Tahir, a Senior Technician working in the Ingot Mould Foundry Shop of IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur has been declared as the best Mould Maker of the Eastern region in the 25th Eastern Regional Workskills Competition organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Eastern Region from 5-9 February at Kolkata.
Tahir stood first in the Category II (Mould Making) and will be representing Eastern Region in the national level competition to be held soon, IISCO officials informed.
Tahir (47) is a second generation employee of the Company who had joined at Kulti Work way back in 1984 as General labour. He cut his teeth at the General Casting Shops and soon became an asset for his managers due to his exceptional dedication in giving best quality output. The mould coatings prepared by him are of exceptionally high quality making way for production of best quality ingot moulds, said Rabindra Nath Pradhan, his senior official who too was at Kulti earlier and has seen him blossoming from a novice to an exceptionally highly skilled member of his team.