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13/04/22 16:23 PM IST

NMDC Wins two Awards at 80th SKOCH Summit 2022

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  • The largest iron ore producer of India, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), under Ministry of Steel awarded one gold and one silver award in the 80th SKOCH Summit and SKOCH Awards recently conducted by SKOCH, New Delhi.
  • The theme for the SKOCH Summit was ‘State of BFSI & PSUs’.
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  • NMDC won the Gold Award in the category social responsibility for the project ‘Promotion of Technical Education & Skill Development in Dantewada District through NMDC ITI Bhansi’ and the Silver Award in the category digital inclusion for the ‘Project Kalpataru’ for ERP implementation. 
  • NMDC also received the 3 SKOCH – Order of Merit Awards for its exemplary efforts in ensuring seamless digitalization in Project Kalpataru, for its expansive CSR efforts in promoting technical education and skill development in the remote districts of Dantewada and “Project Safety First” in the category Response to COVID.
SKOCH Awards 
  • SKOCH Awards were instituted in 2003 with an aim to recognises people, projects and institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation.
  • Categories: The SKOCH Award is presented by the ‘Skoch Group’ for best efforts in-
    • Digital, financial and social inclusion
    • Governance;
    • Inclusive growth;
    • Excellence in technology and applications;
    • Change management;
    • Corporate leadership;
    • Corporate governance;
    • Citizen service delivery;
    • Capacity building;
    • Empowerment and other such softer issues
Source-PIB 

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