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The Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launching the SAIL Steel’s ‘SERVICE’ portal, in New Delhi www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 01 EVENTS Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

Quick stabilisation of pre-1947 NRL set up Skill Development Training Center Talcher mines possible with local support MCL ahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has taken up work of Msand stowing in Talcher mines on top priority, which will be carried out with the active support from local population in removing approach congestions for sand transportation to the pre- RL set up a Skill Development Training Centre in the name of 'Santhigiri NRL Institute of independence underground network. Paramedical Science' in Guwahati in partnership with Kerala based Santhigiri Ashram. Chief Minister of Assam formally inaugurated the institute with 89 students from nearby MCL has engaged Central Institute for Mining and N underprivileged families. With the establishment of this institute, NRL aimed at providing ample job Fuel Research (CIMFR), Dhanbad, to carry out the opportunities in the AYUSH wellness sector. scientific study for assessing the present status of long term stability of all underground workings of Talcher coalfields. In Talcher, the underground Indian Oil ranked one of worlds most valuable brands mining operations started in 1928 at Handidhua ndian Oil has entered the coveted list of the Global 500 list of the world’s most valuable Colliery, Deulbera Colliery & Talcher Colliery, and strongest brands across sectors for the year 2020. The list was released at the which became inactive in year 1998, 2006 and IWorld Economic Forum in Davos by Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent 2018 respectively. brand valuation consultancy.

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SAILParticipates AdvancedTechnologyInfusionforEfficiency SJVNContributesRs1Crtowards inpurvodayaprogram EnhancementinEnergySector ChiefMinisterReliefFund

AIL has kick-started it's participation cheque amounting to Rs. One in "Purvodaya" program through a Crore towards Chief Minister Relief special incentive scheme to boost S Fund was presented to Chief industral setup around it's steel plant and A achieve holistic socio-economic Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jairam development. Named " Ispaati Ilakon ka Thakur by CMD, SJVN, Shri Nand Lal Vikas: SAIL ke Sath", the scheme aims to Sharma, at Shimla. On this occasion, encourage steel based clusters by offering other senior officials from SJVN and special pricing, special commercial terms, Government of Himachal Pradesh were ready availability of input, easy financing hri Anil Kumar Jha, Chairman, Coal India Limited also present. support and technical know-how to local inaugurated a National Symposium on “Advanced MSMEs. STechnology Infusion for Efficiency Enhancement in Energy Sector” in Kolkata. It was organised by IIT (ISM) Alumni Association & Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad in technical collaboration with RMIT University and CSIRO Australia. Addressing the participants at the symposium, Shri Jha urged them to invent new technologies which would reduce costs and help increase productivity.

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PowePavilionat ShriRKSinghLaunchIPDSCalendar2020 AAIdeliverswelcomeaddressat ELECRAMA2020 thecurtainraiserofwingsIndia2020

hairman, AAI, Shri Arvind Singh addresses at the Curtain Raiser of CWings India 2020 at New Delhi, In presence is Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, HMCA, Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola, Secy, nion Minister of State for Power Shri R K Singh and MoCA GoI, Ms. Usha Padhee, JS, MoCA other senior ofﬁcers of Ministry of Power, PFC & REC GoI & Shri Anand Stanley, FICCI India were Uunveiled the IPDS Calendar 2020 during the Review, also present at the event. Shri Hardeep Planning & Monitoring (RPM) meeting. Singh Puri also spoke of the challenges The Calendar has been designed by PFC based on pictures being faced in the aviation industry and n i o n M i n i s t e r S h r i R K of IPDS implementation spanning across 12 States/ UTs of how airlines have stood strong in Singh,inaugurating the 'Power India from Himachal in North to Tamil Nadu in South & from calamitous times. UPavilion' at ELECRAMA 2020 Gujarat in West to Manipur in Far East. It unfolds the exhibition. He was welcomed by Shri S K excellence of work undertaken under the scheme by the Gupta, Director (Technical), REC along with States which has played a pertinent role in bringing about a other senior ofﬁcials from Ministry of Power powerful transformation in the Urban Power Distribution and Power Sector CPSUs. sector.

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HEL Day 2020 was celebrated at ational Aluminium Company Limited the company’s corporate ofﬁce in conferred prestigious Awards to New Delhi where Dr. Nalin artists, institutions / NGOs and teel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), dedicated its B N Shinghal, CMD, BHEL, Functional eminent scholars to promote Odissi dance, foundation day to the cause of raising awareness for contribution towards rehabilitation of Ssaving the girl child by dedicating the SAIL day Run to Directors on the board of BHEL and d i f f e r e n t l y - a b l e d p e r s o n s a n d f o r the theme ‘Run for Girl Child’ this year. To mark the occasion, employees of all NCR-based divisions propagating Sanskrit literature, to mark the SAIL also embarked on a massive week-long tree plantation participated with great enthusiasm. drive with the aim to plant more than 75,000 trees across all 40thFoundation Day celebrations, at Nalco CMD, BHEL apprised the employees of the Nagar, Bhubaneswar. its plants and Units in the Country. challenges and urged them to contribute SAIL Chairman Shri Anil Kumar Chaudhary agged off the Addressing the occasion, Shri Sridhar Patra, SAIL Day Run at Delhi where a large number of employees, wholeheartedly to the organisation, CMD, NALCO congratulate all Nalconians ex-employees and other stakeholders took part in the thereby helping create a future-ready who have worked hard all these years to program. Similar SAIL Day Run was organized across SAIL BHEL, which will be globally recognised as make NALCO a formidable corporate entity plants and units. India's leading engineering enterprise. of our Nation.’’ www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 05 GOVT on PSU's Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

Centreapprovesclosure SAILHard-SellsSchemeforSabbaticalLeavetoCutWageBill ofloss-makingHindustan t the insistence of Union steel minister Shri Dharmendra Fluorocarbons Pradhan, state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has SU will be shut Aintroduced a scheme for sabbatical leave for all its regular down soon after employees who have completed 10 years in the company, primarily Pt h e U n i o n aimed at cost-cutting. Cabinet's approval. The company, however, is hard selling the scheme to its eligible employees as an Union Minister Shri opportunity to hone up skills, write books or compose music, discharge family Prakash Javadekar said the and social obligations, pursue hobbies and entrepreneurial ventures, among Cabinet Committee on Economic others. SAIL had 72,246 employees. Affairs (CCEA) has approved Hindustan Fluorocarbons Limited During the course of the sabbatical leave, which can be for a maximum of three (HFL's) closure. HFL is a Public years, executives opting for the scheme will not get any salary or perks other than Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under medical beneﬁts for the employee and her family, while those working at the Depar tment of Chemicals & plants and already having company-provided accommodations will be entitled to Petrochemicals. retain them and avail medical.

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IRCONSignsanMoUwithBEML RailwaysSigns Contractssigningceremony MoUwithRailTel ofOALPBidRound-IV

h e U n i o n M i n i s t e r f o r Petroleum & Natural Gas and TSteel, Shri Dhar mendra Pradhan witnessing the contracts signing ceremony of OALP Bid Round-IV, in New Delhi. The RCON & BEML signed an MoU to explore & address opportunities Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & overseas by synergizing strengths for large infra projects in the Natural Gas, Dr. M.M. Kutty and other Itransportation sector. dignitaries are also seen. fter the successful completion NRDCSignsMoUfortransferoftechnology of the Phase 1 execution of NIC ational Research Ae-ofﬁce for 50000 users in 58 D e v e l o p m e n t units, Indian Railways has signed MoU NCorporation has with RailTel for the phase 2 of the s i g n e d a M o U f o r transfer of technology, “A Process project. Shri Umesh Balonda, ED/TD, for Manufacturing of Graphene Railway Board and Smt. Haritima from Waste Plastic”, developed at Jaipur singed the MoU. Kumaun University Nainital. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 07 MoUs Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

IndianOilandOILtocollaborateonCO2 SBISignsMoUwithSunteckRealtyLtd REILSignsMoUfor assistedEnhancedOilRecovery promotinge-mobility

ajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited and RTelangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited (TSREDCO) signed an MoU for creating Electric Vehicle Charging ndianOil signed an MoU for Infrastructure in the state of Telangana collaborating on a unique CO2- under the FAME Scheme of GOI. The IEnhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) MoU was signed in the presence of project in Assam. Managing Director REIL Dr. A.K. Jain IndianOil Chairman, Shri Sanjiv Singh, by General Manger, REIL Shri executed the agreement alongside Shri R.K.Gupta, and General Manager of SC Mishra, CMD, OIL in the presence of TSREDCO, Shri G.S.V. Prasad. Dr. SSV Ramakumar, Director (R&D), n order to make affordable housing more accessible, protect home IndianOil, Shri Akshay Kumar Singh, buyers and boost the real estate sector, SBI has launched ‘Sapna Director (Pipelines), IndianOil, Shri SM Aapka Bharosa SBI Ka’ - Residential Builder Finance with Buyer Vaidya, Director (Reﬁneries), IndianOil; I Guarantee. An MoU was signed between SBI and Sunteck Realty Ltd., in Shri PK Sharma, Director (Operations), Mumbai, followed by a press conference by Shri Rajnish Kumar, OIL, and senior ofﬁcials from IndianOil Chairman SBI. and OIL.

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NBCC-NSL-NDDB NSICSignsMoUwithMitutoyoSouthAsia MoUbetweenIndianOil SignsMoU andNationalPetroleum AuthorityofGhana

h e U n i o n M i n i s t e r f o r Petroleum & Natural Gas and TSteel, Shri Dhar mendra Pradhan witnessing the signing ceremony of an MoU between Indian BCC and its subsidiary NSL Oil and National Petroleum Authority signed MoU with NDDB of Ghana for Assistance in the Nfoundation for nutrition, to Implementation of Ghana’s National contribute Rs.50 lac and Rs.22.17 lacs LPG Promotion Policy, in New Delhi. respectively from their CSR funds. The SIC and M/s Mitutoyo South Asia Pvt. Ltd have joined hands in MoU was signed for distribution of milk the area of industrial metrology so as to provide skill man power to students of Govt. Schools of Nto MSME units and create employment by way of providing a s p i r a t i o n a l G a d c h i r o l i D i s t , training on latest technological machines of coordinate measuring Maharashtra in presence of Shri PK machine (CMM). The MoU was signed by Shri O.P. Singh Centre Head, Gupta CMD, NBCC & Sr Ofﬁcials of NTSC (Okhla) and Shri Harrish Bajaj, Director, Mitutoyo South Asia NBCC-NSL-NDDB. PMO India Ministry (Japan) in the presence of Shri Vijayendra,( IAS) CMD, NSIC and Shri P. of Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Udayakumar, Director (P&M) at the NSIC – Technical Services Centre, NSIC Campus, New Delhi. Hardeep Singh Puri. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 09 MoUs Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

NSICMoUwithBank NRLSignsMoUwithAssamCancer POWERGRIDSignswith ofMaharashtra CareFoundation RewaUltraMegaSolarLtd n MoU has been signed with Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd. for Aproviding project management c o n s u l t a n c y s e r v i c e s f o r implementation of transmission system for evacuation of power from 1500 MW solar parks in Neemuch, Shajapur & Agar districts of Madhya he National Small Industries Pradesh. Corporation Ltd.-NSIC has The agreement was signed at renewed the MoU agreement Mantralaya, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal T by Shri Rajeev Ranjan Meena, IAS, with Bank of Maharashtra for serving RL and Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF) signed an MoU MD (MP Urja Vikas Nigam) and ED the ﬁnancial needs of MSME Sector to equip the upcoming radio therapy block annexed to Barpeta (BDD) CC in the presence of Shri under its Bank Credit Facilitation Medical College & Hospital. The total estimated cost of the Manu Shrivastava, IAS Principal Scheme. The MoU has been signed by N Secretary, New & Renewable Energy, Project is to the tune of 16.83 Crore. Shri A.K Mishra, General Manager Govt. of MP and ED (WR -II) The MoU was signed by Shri Debasish Choudhury, Sr. Chief General POWERGRID. (Bank Tie Up) seen along with Ms. Manager (HR & Legal), NRL and Shri Gautam Chintey, Project Director, Himani Shali, Manager (Bank Tie Up) of ACCF. At present, NRL is concentrating its CSR spend in the notiﬁed NSIC and Shri Pramod Datar, Zonal thematic areas of School Education, Health and Nutrition with emphasis General Manager, Delhi Zone from on Aspirational District. Bank of Maharashtra. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 10 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

NRLorganizedskill MCLorganisedmotivational RCForganizedshort developmentprogrammes Programmeonhappiness termtrainingprogram RL, under its ‘Uttaran’ forstudents initiative, organized 6 skill CF Thal organized 6 days Ndevelopment programmes Short Term Training Program covering 120 trainees to train local Rfor Chemical Engg. Students youths in the North East on various from College of Engineering & Wax-based products. This venture Technology, Akola on “Overview of supported local unemployed youth to Unit Operation & Unit Process” set up candle making units that are followed by Plant Visit. 33 students & now operational. 2 staff of COET Akola participated in ift of Happiness', a motivational programme of sister Ms. BK the program. Shivani was organised at Anand Vihar Grounds on the second Gevening of 2020. MCL employees, their families and a large number of people, particularly from western regions of Odisha, attended the motivational programme. Shri BN Shukla, CMD welcomed the celebrated speaker and inaugurated the programme with traditional lighting of lamp along with sister Ms. BK Shivani, Ms Manjula Shukla, president Jagriti Mahila Mandal, Shri OP Singh, DTO, Shri KR Vasudevan, DF, Shri KK Mishra, DT P&P and Shri Keshav Rao Director (Personnel).

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PFCtrainingprogram ECLConductsVigilanceawareness AAItoSetUp3WaterAerodromes forwomen program inAndamanandNicobar FC in collaboration with Vriksh irports Authority of India (AAI) Consulting Private Limited is in the process of seeking Porganised a Self Defence Aenvironmental clearance from Training Program for all the women the Ministry of Environment, Forest employees of the corporation in which and Climate Change for three, ﬁrst-of- they were exposed to the philosophy of its-kind in the country, water “Protection Mania”, concepts such as aerodromes in Andaman and Nicobar effective use of Body Language, Self- Islands. The AAI intends to develop Defence techniques, harnessing the water aerodromes in Long Island, power of the mind, and using muscle Swaraj Island and Shaheed Island memory etc. Live sample sessions on with a total investment of Rs 50 crore Wrist Grab , elbow locks, defence and sought clearance for preparing the Terms of References separately against choke was also demonstrated for three airports. to the participants. igilance Awareness program was conducted at ECL Kajora Area where Area GM, all HODs, Agents and other concerned Vexecutives & employees attended during the program. A team consists of Vigilance Professsionals from ECL was Key speaker during the program. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 12 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

HPCLlauncheslowsulphur DrRanjitRathCMDMECLinaugurated Tokenofappreciation fueloilforshippingindustry ultra-modernlab r Sanjeev Chopra, Director & Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has launched IMO-2020 C h a i r p e r s o n , L B S N A A compliant very low sulphur fuel oil Dexchanging a token of f o r t h e s h i p p i n g i n d u s t r y a t appreciation with Shri Rajeev Sharma, Visakhapatnam. The Very Low Sulphur CMD, PFC on his recent visit to Delhi Fuel Oil (VLSFO) was launched by as Shri Sharma welcomes him . HPCL CMD, Shri MK Surana in the presence of Director (Refineries) Shri Vinod S Shenoy, Director (Marketing) Shri Rakesh Misri, Executive Director (Direct Sales) Shri Ajit Singh and other top officials. Shri Surana said that HPCL has always been in the forefront of providing cleaner and sustainable solution. new ultra-modern Lab was inaugurated by Dr. Ranjit Rath, CMD, MECL which will give a boost to the technology and Amodernization in the Laboratory services of MECL. Shri Ghanshyam Sharma, Director (Finance), MECL along with all the senior officers of MECL also grace the ocassion. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 13 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

IndianOilCelebrates DVCCelebratesVishwaHindiDivas2020 Newinitiativesbetween CustomersDay PRprofessionals hri S. M Vaidya, Director R stalwart, Shri Anil Ahluwalia, (Refineries), IndianOil, along H o D , C o r p o r a t e Swith ED(RS), HO Shri Vigyan PCommunications, Bharat Kumar, ED, DSO Shri Shyam Bohra Petroleum Corporation Limited celebrated Customers Day with (BPCL), made a maiden visit to POWERGRID as part of new initiatives esteemed customers at COCO - Masjid between PR professionals to share Moth, Delhi. On this occasion, Director good corporate communication (Refineries) interacted with customers practices & exchange ideas on amodar Valley Corporation (DVC) hosted an event to celebrate and asked about their experiences with communication, between the World Hindi Day in Kolkata. To mark the occasion of World Hindi IndianOil. He urged them to keep organisations. Shri Naresh Kumar, patronizing. DDay, DVC had organizeda daylong session on learning of few GM (Corp. Comm.) and Shri Anil enlightening topics on Hindi Language and their usage.On this occasion, Ahluwalia fur ther talked about Member-Secretary, Member (Finance), Additional Secretary of DVC, the possible future collaborations. distinguished guests Dr. Rajashree Shukla, Professor, University of Calcutta and Shri Nirmal Kumar Dubey, Deputy Director, Implementation (Official Language), East Zone inaugurated the event by lighting up the ceremonial lamp. All in their remarks underlined the increasing popularity of the Hindi language at the global level. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 14 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

HPCLHelpinghands SECLheldameetingofJCCmembers IOClaunchesthe TowardsArmedForces world-class FlagDayFund HighSpeedDiesel he Secretary (Ex-Servicemen ice Admiral Shri G.S. Pabby, Welfare), Smt. Sanjeevanee PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Kutty being presented a cheque VMateriel launched the world- T class High Flash High Speed Diesel by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HFHSD- IN 512), developed by Limited (HPCL) towards Armed Forces Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., in Flag Day Fund, in New Delhi. presence of Dr SSV Ramakumar, Director (R&D), IndianOil and Shri S M Vaidya, Director (Reﬁneries), IndianOil, senior Navy and IndianOil Ofﬁcials.

r RS Jha, Director, Personnel, SECL held a meeting of JCC members of Bhatgaon area and reviewed the production, Dproductivity, welfare of the area. Shri Kanjarkar, AGM, Bhatgaon area briefed about the different activities undertaken by the area. DP praised JCC members for their contribution in overall development of the area. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 15 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

CoalIndiaChairmanReviewsWCLPerformance Workshopcommunicate CMDNHPCaddresses toconnectforwomen theannualconference he Forum of Women In Public hri Ratish Kumar, CMD, NHPC Sector (WIPS), GRSE Chapter, delivered keynote address at the To r g a n i z e d a w o r k s h o p S‘17th Annual Conference on “Communicate to Connect” for its Hydro Power in India’ in New Delhi. He women employees.Chairman and highlighted upon key issues being Managing Director, GRSE Rear faced by the hydropower sector & also Admiral Shri VK Saxena, IN (Retd.) showcased the various achievements inaugurated the session. & milestones by NHPC.

hri Anil Kumar Jha, Chairman, CIL chaired a review meeting of Western Coalﬁelds Ltd.(WCL) at its headquarters in Nagpur. Shri SR.R.Mishra, CMD, WCL and senior management of WCL were present in the meeting. Shri Jha also paid oral tributes at the Martyrs Memorial. Shri Jha, inspected the Umrer Open Cast Mine of Western Coalﬁelds Ltd.(WCL). Shri R.R. Mishra, CMD, WCL and the senior management of WCL accompanied Shri Jha. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 16 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

ChangingParadigmof CMD,PDILinteractswiththemanagementtrainees SECLsteeringcommitteeheld EmergingFinancial he SECL Steering committee of Markets SECL at SECL Hqrs, Bilaspur. TShri AP Panda, CMD chaired the hri Pramod Kumar Sinha, HoD meeting.The Steering committee (HR& CC), SCOPE address the members reviewed the production, Sparticipants at International productivity, Welfare, Safety and well Management Conference (IMC) 2020 being of the Company and its on "Changing Paradigm of Emerging employees. Functional Directors Dr RS JHA, Director (Personnel), Shri RK Financial Markets", recently at GLA Nigam, Director (T), Shri MK Prasad, University Mathura. Director (Tech) P&P, Shri SM Chowdhary, Director (F) Shri Nathulal Pandey, Shri Haridwar Singh, Shri JS Sodhi, Shri MP Singh, Shri K Pandey and HoDs of P&A, CS/TS, IR, Welfare, Medical, Civil we’re present in the meeting. hri Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma (IAS), CMD, Projects & Development India Limited (PDIL), interacted with addressed Snewly recruited Management Trainees and Regular Employees (HR, Finance & Draft Men) during Induction Training Programme at PDIL's Corporate Ofﬁce, Noida. Director (Finance) and Senior Ofﬁcials were also present on the Occasion. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 17 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

NHPCinaugurates AAIparticipatedintheinternationalsummit BharatPetroleumpromoted State-of-ArtDataCentre andexpoatGuwahati startupgrandslamseason1 H P C L i m i t e d h a s P C L s h o w c a s e d o u r commissioned its State-of- Energising Startups initiative NAr t Data Centre at its B‘Ankur’ at Tech Bharat 2020, Corporate Ofﬁce at Faridabad. Shri an startup conclave organized in R a t i s h K u m a r, C M D , N H P C Bengalur u. Bharat Petroleum Inaugurated the new Data Centre in promoted ‘Star tup Grand Slam the presence of Shri N.K. Jain, Season – 1’ at the conclave, inviting Director (Personnel), Shri M.K. Mittal, all the visiting startups to participate Director (Finance), Shri Janardan in the Grand Challenge and walk away Choudhary, Director (Technical), Smt. not only with prizes worth Rs. 3 Crore Savitri Srivastav, CGM (IT&C) and but also get the opportunity to associate with us for pilot. other senior executives. AI participated in the International Summit & Expo at Guwahati with the 3D model of terminal building of upcoming Guwahati AAirport that garnered a lot of attention from visitors. AAI ofﬁcials briefed the visitors varying from the State Govt. to Foreign Delegates about the upcoming projects. Further, the Green initiatives that AAI has undertaken at all its Airports were greatly appreciated by the guests mainly Foreign Delegates from Embassy of North Macedonia, Israel and Zambia. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 18 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

IRCONatRailPavilionof WatchcollectionofKVICtocommemoratethe Refining&Petrochemical Elecrama2020 150thBirthAnniversaryofFatherofNation. TechnologyMeet LECRAMA-2020 is the agship r. MM Kutty, Secretary, s h o w c a s e o f t h e I n d i a n Petroleum & Natural gas, EElectrical Industry eco system Dvisited the IndianOil and EIL and the largest congregation of power joint pavilion on the sidelines of the sector companies. IRCON has also put 24th Reﬁning & Petrochemicals on exhibition its capabilities in Technology meet at Bangalore. The Electrical solutions at Rail Pavilion of Meet was inaugurated by Dr M.M. ELECRAMA-2020. Kutty, Secretary PNGDr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Scientiﬁc Advisory Committee on Hydrocarbons, MoP&NG Shri Sanjiv Singh, Chairman IndianOil.

he Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Shri Nitin Gadkari launching the TWatch Collection of KVIC to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Father of Nation, in New Delhi. Chairman, KVIC, Shri V.K. Saxena are also seen. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 19 PSUNews Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

High-levelBrazildelegation BEMLPaysDividendtoGOI visitsPOWERGRID POWERGRIDVISHRAM SADANatSSG HospitalVadodara

oundation stone laying ceremony of POWERGRID VISHRAM SADAN at FSSG Hospital Vadodara by Shri Ravi P Singh, the than Director Personnel, POWERGRID.

he CMD, Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Shri D.K. Hota presented igh-level delegation led by H. E. Shri Bento Tthe dividend cheque worth Rs Albuquerque, Minister of Mines & Energy, Brazil 15.75 crore to the Union Minister for Hvisited POWERGRID Manesar Complex. The Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Brazilian delegation was accompanied by ofﬁcials from the Delhi recently . Ministry of Power, Ministry of External Affairs and POWERGRID.

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ShriDharmendraPradhan NationalConclaveonEmergingOpportunities PowerPavilion inNaturalGasSector inauguratedGAILstallatthe atElecrama2020 nationalconclave ational Conclave on Emerging Opportunities in Natural Gas Sector’, organised by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, in NNew Delhi. The Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M.M. Kutty is also seen.

hri Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations), NTPC visited Power SPavilion at ELECRAMA 2020. NTPC along with Powergrid, PFC, EESL, CPRI, NHPC, REC and SJVNL are part of the MoP Pavilion. Prominent power nion Minister of P&NG and Steel companies along with electrical Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, equipments manufacturing from across inaugurated GAIL's stall at the U the world are part of the 5 day exhibition, National Conclave on Emerging which ends. The achievements and new Opportunities in Natural Gas Sector in technologies in power sector were display New Delhi. at ELECRAMA 2020.

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AI’s Sports Promotion Board, CHQ is organising All India AAI Inter Zonal TT Tournament. Shri Arvind Singh, Chairman, AAI Ainaugurated the event in presence of Member (HR), Member (Ops) & senior AAI officials. The event started at Thyagaraj Sports Complex, Delhi. Sh. Arvind Singh, Chairman, AAI tried his hand at Table Tennis with Ms. Indu Puri, Former International Table Tennis Player and two days Training Programme on inaugurated the All India AAI Inter Zonal Table Tennis Tournament Internal Cost Control System 2020 in Delhi. A(ICCS) Review Audit is being conducted at Kalyan Bhawan, HRD Department, organised by Cost & Budget Depar tment Koyla Bhawan BCCL, r. MM Kutty, Secretary, Ministry of Dhanbad . Petroleum and Natural Gas, along with Shi Sanjiv Singh, Chairman, Director (Fin) Shri S Dutta inaugurated the D training session. He emphasised the need IndianOil, agged off PCRA vans that will move across the country, spreading the to control the cost of the company and hoped that the officers attending the message of fuel conservation and training programme will benefit from this encouraging citizens to adopt an eco- and will be able to achieve cost reduction friendly way of living. at mine level. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 22 AWARDS Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

NBCCawardedwithIBCawardfor CMDPOSOCOawardedCEO ShriRanjanKumar ExcellenceInBuiltEnvironment withHROrientationAward MohapatraDirector(HR), hri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs (I/C), gave away IBC Awards for Excellence in Built IndianOilMostAdmired SEnvironment 2017-19 to NBCC (India) Ltd. Shri P K Gupta, LeaderinIndia' CMD, NBCC, received the award at a function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The Award was bestowed on NBCC for execution of the iconic project - Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.

hri KVS Baba, CMD, Power System Operation Corporation S(POSOCO) awarded as 'CEO with HR Orientation' by World HRD Congress hri Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, at Mumbai. He was conferred with the Director(HR), IndianOil, has been award for business related HR sensitivity Sbestowed with the 'Most Admired and communication effectiveness with Leader in India' award by Forum for and towards employees. The award was Emotional Intelligence Learning (FEIL) for received by Shri V.K. Srivastava, his outstanding contribution as a leader Executive Director, WRLDC on behalf of focussed on developing people and Shri K.V.S. Baba. organisational capability. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 23 AWARDS Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

BharatPetroleumreceivestheprestigiousSKOCHaward CMD-HPCLConferred ShriAdikaRatnaSekhar BusinessBestCEOAward Director(HR)receivedthe HRleadershipaward

harat Petroleum receives the SKOCH Orders-of Merit Award for contribution in reducing emissions through sustained PCL’s Chairman and Managing improvement of processes and upgradation of facilities. Director, Shri M K Surana was B Kochi Reﬁnery also received Silver Award for PSU category for their conferred with Best CEO award H project Green Initiative on environment. for Oil and Gas Sector by Business at Business Mind Rush Conclave in IndianOilwithBestOverallPerformanceAwardamongst Mumbai. The award was presented by OilandMarketingCompanies Union Minister P&NG and Steel, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. CRA conferred IndianOil with Best hri Adika Ratna Sekhar, Director , This year 240 number of companies Overall Per formance Award Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd Affairs amongst Oil and Marketing qualiﬁed for the Business Best CEO P received the HR Leadership Award Survey out of which 21 were from Companies for displaying exemplary zeal S (HR Super Achievers-India) at the World Banking, Financial Services and towards spreading fuel conservation HRD Congress, the most iconic event Insurance (BFSI) sectors and 219 were awareness throughout the country under focusing on HRD issues. non-BFSI. SAKSHAM 2019 campaign. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 24 AWARDS Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

NRLAwardedforeffectiveimplementation HPCLwinsgrowcare ofOfficialLanguage HPCLbestowedwith indiasafetyaward2019 outstandingperformer RL has been awarded the Chal Vaijayanti Shield (Third Prize) onBSEBONDplatformaward for effective implementation of the Official Language Policy of NGovt. of India during the year 2019. In addition, NRL Hindi Magazine 'PRAYAS' was also awarded the first prize amongst Hindi magazines published by TOLIC (Town Official Language Implementation Committee) PSU member organizations during the year. The awards were presented to the NRL team led by Sr. CGM (HR & Legal) Shri Debashish Choudhury by Chairman TOLIC and ED, IOCL- Guwahati Refinery Shri S. Manchanda. PCL Mangalore LPG Import Facility has been awarded with PCL has been bestowed with the coveted Highest Platinum H ‘Outstanding Performer on Category “Grow Care India safety Award BSEBOND Platform’ award by 2019” under Petroleum Storage and H Transportation Sector for exemplary BSE. This award is in recognition of our performances in Safety and Operations exemplary performance in the primary and environment protection and climate segment of the domestic bond market. change.

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ShriSubodhGupta,Director(Finance) IndianOilbagsSportstarACESHonour BHELAwardedTheTopRankers NRDCreceivedGIPC ExcellenceAward2020 awardforpromotingIP andinnovation hri Subodh Gupta, Director (Finance), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been awarded the ‘TOP RANKERS SExcellence Award 2020’ for Best Finance Professional of the year.The award was presented to Shri Gupta at the 21st National Management Summit being held in New Delhi. The award has been ndianOil Corporation has been conferred on Shri Gupta in recognition of his ﬁnance leadership. awarded the Best PSU/Corporation for Ithe Promotion of Sports at the annual Sportstar ACES Award ceremony in Mumbai. IOCian and India opener Shri Rohit r H Purushotham CMD NRDC Sharma was adjudged best Sportsman and Dr. BK Sahu Manager of the Year (Cricket). Padma Bhushan and NRDC received GIPC Award Dronacharya Awardee Pullela Gopichand D for promoting IP& Innovation in the was honoured as the Coach of the Year. country during the 12th Global Shri Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Director Intellectual Property Convention held at (Human Resources), received the honour on behalf of the Corporation. Vignan Bhawan.

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ShriRVikramanDirectorNLCILReceive TopRankersExcellence ShriPuneetChawlaRailTel TopRankersExcellenceAward2020 ConferredExcellence Awards2020ForBest Awardforleadership hri R. Vikraman, Director(HR), NLCIL receiving the TOP CorporateCommunication RANKERS "HR LEADERSHIP" Award during the inaugural presentedtoSAIL Sfunction of 21st Annual National Management Summit held in New Delhi.

op Rankers Excellence Awards 2 0 2 0 f o r B e s t C o r p o r a t e hri Puneet Chawla, CMD, RailTel, TCommunication presented to Steel was conferred with the Top Authority of India Limited on the occasion SRankers Excellence Award for of 21st National Management Summit 'Excellence in leadership' at the 21st "Towards Sustainable Competitive Edge; National Management Summit 2020. Modern Mantras" at New Delhi.

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IOCrefineriesatParadip&Guwahatibagawards AirIndianreceivedBCCI DG,SCOPEConferredwith forrefiningperformance,energyefficiency lifetimeachievement MostAdmiredLeaderAward awardforwomen ndianOil’s youngest refinery at Paradip and the country’s first PSU refinery at Guwahati have won prestigious awards for refining Iexcellence & energy efficiency, respectively, instituted by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG).The awards were presented during the inaugural ceremony of the 24th Refining & Petrochemicals Technology Meet (RPTM) at Bengaluru. Shri TDVS Gopalakrishna, Executive Director, Paradip Refinery and Shri Sanjay Manchanda, Executive Director, Guwahati Refinery, received the awards from Dr. M. M. Kutty, Secretary, MoP&NG. irector General, SCOPE, Shri Atul Sobti has been conferred with the D"Most Admired Leader Award ormer Indian Captain Anjum 2020" for his outstanding contribution as Chopra an Air Indian received BCCI a leader in developing people and FLifetime Achievement Award for organizational capability. The award has w o m e n . O n e o f I n d i a ’ s fi n e s t been instituted jointly by the Indian batswomen, and first Indian to play 100 Institute of Public Administration and WODIs. Air India's family is proud of Shri Forum for Emotional Intelligence Anjum Chopra for her achievements. Learning. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 28 AWARDS Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

NTPCMANASWins KochirefinerydeclaredWinnerin ShriSunilBhatia,Director InnovationAwards CSIe-governanceAward2019 (Finance),EILReceiveTop harat Petroleum Refineries and R&D Centre received RankersExcellenceAward2020 recognitions at 24th Refining and Petrochemical Technology BMeet, organised under aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MOP&NG) in Bengaluru, for contribution, which made significant improvements in energy efficiency and innovation. BPCL Corporate Research & Development Team declared ‘Winner’ in ‘Innovation Awards 2018-19 under ‘Best Innovation in R&D Institute’ category for ‘K Model: Quick & Accurate Prediction of Crude Oil Blend he MANAS request transfer system, an in-house development Compatibility and Blend Optimisation of N Number of Crude Oils’. Tof NTPC (Developed by CC HR Team) won the Award of Appreciation hri Sunil Bhatia, Director (Finance) (second highest category) at the CSI e- EIL, has been honored with the Top Governance Awards 2019. SRankers Excellence Award for NTPC is the only PSU in the awardees list Finance Leadership 2020. The Award was wherein more than 100 nominations presented to him by Padma Shri Dr Pritam w e r e r e c e i v e d f r o m r e p u t e d Singh at a ceremony held in New Delhi as organizations like Excise Department - part of the 21st National Management Govt. of Goa, Election Commission of Summit 2020 EIL Awards. India, NALCO etc. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 29 BANKINGCornor Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

ShriRajnishKumarSBI SBICGM,ShriOPMishrainaugurates SBIOrganised4thArmed fullyautomaticcompostmachine Chairmanflaggedoff ForcesVeteransDay digitalvans ur CSR mission for a Swachh Bharat has resulted in Telangana's ﬁrst-of-its-kind Compost Manufacturing Machine O(getting Manure with used owers & other waste in a temple), which was donated to the famous Skandagiri Temple in Hyderabad. SBI Hyderabad Circle CGM Shri O.P.Mishra inaugurated the event.

BI was a proud exhibitor at the 4th Armed Forces Veterans Day, Sorganised in Delhi. The event was BI Chairman, Shri Rajnish Kumar graced by Admiral Shri Karambhir Singh, agged off 2 digital vans from SBI, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief Marshal RKS L H O , L u c k n o w f o r t h e S Bhadauria, Chief of Air Staff, General Siddharthnagar District adopted by SBI to Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of Army accomplish 100% digitalisation in one year. The Chairman also attended a tree Staff, Shri Abhay Kishore Pandey, GM SBI, plantation drive at LHO, Lucknow. as well as other dignitaries from SBI.

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SmtManjulaShuklaInauguratesLibrary MCLtodevelopMaa DVCcontributesfordevelopment Samleshwari ofClean&GreenZone GardensatHirakudDam oining the nation-wide 'Swachh ahanadi Coalﬁelds Limited Bharat' campaign, CSR, DVC (MCL) has plans to develop a JR a g h u n a t h p u r a d o p t e d Mheritage garden complex at Joychandipahar Railway station, Adra Hirakud Dam on the lines of Mysore’s Rail Division towards improvement of famous Vrindavan Gardens. sanitation/cleanlinessand to upgrade Named ‘Maa Samleshwari Gardens’, and modernize passenger amenities at the heritage complex at Asia’s longest Hirakud Dam will be a site of tourist platformsensuring better facilities for attraction in Sambalpur district of passengers using CSR funds. western Odisha. A ropeway project RTPS Raghunathpur under its CSR funded by MCL has ready been ewly constructed Library cum Meeting hall was inaugurated by ambit, has undergone with an dedicated to people at the Hirakud agreement with South Eastern Railway Dam. Smt. Manjula Shukla, President Jagruti Mahila Mandal in the Npresence of Smt. Padmaja Singh, Vice-President Jagruti Mahila (SER) Adra Division for Garden Area Mandal, Smt. Padmini Vasudevan, Vice-President Jagruti Mahila Mandal, Development at Joychandipahar Smt. Sandhya Brahmapurkar, Presdient Ananya Mahila Mandal and other Railway station & Installation of dignitaries at Narayan Sevashram of village Kukudang. With the cost of Dustbins at different platforms and Rs. 8 lakhs, the library cum meeting hall is constructed from the CSR fund installation of RO based Water puriﬁer of Jagannath Area. cum chiller for passengers.

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SECLdisplayedthelatest MECLorganisessewing miningtechnologyusedinSECL CMD,MECLVisitsto trainingclassesforwomen Dakshfoundation ECL contributed towards the n his visit various welfare Sewing Training Classes for foundations of Jabalpur under MWomen folks at the Jabalpur Othe MECL CSR FY 2019-20 city under its CSR programme, in Programme, Dr. Ranjit Rath, CMD association with Sewa Bhar ti MECL also paid a visit to Daksh Foundation. Daksh Foundation is an Mahakaushal which works towards NGO that works towards the upliftment making youth, specially women skill- and empowerment of women in training and development. Jabalpur. CMD MECL appreciated their efforts towards such a noble cause and promised to contribute and work ECL garners tremendous response for its stall at the Swadeshi together in the betterment of the society Mela in Raipur. The fair is organised at the BTI Ground, Shankar and nation as a whole. SNagar, Raipur. SECL has displayed the latest mining Technology used in SECL along with the CSR initiatives undertaken by the company in the larger interest of the society. The message was well taken by the visitors. The stall at Swadeshi Mela has served as an attempt to have ﬁrst hand interaction with the local audience. www.psuconnect.in February, 2020 32 CSR Monthly Magazine of CPSE happenings

CentralCoalfieldsempoweringtheyouth RECextendsCSRsupportto NHPCOrganizes providejob-orientedSkill MedicalCamp DevelopmentTraining HPC Limited, organized a free EC Limited, has committed medical camp at village Pali, ﬁnancial assistance to the tune NFaridabad. The camp was Rof Rs 1.54 crore under its CSR highly successful with more than 685 initiative to Matrix Society for Social persons from the surrounding areas Service (MASS) to provide job- availing the beneﬁts of free medical oriented skill development training to a camp. During the camp, free Eye 1000 number of people belonging to check-up, necessary tests and economically weaker section in medicines along with 150 Spectacles Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh over a provided free of cost. duration of 18 months through its CSR arm, REC Foundation.

entral Coalfields Ltd organized a 45-day basic computer training program for 40 youth and beauticians training for 62 young Cwomen in Kuju area of Central Coalfields Ltd. These skill development initiatives were organized to empower youth & help them become self-reliant. This was a CSR initiative of Central Coalfields Ltd.

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ShriMNagarajappointed ShriBhanuPratapYadavtakes ShriAjeetKumarAgarwalgets asCMD,HUDCO additionalchargeofCMD,IREDA tenureextensionasRECCMD

hri M Nagaraj has takne over as CMD hri Bhanu Pratap Yadav, Joint hri Ajeet Kumar Agarwal, who is currently holding the additional charge o f t h e H o u s i n g a n d U r b a n Secretary, Ministry of New and of the CMD post, has been given an Development Corporation (HUDCO). Re n e w a b l e E n e r g y ( M N R E ) , S S S extension for the CMD post . He has been Government of India has assumed additional given the tenure extension for a period of six charge of Chairman & Managing Director, months. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA).

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ShriSanjeevSinghaltakesoverasDirector ShriMuraliMadhavanPtakes ShriRatishKumartakesadditional (Finance)ofMazagonDockShipbuilders overasexecutivedirectorBPCL chargeoftheCMD,NHPC

hri Sanjeev Singhal has taken over as hri Murali Madhavan P. has taken over hri Ratish Kumar, Director (Projects), Director (Finance) of Mazagon Dock as Executive Director and unit head of NHPC has taken additional charge of SShipbuilders Limited . Prioe to this he SBharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Sthe post of Chairman & Managing was holding the position of as Director Kochi Refinery, the largest Public Sector Director of NHPC Limited. Shri Ratish Kumar (Finance) of Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited. Refinery in India. Prior to this, Shri Murali has over 37 years of experience in NHPC was Executive Director (Refiner y where he has climbed the professional ladder Operations), heading the Refiner y with utmost sense of responsibility, ethics and Operations of Kochi Refinery. dedication.

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ShriSSRaoredesignated ShriAlokVermatakesover ShriRadhashyamMahapatrotakes asSrGM(PR),PFC asDirectorHRHAL overasDirector(Pers),NALCO

hri SS Rao, AGM (PR), Power Finance hri Alok Verma took charge as hri Radhashyam Mahapatro has Corporation has been redesignated as Director (Human Resources) of HAL. assumed the charge of Director (HR) SSr General Manager ( PR ) PFC. SPrior to this, he was serving as Sof National Aluminium Company Congratulations. General Manager (HR) HAL. Shri Verma Limited (NALCO), Prior to this assignment, joined HAL in 2006 after serving with he was with Central Coalﬁelds Ltd. as National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) for 19 Director (Personnel). years.

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