Steel Authority of India Limited, Management Training Institute (SAIL, MTI) signed an MoU with Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) on Monday for ‘Outbound Leadership and Team & Synergy Building and Virtual Employee Engagement Programs’ Learning & Development Initiative.
Chanakya Chaudhary, chairman TSAF and vice president (corporate services), Tata Steel and Kamakshi Raman, executive director HRD, SAIL signed the MoU in presence of Hemant Gupta, head, TSAF and Dr Parasuram Shaw, (CGM HRD from SAIL, MTI) both signing as witness. The MoU signing ceremony was held virtually to ensure safety amidst COVID-19 pandemic.
Chaudhary said “MoU represents successful collaboration between SAIL and TSAF. Leadership and collaboration lessons learnt from TSAF courses creates a high impact within the teams and individuals. Together, we will continue to develop effective interventions for learning & development including virtual programs and can be executed in the new normal working environment considering COVID-19 pandemic.”
This Learning & Development intervention under this MoU will be for all SAIL plants and units. The interventions shall be designed in line with SAIL’s requirements, recognizing the changing needs and different leadership requirements across different levels. The professionally trained outbound training experts from TSAF, including Hemant Gupta, Premlata Agarwal, Everesters and under mentorship of Bachendri Pal, will steer these interventions with the motto that no classroom is better than nature and no teacher is better than your own will. The participants while living in the woods and breathing under the stars in high altitude ranges will learn leadership skills and values that are going to serve them and the organisation they work for. The experiential learning programmes will help in promoting confidence, self-awareness, creativity, tolerance and other leadership qualities.