Tata Steel’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) department organises tournaments to promote sports like football, hockey, etc for the overall development of youth in rural areas. To encourage budding talents in hockey, Tata Steel Rural Development Society, one of the operating arms of CSR department, organised a month-long hockey tournament held across 14 places in Jharkhand — Gumla, Simdega, Tamar, Bandgaon, Khunti, Rania, Karra, Kuchai, Chaibasa, Gomardih, Murhu, Manoharpur, Arki and Torpa. More than 4,000 youth participated in the tournament.
The finals of Boys Hockey Tournament, organised from February 9 to 10 at Armoury Ground, Jamshedpur witnessed pulsating and closely contested hockey matches played amongst 18 qualifying teams represented by more than 200 players. Former hockey Olympians, Sylvanus Dungdung and Manohar Topno graced the occasion as the chief guest during the opening ceremony along with all the coaches and managers of the teams.
The chief guests for the closing ceremony, Sampath Kumar, senior consultant from Tata Consultancy Services and Pratap Ramdas, head CSR, Tata Global Beverages gave away prizes to the winners. The guests applauded the initiatives on youth development and sports and suggested that such initiatives should be done on a larger scale. Biren Ramesh Bhuta, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility, Tata Steel, Capt Amitabh, Head Skill Development, Tata Steel, Dilith Castleton, head empowerment, Tata Steel, were present at the function.