Rourkela: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award 2018 for the effectiveness of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. RSP was chosen for the award by the jury chaired by former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph. Maharastra minister for housing Prakash Manchubhai Mehta handed over the award to RSP DGM(CSR) PM Behera in the 13th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and Golden Peacock Awards Presentation Ceremony held recently at Mumbai.
RSP CEO Ashwini Kumar and his colleagues Raj Vir Singh, ED (P&A), Gautam Banerjee, ED (Works), D K Mohapatra, ED (MM), M.K.L.Chand, GM(F&A), Ajay Kumar Nayak, GM (TA & CSR), P M Behera and Munmun Mittra, AGM(CSR) congratulated the collective for winning the prestigious award.
It is worth mentioning here that the Golden Peacock Awards, instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD), India in 1991, are now regarded as a benchmark of Corporate Excellence worldwide.
Notably, RSP has been touching the lives of the people of this region in myriad ways. The Steel Plant has been implementing numerous projects giving thrust on education, healthcare, infrastructure like roads, water and sanitation etc. and the empowerment of women. Apart from these perennially important issues, RSP also gives adequate priority to other issues like involvement, participation and inclusiveness through sports, cultural events, national missions etc. which have brought a lot of transformation in the lives of the peripheral areas.
