Tata Steel bagged the award in the ‘Metal Category’ at the seventh edition of the prestigious NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards held in Mumbai on 7th January, 2012. The award was received by Mr HM Nerurkar, Managing Director, Tata Steel on behalf of the Company from the Hon’ble Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee.

The award is a recognition of the various initiatives and innovations taken up by Tata Steel to respond and adapt to the ever changing business scenario.

NDTV Profit presented the seventh edition of NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards instituted to award organisational excellence. It recognizes and honours the most resilient and the strongest business leaders of this year. These awards not only honour business organizations that have shown exceptional ability in business performance but are also a recognition of the business houses which have fuelled the Indian economy to currently being among the fastest growing economies in the world.

The jury for the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards this year comprised of leading names from the industry and the business world, such as Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head, HSBC India, T.N. Ninan, Chairman and Editorial Director, Business Standard, Kalpana Morparia, Chairman, NDTV, Dorab Sopariwala, Editorial Advisor, NDTV, Manvi Dhillon, Managing Editor, NDTV Profit, to name a few.

About Tata Steel:
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is amongst the leading steel manufacturers in the world 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 countries. The Tata Steel Group, with a turnover of US$ 26.64 billion in FY '11, has over 81,000 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 aspiration 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.