Tata Steel announces Trailblazers 4.0 Sports Conclave
Kolkata, March 13, 2026: Tata Steel, the title sponsor, today announced Trailblazers 4.0, India’s biggest sports conclave organised and conceptualised by Revsportz, that brings together leading athletes, administrators, and thought leaders to deliberate on the future of Indian sport.
Tata Steel’s association with the conclave reflects the Company’s long-standing commitment to nurturing sporting excellence in India. Tata Steel has historically played a pioneering role in supporting sports - from developing grassroots talent through its academies and training centres to backing elite athletes who have gone on to represent India on international platforms.
“India’s sporting journey is entering an exciting phase, with growing aspirations at the grassroots as well as on the global stage. At Tata Steel, we believe sports has the power to inspire, unite and shape the next generation of champions. We are proud to partner with Trailbalzers in fostering meaningful dialogue to strengthen India’s sporting ecosystem,” said D B Sundara Ramam, Vice President - Corporate Services, Tata Steel.
Conceived by RevSportz and led by renowned sports journalist and author Boria Majumdar, Trailblazers 4.0 is being held on March 14, 16 and 17 at ITC Royal Bengal and ITC Sonar, Kolkata. The three-day conclave features a wide-ranging programme exploring the evolving sports ecosystem in India, with discussions spanning Olympic ambitions, grassroots development, sports leadership, broadcasting, sponsorship and athlete well-being.
The opening day of the conclave will feature discussions on “Sport as Inspiration”, with prominent voices including Dr Dinshaw Pardiwalla, Rahul Bose and Adille Sumariwalla. This will be followed by sessions on investing in the sports ecosystem and the future of Indian football, bringing together key administrators and stakeholders to discuss opportunities and challenges in the sector.
Over the next two days, Trailblazers 4.0 will host an impressive line-up of sporting legends and experts including Pullela Gopichand, Neeraj Chopra, Gautam Gambhir, Mithali Raj, Manika Batra, Sania Mirza, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Anju Bobby George, Rani Rampal, Manpreet Singh and Jhulan Goswami, among many others.
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Sarvesh Kumar,
Chief Corporate Communications, Tata Steel,
E-mail : sarvesh.kumar@tatasteel.com
About Tata Steel
- Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
- It is one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
- The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
- A Great Place to Work®-certified organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 76,000.
- Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives including Net Zero by 2045.
- The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
- The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
- The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
- Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteelTM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteelTM certified sites.
- Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2025 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for eight years in a row, CDP 2024 ‘Supplier Engagement Assessment’ Leader, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet's India's top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
- Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk – Risk Technology’ recognition at The India Risk Management Awards, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.
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