Mr H M Nerurkar, Managing Director, Tata Steel, has received the CEO with HR Orientation Award from STAR News. The award was accepted on his behalf by Mr N.K. Misra, Tata Steel’s Group Head, Mergers & Acquisitions, at a function held recently at Mumbai.

The title was conferred on Mr Nerurkar in recognition of his “outstanding contribution to human resources development, leadership and capability building within your organization”, according to STAR News.

Mr H M Nerurkar joined Tata Steel on 1st February, 1982 and took over as its Managing Director in 2009. He has 35 years of experience in steel industry in its various functions to his credit. He is an executive with multifaceted experience ranging from project execution, manufacturing, Quality Control, Supply Chain, Marketing and is now in the senior management of Tata Steel. He has officiated in several positions and has been actively associated with various academic and professional bodies and clubs in different capacities like Indian Institute of Metals, ULSAC / ULSAS / ULSAB of IISI Brussels, INSDAG, AIMA Governing Council, XIM, Bhubaneshwar Governing Council, Institute of Environmental Management Studies and several others. Mr Nerurkar has been appointed as the member of the General Body of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) with effect from April 2010.

During his illustrious career, Mr Nerurkar has been conferred upon with several prestigious awards such as the ‘CEO with HR Orientation’ by Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards - 2010; ‘Tata Gold Medal-2004’; ‘SMS Demag Excellence Award 2002’, Steel 80s Award-1990’, ‘SAIL Gold Medal-1989’; Visveswaraya Award-1988’ and ‘NMD Award-1987’.

The STAR News Talent Leadership and HR Awards 2011 were aimed at recognizing organizations that lay emphasis on “impactful human capital strategies”. The awards serve as an excellent platform to promote and recognize excellence within the HR profession by highlighting leading organisational HR practices and HR individuals.

About Tata Steel
Established in 1907 as one of 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). It is now the world's second-most geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50. The Tata Steel Group, with a turnover of US$ 23 billion in FY '10, has over 80,000 employees across five continents and is a Fortune 500 company. 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 aspirational targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement, openness and transparency. In 2008, Tata Steel India became the first integrated steel plant in the world, outside Japan, to be awarded the Deming Application Prize 2008 for excellence in Total Quality Management.