The Tata Steel Foundation today organised the Annual Matri Shishu Mela. Through this event, TSF educated parents on the need for proper immunization of children, breastfeeding practices, healthy food habits and family planning initiatives.

Mrs. Sumita Nupur, Social Worker was the Chief Guest. Speaking on the occasion, she mentioned how it is very important for the mothers to take care of their own health and their child’s health. She encouraged all the parents to actively take part in this initiative.

This year, the preliminary rounds of the competition were held in 10 TSF run Clinics in Jamshedpur and adjoining areas. The Final round was held at Center for Family Initiatives today.

The criteria for shortlisting the participants included the health of the babies as well as the awareness level of their mothers.

A nine-member jury comprising of Chief Judge Dr. B. R. Master, adjudged Shanaya Patel age 11 months, from Shivlal Basti, Sonari and Rajbeer Jaiswal, age 1year 1 month from Golmuri as the `Champion Baby Girl’ and `Champion Baby Boy’, respectively. Other judges were Dr. Renu Sinha, Dr. Jaya Moitra, Dr. Subhadra Mallick, Ms. Rama Khanna, Ms. Nishi Thakur, Mrs. Bajaj, Ms. Padma, and Mrs. Sharanjit.

Earlier, Mr. Niloy Mitter, Head, Health & TQM, Tata Steel ,welcomed the guests and Dr. Pushpa Tiwari, Clinical Associate introduced the Programme.

Dr. J. Kalsey proposed the Vote of Thanks to conclude the function.

About Tata Steel               
Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 33 million tonnes per annum (MnTPA). It is one of the world's most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world. The group (excluding SEA operations) recorded a consolidated turnover of US $22.67 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2019. In 2018, Tata Steel acquired Bhushan Steel Ltd (now renamed as Tata Steel BSL Ltd).

A Great Place to Work-Certified organisation, Tata Steel Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 65,000.

Tata Steel retained the ‘Global Steel Industry Leader’ position in the DJSI 2018. The Company has been recognised as the Climate Disclosure Leader in ‘Steel category’ by CDP (2017). Besides being a member of the World Steel Climate Action Programme, Tata Steel has won several awards including the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, ‘GreenPro’ certification for products (Tata Pravesh Steel Doors, Tata Structura, Tata Pipes) by CII, Authorized Economic Operator  (AEO) status (Tier 2) by the Directorate of International Customs (Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India), ‘Corporate Strategy Award’ by Mint (2018), Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management (2018) and Best Risk Management Framework & Systems Award (2019) by CNBC TV18. The Company also received the ‘Most Ethical Company’ award from Ethisphere Institute for the eight time (2019), Steel Sustainability Champion (2018) by the World Steel Association, Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Awards (2019), Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award by Institute of Directors (2018), ‘Best Companies To Work For’ recognition by Business Today, 'Asia's Best Integrated Report' award by the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (2017), among several others.

In 2018, the Company launched a corporate brand campaign #WeAlsoMakeTomorrow (www.wealsomaketomorrow.com)).

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