Tata Steel bags the TIME India Award for 'Best in Class Manufacturing' during Make in India Week

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the award to  TV Narendran, Managing Director, India & South East Asia, Tata Steel in recognition of the Company’s outstanding performance in the manufacturing sector.

The TIME India Awards encompassed three categories namely, ‘Best in Class Manufacturing’, ‘Manufacturing Innovator of the Year’ and ‘Young Maker of the Year’, thereby recognizing notable achievements in the Indian manufacturing sector. Tata Steel was nominated along with organizations like Hindustan Unilever Limited and Shahi Exports Private Limited for the said category and has won the same.

On receiving the award,  TV Narendran, Managing Director, India & South East Asia, Tata Steel, said, “It is an honor to receive this award from our Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. We take pride that our efforts at ensuring operational sustainability has been acknowledged. This award has recognized our manufacturing superiority. Tata Steel achieved this by creating all the building blocks of a sustainable business like strong operational excellence, superior design & development capabilities, and ability to scale up to global standards of quality, sustainable systems and strong corporate governance.”

Speaking at the event,  Koushik Chatterjee, Group Executive Director, Finance and Corporate, Tata Steel said, “Manufacturing excellence and competitiveness is a pre-requisite for our country to succeed in its industrial vision for ‘Make in India’ and Tata Steel has always been committed to this vision. Our recent Kalinganagar Plant and Gopalpur projects are a testimony to our efforts towards this initiative. This award has greatly motivated us to create higher benchmarks in the steel industry and further our operational excellence in the manufacturing industry.”