminent members of the panel were accorded a warm welcome by M Ravi and senior members of the management team. The panel of judges are accompanied by SK Saluja, Nodal Officer and PMT Secretariat Members, KK Pahuja and B Sudhakar.
On October 15, 2016 the panel of judges visited Ispat Bhavan and viewed a presentation on the performance of the plant and held detailed discussion with the management team of Bhilai Steel Plant on a range of topics.
At the outset M Ravi, Chief Executive Officer, Bhilai Steel Plant welcomed the eminent panel members. All members of the judges praised the work culture and achievements of Bhilai Steel Plant and evinced keen interest in the various aspects of performance of Bhilai Steel Plant. The Panel of Judges opined that Bhilai Steel Plant should bench-mark itself with the best in the world. The dignitaries thereafter had a detailed plant visit and during the course of which they visited Steel Melting Shop-1, Coke Oven & Coal Chemical Department, Plate Mill and URM. During the course of their visit, the members of the panel interacted with National Award Winners at the Rose Garden.
later in the afternoon, the judges viewed presentations on HR, CSR and other parameters at the Bhilai Management Development Centre. They interacted with CSR beneficiaries and went round an exhibition depicting the CSR initiatives of the Plant at the same venue.
The dignitaries also viewed a presentation by a QC team followed by a creative communication skit and QC exhibition. The team also interacted with executive and non-executive employees of the plant.