The World HRD Congress has awarded Jindal Power limited (JPl), a company promoted by Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl), with the prestigious “Best leadership Development Program for Top Management” for the year 2013, at the Asia’s Training & Development Excellence Awards 2013, held in Singapore recently, a company statement issued here on Tuesday stated.
JPl was recognized for the company’s unique HR initiative lEAD (leadership Exploration and Development) designed to build on the Jindal leadership model within the organization to allow its people to innovate, manage uncertainty, and compete effectively in a global environment. The four core elements of the programme aim to achieve the following:-
1. lead people in meritocracy with respect and care
2. Act with utmost integrity and loyalty.
3. Uphold our social responsibility through sustainable development.
4. Achieve business excellence through process rigour, strategic thinking and innovation.
Sanjay Kumar General Manager ( Corporate HR), JSPl received the award on behalf of the company. Rajeev Bhadauria, Group Director – HR, JSPl stated, “Our leadership programme lEAD is about exploring the leader within each one of us through a field and forum approach based on learning principles combining experience, exposureand education.
It is an organisational initiative which combines individual development plan along with the organisational development potential. While the award is definitely recognition, the true reward is the joy from within, through this exploratory journey.” JPl is setting up India’s first mega power project in the private sector at Tamnar in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh.
The company is making an investment of US$ 2.5 bllion (Rs. 13,410 crore) towards its capacity expansion plans, by setting up an additional 2400 MW thermal power plant at Tamnar (Chhattisgarh). Jindal Power limited has signed an MoU with the State Government of Jharkhand to set up a 2640 MW thermal power plant. In the hydro sector, the company has signed agreements for 6100 MW projects in Arunachal Pradesh in a joint venture with the Hydro Power Development Corporation of Arunachal Pradesh limited (HPDCAPl).