Sterlite Copper bags Best Safety Practices Award

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper has bagged the prestigious GreenTech Best Safety Practices Award under Metals and Mining category.

Mr P Divakaran, General Manager, Operations and Mr R Muralikrishnan, Associate General Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, Sterlite Copper received the award from Shri.Kamleshwar Sharan, President, Greentech Foundation & Shri R.C.Nayyar, IAS, Former Principal Secretary, Department of Labour, Government of Punjab in a function organised at Goa recently.

The award was in recognition to the company’s demonstration of best practices and innovation in Fire, Safety Management and highest level of commitment in reduction of incidents and accidents.

Sterlite has initiated programmes such as Behavioural Based Safety among employees to improve the safe working culture, Single Point Accountability to focus on individual critical protocol such as confined space, fall prevention, mobile equipments etc and adopting world class best practices in safety through benchmarking with best in class smelters in the world.

Greentech safety awards are presented annually by Greentech foundation to recognise excellence in fire and safety management. The purpose of Greentech Safety Award is to promote improvements in workplace safety, encourage those responsible for workplace safety management and recognition of workplace safety as an ethical responsibility to both employer and employees.

More than 150 industries across the country participated in this event.

Photo Cut - Line: Mr P Divakaran, General Manager, Operations and Mr R Muralikrishnan, Associate General Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, Sterlite Copper receiving the GreenTech Best Safety Practices Award from Shri.Kamleshwar Sharan, President, Greentech Foundation & Shri R.C.Nayyar, IAS, Former Principal Secretary, Department of Labour, Government of Punjab.

For further information, please contact:

R.Ramesh Head - Community Relations Sterlite Copper

r.ramesh@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 424 2940

Sterlite honours district toppers

Tuticorin: Sterlite Copper presented its 15th Scholastic Excellence Awards at a function held at Sterlite Township here on Wednesday. Mr.APCV Chockalingam, Honorary Secretary, VOC Education Society presented the awards to the district toppers of 10^th and 12^th public examinations.

The first, second and third rank holders of 12^th standard examination were conferred with a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively. The first, second and third rank holders of 10^th standard examination were presented a certificate and cash prize of Rs 25,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. Mr.P.Ramnath, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlite Copper presented awards to the schools as well as teachers who produced rank holders.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr.APCV Chockalingam said, “I appreciate the efforts taken by Sterlite to motivate underprivileged children to go for higher education.”

Mr.P.Ramnath congratulated all the award winners and said that Sterlite was privileged to be part of their success and will continue to support the cause of education. He also added that Sterlite is giving educational scholarships to poor children every year.

In the class 12 exam category, V.Sai Lakshmi (1181 marks) of Kamalavati Higher Secondary School, K.Karthika (1180 marks) and R.Bagavathy (1175 Marks) of Spic Nagar Higher Secondary School received the awards from Mr.APCV Chockalingam.

For the SSLC exams, M.Prabhakaran (497 marks), N.Sanjay Kumar (497 marks) of Ravila K.R. Appaswamy Naidu Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School, P.Anuja (496 marks) of Kanchi Sri Sankara Matriculation Higher Secondary School, V.Divya (496 marks), G.Karthick (496 marks), S.Refina Annie (496 marks) of Spic Nagar Higher Secondary School, R.Kishore (496 marks) of Ravila K.R. Appaswamy Naidu Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School, J. Anatha Santhosh Graceson (495 marks) of BMC Matriculation Higher Secondary School, K.Balamurugan (495 marks) of X AN Matriculation Higher School, N.Kaviya (495 marks) of Kamaraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Mareeswari @ Harini.K (495 marks) of Ravila K.R. Appaswamy Naidu Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School, V.Padma of Kanchi Sri Sankara Matriculation Higher Secondary School, J.Pauline Sarah, Solomon Matriculation School and R.Prabha (495 marks) of The Lakshmi Mills Higher Secondary School, Kovipatti.

Mr.D.Dhanavel, Head -Projects, Mrs.A.Sumathi, General Manager – Asset Optimisation, Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Manager, Community Relations, Sterlite Copper, NGOs, teachers and parents of the students were also present during the event.

Photo Cut - Line: Mr.APCV Chockalingam, Honorary Secretary, VOC Education Society presenting scholastic excellence award to a district topper during a function organised by Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin. Mr.P.Ramnath, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlite is also seen in the picture.

For further information, please contact:

R.Ramesh Head – Community Relations Sterlite Copper

rajesh.kr@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 424 2940