An International Seminar on Digital HR for Capacity Building in Metals & Mining Industry was organized on 2023 at Management Training Institute (SAIL), Ranchi by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL-CIL), Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL), Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) in association with National HRD Network, Ranchi Chapter Date 12 - 13 April. The seminar was concluded on 13 April 2923 in the presence of distinguished guests in the MTI Auditorium.
Two technical sessions were organized on the concluding day in the morning in a packed auditorium of MTI, in which engaging presentations and in-depth discussions were held on topics such as SMAC Technology Adoption in Large Organizations and Immersive Employee Experience. After that Sanjeev Kumar, ED (HRD) welcomed Chief Guest of the program Soma Mondal, Chairman, SAIL by an ethnic traditional clothing and a memento. In his welcome address, Kumar welcomed all the guests and emphasized on adopting the best technology discussed in the seminar in future. He also said that only by learning can a person remain young.
Puneet Sharma, CO (C&IT), SAIL expressed his views on the performance of e-Gallery and asked to take forward the issues discussed in the seminar. Syed Javed Ahmad, CR(CMMG), SAIL summarized the two-day seminar and briefed about the progress in the field of AI. Shri Gaurav Kumar Singh, ISP, Burnpur discussed the benefits derived from the sessions.
Kumar Sanjay Savarni, MP, MTI gave information about the technical papers received in the seminar and announced the names of the winners and runners-up. SAIL CMO's team consisting of Arif Khan and Sachin Narang won the full paper competition, while the teams from Bokaro Steel Plant and XISS and Bhilai Steel Plant were runners-up in the same category.
ISP, Burnpur's team consisting of S.R.Das, Deepak Kumar and R.S. Pandey won the winner's award in e-gallery. In this category, teams from RDCIS and Bhilai Steel Plant and Hindalco were runners-up. The winners and runners-up were awarded by the Director (Personnel), SAIL.
Speaking on the occasion, KK Singh, Director (Personnel), SAIL discussed the essential elements in making organizations excel and highlighted the changing expectations of the employees. He emphasized on India's leadership in Industry 4.0. SAIL President Smt. Soma Mandal in her speech highlighted the importance of human resources and said that the organization runs on human resources only. She called for instilling faith in digital in human resources. She also said that the tendency to learn should not end here.
Md. Yusuf Hussain, Secretary, National HRD Network, Ranchi Chapter proposed the vote of thanks.
Thereafter Chairman SAIL visited the Pilot Plant of Waste Utilization located at Ispat Bhawan. N. Banerjee, ED (RDCIS) explained to her the tremendous potential of Carbon Sequestration, thereby reducing carbon footprints for SAIL.
After this Mondal inaugurated the Electronic Drawings & Documents Management System in CET. As part of the continuous efforts to enhance the capabilities of project management and drawing management at Center for Engineering & Technology (CET), SAIL has joined hands with M/s Wrench Solutions to implement their Electronic Drawing and Document Management System (EDDMS).
Soma Mandal, Chairman, SAIL graced the occasion and inaugurated the EDDMS. Jagdish Arora, Executive Director, CET highlighted the advanced features of the system like automated workflows, collaborative working, vendor drawing submission and approval, dashboards and dynamic reports.
The next event was the Chairman's address to all employees of SAIL Units at Ranchi.