RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, April 26: Joint secretary and financial advisor in the ministry of coal Nirupama Kotru today motivated young executives of CIL and other subsidiaries stating that no work is small in CSR.
“No work is small in CSR and its objective is to benefit the needy and underprivileged. CIL and its subsidiaries are doing many impactful CSR initiatives,” she said while addressing the brain storming session of two-day CSR Conference 2023.
The conference concluded at Central Coalfields Limited with a positive note that best practices of CSR carried out across Coal India Ltd, Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and other subsidiaries would be implemented with the same zeal and enthusiasm across the companies. The CSR Conference 2023 was organized by CCL under the aegis of CIL. The theme of the conference was “Re-Engineering CSR”.
CCL CMD PM Prasad, on the occasion, supported her saying that this CSR conference will yield tangible results and best practices of CSR may be adopted in the large interest of the society.
CCL director (personnel) Harsh Nath Mishra, in his address stated that the conference provided an opportunity for the participants working in different subsidiaries of CIL to come together and deliberate on the topic and share their best practices. He further stated that Coal India and its subsidiary companies are committed to the holistic development of stakeholders.
An exhibition where the CIL and its subsidiaries showcased their CSR initiatives was also organized at the CCL Headquarters. CCL along with Mahanadi Coalfields Limited jointly won the first prize for the best stall, while Eastern Coalfields Limited stood second.
A brainstorming session amongst the participants was also organized on the occasion where deliberations were held on various facets of CSR and two groups were awarded first and second prize.
The list of speakers in the conference included senior officials of IICM, CCL and BCCL besides emeritus professor of IIT, Mumbai, Satish B. Agnihotri, IIT, senior IPS of Jharkhand cadre R K Mallick. On the first day of the conference dignitaries like Bhaskar Chatterjee, Sonam Wangchuk and Parul Rishi besides others were present.
