Month: November 2016

Oil India Limited (OIL) has set up an OIL Start-Up fund of Rs 50 crore to encourage new “out of the box” ideas related to the oil and gas sector, particularly in the Northeast. The oil exploration major’s chairman-cum-managing director Utpal Bora said in a press conference that the initiative was in line with the Centre’s ‘Start-up India’ initiative. “The OIL Start-Up fund is to encourage students, young entrepreneurs and institutions to come out with out of the box ideas for the benefit of the oil and gas sector that…

Ahead of the second anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address chief ministers, ministers, elected representatives of people, district collectors, municipal commissioners of 500 AMRUT cities and other stakeholders in New Delhi today. He will inaugurate the day long INDOSAN (India Sanitation Conference) meant for taking stock of the progress made under the Swachh Bharat mission. After the inaugural session, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will co-chair a plenary session on ‘Behavioral Change’ – Aspects of…

In its unwavering commitment to serve the community and give something back to the society, Rural Electrification Corporation organized a “Blood Donation Camp” in collaboration with HELP 3 at Connaught Place, New Delhi on 17th Sept, 2016. The camp was inaugurated by Shri A.K. Verma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power in the presence of senior officials of REC. In the light of the recent increase in number of dengue cases a, dengue camp was also organised alongside the blood donation camp. The camp witnessed active participation from people who volunteered…

National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) & CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata & CSIR- National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur have entered into Memorandum of Agreement for marketing the inventions/innovations, patents, formulations, know-how/processes developed by these institutes and also collection of Premia and Royalties arising from these activities. Dr. H. Purushotham, CMD, NRDC and Dr. Swapankumar Ghosh, Head, Project Management Division, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata & Dr. Amitava Mitra, Head, Project Management Division, CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur has signed the MOA in the presence of Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Director CSIR-CGRI &NML, Dr. A.B. Mandal…

Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has organized a ‘Blood Donation Camp’ in collaboration with Lions Blood Bank on 17th September, 2016 at its premises in New Delhi. Several enthusiastic donors including PFC employees, their families and general public participated in this noble cause. Every donor had to pass through a series of preliminary medical tests like BP, Hb, Weight, etc. before donating blood. All the donors were offered a Lions Blood Bank Donor Card for future use. The camp concluded with the donors being served with tea,coffee and snacks.

NTPC Limited Chairman and Managing Director, Gurdeep Singh accompanied by Director (Project) Subhash Chandra Pandey, visited Tanda Thermal Power Station recently. Group General Manager Manoj Saxena, General Manager (O&M) S Mukherjee, General Manager (Project) Sanjay Madan and Addl GMs of the Station, received Gurdeep Singh and Subhash Chandra Pandey. Gurdeep Singh also inaugurated the 400 kv Switchyard of second stage (2×660 mw) of Tanda Thermal Power station. They visited the nodal locations of the station as well as various areas of second stage. Gurdeep Singh also chaired a review meeting…