Tata Steel's training and business excellence teams focus on education excellence

With the launch of the Jamshed J Irani Award for Excellence in Education earlier this year, Tata Steel took its pursuit of excellence to all the educational institutions in the steel city. It forms part of the Managing Director Mr B Muthuraman's vision to instill excellence in every section of society, especially those who impact future generations. Immediately thereafter its launch, Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute and the company's Business Excellence Group designed and developed a programme to train both school principals and teachers.

Principals of steel city's schools at the seminar

On November 17, the company organised a two-day seminar on innovative methods of teaching used by the best schools across the country. Educationists from 12 reputed schools of the country shared their latest teaching methods with them. This effort was aimed at helping the principals change education methodologies followed by them. Special emphasis was given to the concept of "Skills for Adolesence" during the seminar.

Earlier, 23 principals of schools from the steel city attended the first such programme for them at SNTI. The programme was inaugurated by Dr Jitu Singh, Chief, OL & D.

Impressed with the success of Tata Steel's Green Millennium Campaign the Government of Orissa, Department of Forest and Environment has asked the company to help green the state capital Bhubaneshwar.

The city was once well known for its soothing climate. The super cyclone, however, did irreparable damage to its green cover and made it completely loose its green hue. The government alone is not in a position to find the resources to green the city once again. Tata Steel was one of the first companies to respond to its request to participate in this endeavour.

As a result, the company has been given the responsibility of planting and maintaining 2000 saplings along the road-sides and vacant places in Unit I, II and III of the city. Tata Steel will be provided shady and ornamental species of trees at a cost of Rs 35/- per sapling by the Divisional Forest Officer, Coastal Shelter Belt Afforestation Division, Puri, Bhubaneshwar. The company will bear the entire cost for the project, including the bamboo and iron wire-mesh gabions to be used to protect the saplings as well as watering, weeding, fertilisers, manure and protecting them from vandals.