The awards were presented in a special award function organized at the ‘Manthan’ conference hall of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on 4^th December, 2024. Notably, it was for the first time that DIC level Shabash awards were presented in RSP. The award carried a Certificate and a gift voucher worth Rs. 10,000/- . Mr. Tarun Misra, ED(HR), Mr. Alok Verma, ED In-Charge (Works), Mr. Biswa Ranjan Palai, ED (Operation), Mr. Anil Kumar, ED (MM), Mr. M P Singh, ED (Mines) and Mr. Sudip Pal Chowdhury, ED (Projects) were also present on the occasion. The recipients of the award are Mr. M G Srikanth, GM, SMS-2 (Mechanical), Mr. Subrat Kanungo, GM, HSM-2 (Mechanical), Mrs. Archana Satpathy, GM (PR) & CoC, and Dr. Avijit Biswas, DGM (Horticulture) & In-charge, ZDP.

Earlier in a separate function organized at the Office of the DIC on 30^th November, Mr. Atanu Bhowmick had presented the SAIL Shabash award to Mr. Gaurav Arora, the then DGM at DIC’s Secretariat.

In his address, Mr. Bhowmick commended the winners for their dedication and encouraged them to continue to do the good work. He also emphasized on integrity, team work, and ability to bring in change as the essential factors that would ultimately make the organization sustainable. Congratulating the winners, Mr. Tarun Misra, Mr. Alok Verma, Mr. B R Palai, Mr. Anil Kumar, Mr. M P Singh and Mr. Sudip Pal Chowdhury emphasized on the importance of self motivation, which keeps people contribute their best all the time.

Mr. Somajeet Badapanda, GM (HR-OD) coordinated the function.