BusinessWire IndiaKolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 7: Electrosteel Castings Ltd. is a water infrastructure Company and pipeline options supplier, pioneering within the manufacturing of Ductile Iron pipes in India of their mission to offer clear consuming water for almost seven a long time. The Company has instituted the Electrosteel Jal Sevak Samman, to acknowledge the contributions of people and establishments within the water area. The first version of the award was held right this moment within the august presence of a number of dignitaries together with the Chief Guest, Swami Suparnananda, Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, and Guests Of Honour, Padmashri Uma Shankar Pandey, a social employee greatest recognized for his contributions in the direction of floor water conservation and Melinda Pavek, Consul General, United States of America. The awardees for Electrosteel Jal Sevak Samman 2023 are Prof (Dr) Abhijit Mukherjee, Professor of GeologyGeophysics, Environmental ScienceEngineering, IIT Kharagpur and Nature Mates, an NGO based mostly in Kolkata. The Jury members of this award have been Subhaprasanna, Noted PainterFormer Chairman, WB Heritage Commission, Soumen Mitra, IPS (Retd.), Officer on Special ObligationDirector, Training, Government of West BengalFormer Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Dr Jayanta Sengupta, Former Curator, Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata and M Ok Jalan, Director, Electrosteel Castings Limited.
“At Electrosteel, we acknowledge water’s priceless imprint on existence. We have always been committed to doing our bit as a responsibly aware organisation for the community and environment. An industry pioneer in India, Electrosteel has always remained the distinct choice for engineers and domain experts in the water space. As a part of our ongoing efforts to turn our planet into a greener one and create newer dimensions of sustainability, we have constituted the Electrosteel Jal Sevak Samman. This will be an annual initiative of the Group, where we would acknowledge the contributions of an individual and an institution, who work in the water space,” stated Sunil Katial, DirectorChief Executive Officer, Electrosteel Castings Ltd. The theme music of Electrosteel Jal Sevak Samman, ‘Water Water Everywhere’ written by Ketan Sengupta and composed and sung by the pop legend, Padmashri Ms Usha Uthup, was launched on the event. In an age of dwindling pure sources, conservation has assumed huge significance. Water conservation, its high quality and availability are some globally related points that must be addressed instantly. Since the enterprise of Electrosteel has a robust synergy with water, Electrosteel Jal Sevak Samman, an annual award has been constituted for felicitating people and establishments which have undertaken initiatives within the water area, for a greater current and way forward for mankind. This Award will act as a catalyst to grasp the worth of water and its immense significance to all types of life. The night concluded with a scintillating efficiency by Pandit Tanmoy Bose and the members of BaulBeyond. Prof (Dr)Abhijit MukherjeeProf (Dr) Abhijit Mukherjee is a Professor, a Scientist and an Environmentalist. He works on the Department of Geology and Geophysics and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering on the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. He is globally recognized for his research on geological and human-sourced groundwater air pollution like arsenic, fluoride, sanitation-borne and rising contaminants in additional than a dozen international locations world wide. He has completed intensive work on groundwater amount and shortage within the Indian subcontinent by utilizing superior computation and Artificial Intelligence. His work has offered enter to the federal government in understanding the nation’s consuming water and meals safety. He obtained the National Geoscience Award 2014, conferred by the President of India. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2020. Nature MatesNature Mates is an unbiased NGO engaged on varied conservation points to guard the wealthy biodiversity of India in collaboration with authorities businesses and non-governmental organizations. It has carried out a profitable restoration of the Santragacchi Jheel, Purbasthali Lake, Bikramgarh Jheel and lots of different ponds in and round Kolkata metropolis. Nature Mates aspires to develop an understanding of nature from all points and plan issue-based actions to develop a secure and wholesome haven for people and non-humans to co-exist with mutual respect.
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