The President of India,Pranab Mukherjee presented the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) Meritorious Awards today (November 5, 2014) at a function held in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Winners of the SCOPE Meritorious Awards were SAIL,BPCL, Indian Oil, HAL, BEL, PFC, NSKFDC. The Commendation Certificates were awarded to OIL, WAPCOS, IRCON, REIL and THDC. The President also felicitated EIL, NBCC and CONCOR, the new Navratna CPSEs.
Speaking on the occasion, the President complimented SCOPE for its initiative in instituting the SCOPE Meritorious Awards with the objective of identifying and recognizing outstanding performers in various segments of business activity. He also complimented the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) for organizing the event which provides recognition to the efforts being made by CPSEs in a variety of areas such as Environmental Excellence & Sustainable Development; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility & Responsiveness; Research and Development and Technology Development & Innovation.
The President made special mention of the ‘Make in India’ campaign which has recently been launched by Government to transform India into a truly world-class, global manufacturing hub and said that he believed that CPSEs have a vital role in making this a reality. He drew their attention on the need to innovate while doing business. He stated that an ever changing and dynamic business scenario throws up newer and complex challenges which call for innovative solutions.
The Awards Presentation Ceremony organized jointly by SCOPE and Department of Public Enterprises at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Other dignitaries who addressed the function were C.S. Verma, Chairman, SCOPE and Dr. U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE.
