AWARDS WON BY VSP

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1st Steel Minister's Trophy for the year 2006-07 VSP’s excellent Overall performance 2010   
'Best Management Practices' Award by Govt. of AP In recognition of VSP’s performance in the areas of Production, Productivity, Labour Practices, Industrial Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility 2010   
'Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha shield' given by His Excellency Vice President of India Dr. Hamid AnsariFor effective implementation of ‘Rajbhasha’, Hindi in VSP 2010   
5S "Strong Commitment" Award by CII for 5 S Excellence 2010   
Viswakarma Rashtriya Puraskar Awards, 6th time in a row National level awards instituted by Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India for the workmen in industries. Recognition for the innovative suggestions resulting in higher efficiency, productivity, quality, safety & working conditions, house-keeping and import substitution at enterprise level. 2010   
5 No.s of the prestigious Prime Minister Shram Awards, 1'Shram Bhushan' and 4 'Shram Veer' awards,presented by Ministry of Labour and Welfare Given annually to the excellently performing workers 2010   
'National Sustainability Award' Second prize amongst the integrated steel plants given by the Ferrous Division of Indian Institute of Metals 2010   
"Excellent Water Efficient Unit" award by CII for Excellence in Water Management- 2010 at National level 2010   
Global HR Excellence award by World HRD Congress "Change Agent & Leadership Award" in Global HR Excellence Awards 2010-11 given by World HRD Congress at Mumbai 2010   
National Awards by Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) 1. The trilingual in-house magazine 'Ukkuvani' bagged the First and Second prize under the Best Newsletter category for different entries. 2. First Prize for VSP’s website under the 'Corporate Website' Category 2010   
Gold Award for Outstanding Achievement in Training Excellence by Greentech Foundation, New Delhi VSP has established World Class Training infrastructure since inception and continuously improved training facilities 2010   
Strategic Leadership Award For CMD of RINL by Asia Pacific Human Resource Management congress , New Delhi For his well known leadership and contribution to HRD and for being a role model as a thinker, a doer and a believer in change and for his strategic and iconic stature 2010   
Global Human Resource Development Award of International Federation of Training and Development Organization, London In recognition of outstanding performance in setting up of high standards in HRD and focus on initiatives that would motivate and Empower employees to do their best 2010   
Udyog Ratan Award for CMD of RINL By National Industrial Conclave-2010, Ranchi For his outstanding contribution in making VSP ‘turn around to a blue chip company’ and for being the architect of ‘special purpose vehicle’ for global acquisition of mines 2010   
Great Places to Work Award By Great Places to work Institute and Economic Times, Mumbai For inspiring Trust among its Employees, for instilling Pride in them and creating an environment in the work place that promotes camaraderie 2010   
Town Official Language Implementation Committee Award, Visakhapatnam For its exemplary Performance in Implementation of Official language 2010   
INSSAN AWARD VSP won this Quiz successively for 3 years in a row (2007, 2008 & 2009) achieving HAT-TRICK which is a National Record. 2009   
Bagged third prize in ‘Public Relations National Awards-2009’ In the ‘Event Management’ category at the 31st All India Public Relations conference held in Chandigarh 2009   
Adjudged ‘Energy Efficient Unit’ award by Confederation of Indian Industry Godrej Green Business Centre at the 10th National award. For excellence in energy Management 2009   
Won the TATA-Crucible Corporate Quiz. For the best performance in the inter corporate business quiz, TATA-Crucible Corporate Quiz 2009   
QC teams won Gold & Bronze medals at the International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) convention at Cebu, Philippines in October 2009. For Quality Circles 2009   
Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar Awards for the performance year 2007 5TH Time in a row. For the best suggestions 2009   
The ‘Indira Gandhi Rajabhasha’ Award For the best performance in Hindi implementation during the year 2007-08 in September. 2009   
RINL ranked No.2 globally for the popularity of website among the global steel makers. Global survey by Steel guru for the most popular website among steel makers all over the world 2009   
The ‘Best Place to work for- 2009’ Award given by “The Economic Times-Great Place to Work Institute” was won by VSP in June 2009   
ISPAT RAJYA BHASHA TROPHY For popularising the usage of Hindi. 2009   
VSP bags ‘top assessee’ award For 2007-08 for paying highest central excise. 2009   
Ukkuvani, the bi-monthly In-house journal was adjudged the ‘Best House Journal Devoted to Welfare of Employees’ For Employee welfare in ‘National Awards for House Journals’. 2009   
QCFI-NMDC Trophy. For the ‘Best Quality Circle Implementing Organisation’ given by QCFI 2008   
CII Award for ‘5-S’ to WRM Dept. of VSP in November For Workplace Management. VSP is the 1st organisation in Steel Industry implementing ‘5-S’ at workplace management. 2008   
Two QC teams, “Harmony” from WRM and “Vikas” from RMHP won EXCELLENT awards at International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) at Dhaka, Bangladesh Quality Circles 2008   
“Ispat Suraksha Puraskar Award” For ‘No fatal accident’ in 2006 & 2007 given by JCSSI (Joint Committee on Safety, Health & Environment in Steel industry) 2008   
“Enterprise Excellence Award 2007” conferred by Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) in May 2008. Excellence in overall performance 2008   
Sri PK Bishnoi, CMD was awarded a Gold medal by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Dr.Manmmohan Singh at the 95th Indian Science Congress at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam For his significant achievement for ‘Sustainable Development’, ‘Improving the quality of life in society’ and ‘Supporting the cause of Science& Technology’ 2008   
Second Prize for Organisational Excellence. Efficient suggestion scheme operation given by INSSAN 2008   
Best Organisation Award conferred by QCFI, Visakhapatnam Chapter For promoting QCs in the organization 2008   
Sri PK Bishnoi, CMD was presented UDYOG RATAN award by the Institute of Economic studies, New Delhi For achieving excellence in Productivity, Quality, Innovation and Management. 2007   
Sri PK Bishnoi, CMD was presented Excellence Award by the Delhi Telugu Academy For significant contribution to the industry. 2007   
Two QC teams, 'Samruddhi' from SMS and 'Trishakti' from LMMM won GOLD Medals at International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) 2008 at Beijing, China in October 2007. Best Quality Circles 2007   
Sri PK Bishnoi, CMD was awarded the Best Chief Executive Gold Award of 'Indira Gandhi Memorial National Awards-2007' by Institution of Engineers (India) Hyderabad. Indira Gandhi Memorial National Awards 2007   
National Award for e-Governance Exemplary usage of ICT by Public Sector Undertakings 2007-08   
Prime Minister's Trophy Best integrated steel plant 2005-06   
Commendation prize for strong commitment to Excellence - CII Exim Bank Award for Business Excellence 2006 Overall Excellence in all activities of the company 2006   
Strong Commitment - CII HR Excellence Award 2006 Excellence in HR processes and practices 2006   
National Energy Conservation Award Energy efficiency (First prize for 3 consecutive years and also a special award for achieving this). This is the 7th award in a row 1st - 2006 2nd - 2005 1st - 2004 1st - 2003 1st - 2002 2nd - 2001 Merit Certificate- 2000   
Organizational Excellence Award Efficient suggestion scheme operation given by INSSAN 2006, 2004   
Business Achievement Award for Excellence Environmental Conservation & Pollution Control presented by Confederation of Asia Pacific Chamber of Commerce & Industry 2005   
CII -GBC National Award Excellence in Energy management 2005   
Energy Conservation Award by AP Productivity Council Best organization in Energy conservation initiatives 2005   
Certificate of Appreciation by Institution of Engineers, AP chapter Excellence in energy conservation 2005   
National Award for Excellence in Water Management by CII Excellence in water management 2005,2004   
Leadership & Excellence Award in SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) Excellence in SHE by CII South Zone 2004   
CACCI Business Achievement Award For environmental conservation & pollution control by FICCI 2004   
World Quality Commitment International Star Award Performance excellence, quality management & quality achievement, given by Business Initiative Directions, Paris in the Gold category. 2004   
ICWA National Award Good performance for excellence in Cost management 2004   
Best Enterprise Award For surpassing MOU Targets, awarded by SCOPE 2003-04   
Rolling shield for "Environmental Protection" To recognize efforts in environmental protection, by Directorate of field publicity, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting 2002-03   
Prime Minister's Trophy Best integrated steel plant 2002-03   
Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshmitra Award For massive afforestation efforts. Given by Ministry of Environment & Forests 2002-03   
Best HR Practices Given by Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD) 2002   
Environment Excellence Award for Energy conservation by Greentech Foundation, Delhi 2002   
Best Enterprise Award, WIPS Given by SCOPE 2001-02   
Award for Best Turnaround Given by SCOPE 2000-01   
Best Management Award for outstanding contribution in management of industrial relations, labour welfare and productivity given by Govt. of AP 2000-01   
Shield for "Best efforts in Rain water Harvesting" AP Pollution Control Board 2001   
SAIL Chairman's Silver plaque for no fatal accidents (for regular employees category) 2000   
Paryavaran Parirakshak Award in recognition of it's success in prevention of industrial pollution and preservation of ecological balance by reducing pollution to the minimum by installing sophisticated equipment and machinery in the factory. Given by Rotary District 3020 International 2000