Tata Steel Jamshedpur Run-a-thon 2017 captivates the city

Jamshedpur, November 05, 2017

Tata Steel today organised the Tata Steel Jamshedpur Run-a-thon 2017. More than 6000 participants registered across the 3 categories of races, with over 800 runners from outside Jamshedpur. The event started from the Archery Ground, JRD Tata Sports Complex from 6:00 am onwards.

The 10-km and 7-km races were open to all (Indian Nationals only), while the 5-km run was for under-16 boys and girls. The 10-km race is the internationally approved distance for road races by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

Tata Steel dignitaries present at the event were Mr T V Narendran, CEO & MD, Mr Anand Sen, President, TQM and Steel Business, Mr Sunil Bhaskaran, Vice President, Corporate Services, Mr Sudhanshu Pathak, Vice President, Steel Manufacturing, Mr Suresh Dutt Tripathi, Vice President, Human Resources Management, Mr Avneesh Gupta, Vice President, Shared Services, Mr Ravi Radha Krishnan, Chief Aviation & Sports, Mr Ashish Kumar, Head, Sports, and Mr R Ravi Prasad, President, Tata Workers’ Union.

The winner of the 10-km (male) finished the race in 31 mins 29 secs whereas the winner of 10-km (female) finished the race in 35 mins 29 secs. The 7-km (male) winner finished the race in 22 mins 14 secs whereas the winner of 7-km (female) finished the race in 26 mins 41 secs. The 5 km (male) and 5-km (female) winners finished the race in 16 mins 5 secs and 18 mins 54 secs respectively.

Prize money under different category were as follows:

10 Km run

Male

Serial	Position	Prize in Male Category	Name
1	1st	Rs 51000	Ranjeet Kumar Patel
2	2nd	Rs 41000	Santosh Kumar Joshi
3	3rd	Rs 31000	Yogendra Kumar Kumar
4	4th	Rs 21000	Pradeep Kumar
5	5th	Rs 11000	Arjun Tudu

Female

Serial	Position	Prize in Female Category	Name
1	1st	Rs 51000	Chinta Yadav
2	2nd	Rs 41000	Puja Mondal
3	3rd	Rs 31000	Jhuma Khatun
4	4th	Rs 21000	Seema Devi
5	5th	Rs 11000	Heera Majhi

7 Km Run for Men and Women
Male

Serial	Position	Prize in Male Category	Name
1	1st	Rs 25000	Pardeep Kumar
2	2nd	Rs 20000	Brentius Marandi
3	3rd	Rs 15000	Manas Das
4	4th	Rs 10000	Mukund Banra
5	5th	Rs 7500	Kailash Singh

Female

Serial	Position	Prize in Female Category	Name
1	1st	Rs 25000	Vijay Laxmi
2	2nd	Rs 20000	Samsad Ara Begum
3	3rd	Rs 15000	Pinki Hansda
4	4th	Rs 10000	Umita Kumari
5	5th	Rs 7500	Basanti

5 Km run

Boys

Serial	Position	Prize in Male Category	Name
1	1st	Rs 10000	Bijay Singh Sundi
2	2nd	Rs 8000	Bablu Tudu
3	3rd	Rs 7000	Alok Kumar
4	4th	Rs 6000	Sushil Kumar Modi
5	5th	Rs 5000	Tribhuban Hembrom

Girls

Serial	Position	Prize in Female Category	Name
1	1st	Rs 10000	Shruti Kachap
2	2nd	Rs 8000	Pooja Kumari
3	3rd	Rs 7000	Shahnaz Parween
4	3rd	Rs 7000	Sabita Mahanta
5	4th	Rs 6000	Manti Kumari
5	5th	Rs 5000	Sunita Kumari

About Tata Steel

Tata Steel Group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 27.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) as on March 31, 2017. It is the world's second-most geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. The Group recorded a consolidated turnover of US $18.12 billion (INR 117,420 crore) in FY17. Tata Steel Group is spread across five continents with an employee base of nearly 74,000. Having bagged the Deming Application Prize and Deming Grand Prize for continuous improvement in 2008 and 2012 respectively, Tata Steel has now been recognised as the global ‘Industry Leader’ in ‘Steel category’ by Dow Jones Sustainability Index (2015). Besides being a member of the World Steel Climate Action Programme, Tata Steel has also been felicitated with several awards including the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2013-14 (received in 2017), Best Risk Management by CNBC TV18 (2016), ‘Best-in-class Manufacturing’ award from TIME India (2016) and the ‘Most Ethical Company’ award from the Ethisphere Institute (2016), IIM Sustainability Award (2015), among several others.

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