Bokaro Steel Plant (BSl), a unit of Maharatna SAIl, has been conferred with the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Award-2014 in the Domain Excellence of Corporate Social Responsibility. The Commendation for Significant Achievement in CSR was handed over to BSl at the Awards Ceremony at le Meriden Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi by Meenakshi lekhi, Member of Parliament in the presence of Prakash Javedkar, Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, YC Deveshwar, Chairman CII-ITC Centre of Excellence of Sustainable Development and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General CII.
On behalf of Bokaro Steel Plant, the award was received by VK Singh, GM (CSR and l&A) and HM Jha, AGM (CSR). On their return to Bokaro, they presented the award to CEO, Bokaro Steel Plant Anutosh Maitra in the presence of Executive Director (P&A) Shitanshu Prasad. Maitra congratulated team Bokaro for this achievement and urged them to continue on their mission of bringing excellence in all their activities.
Instituted in 2006, the CII-ITC Sustainability Awards recognise and reward excellence in businesses that are seeking ways to be more sustainable and inclusive in their activities. Winners of this Award are India's Most Sustainable - role models that inspire all business to follow suit. Bokaro Steel Plant had applied for this award in domain excellence of CSR. A three-member team of assessors visited the plant in October this year to assess important CSR projects undertaken by the plant. On the basis of their assessment, the plant was recommended for this coveted honour.