Mr H M Nerurkar, Managing Director, Tata Steel, has been recently appointed as member of the General Body (Society) of the Sports Authority of India, by the Government of India.

Mr Nerurkar has been nominated as member under the ‘Sports Promoters’ category; the criterion of which is that the candidate should have knowledge of promotion/ organisation and administration of sports and should be nominated by the Government of India. The Government reconstituted the General Body of the Society in April, 2010 and Mr Nerurkar is a member of the present body.

Mr Nerurkar’s appointment reaffirms Tata Steel’s commitment to promotion of sports as one of the Company’s prime community welfare initiatives.

About Tata Steel and Sports
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is among the top ten global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of over 28 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). The Group’s vision is to be the world’s steel industry benchmark in “Value Creation” and “Corporate Citizenship” through the excellence of its people, its innovative approach and overall conduct. Underpinning this vision is a performance culture committed to aspiration targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement, openness and transparency.

Tata Steel is the only Indian company to invest in world-class facilities, create academies and maintain and manage international level arenas. The cadets of its Tata Football Academy, the nursery for the sport in India, as well as those of the Tata Archery Academy, the only one of its kind for archery, have justified the faith that the Company has in the talent and ability of its youth. Today, a significant part of the Indian Football team, India’s best archers, some of its finest cricketers, athletes, shooters, a Grand Master and several national and international legends have realised their dreams as a result of the support they have received from TATA Steel Sports Academies.

About Sports Authority of India
Sports Authority of India is an autonomous body under the Department of Sports and was set up by the Govt of India in 1984 as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, with the twin objective of broad-basing of sports and to achieve excellence at the Department of Sports and other agencies concerned with the promotion/ development of sports in the country.