Sunil Bhaskaran, Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel
The TATA STEEL Group and PGTI have announced the 15th TATA Open Golf which will be held in Jamshedpur from 15th – 18th December, 2016. The fourday tournament will be hosted at the Golmuri Golf Course in Jamshedpur. The Pro-Am will be played on 14th December, 2016. The event offers a rich prize purse of Rs. 75 lakhs. The tournament will feature some of the top Indian professionals such as defending champion Mukesh Kumar, Chikkarangappa, Rashid Khan, Khalin Joshi, Shamim Khan, Shubhankar Sharma, Shankar Das, Honey Baisoya and Ajeetesh Sandhu, to name a few. The top foreign players in the field are Sri Lankans Mithun Perera, Anura Rohana, K Prabagaran and N Thangaraja, Kunal Bhasin of Australia, Bangladesh’s Md Zamal Hossain Mollah and Nepal’s Toran Bikram Shahi. The local challenge will be led by professional Karan Taunk of Jamshedpur. The field also features six promising amateurs from Jamshedpur – Aditya Panchamiya, Arush Sabharwal, Dheer Dutta, Kurush Heerjee, Pawan Marwa and Shivam Kamani. Speaking about the initiative Mr Sunil Bhaskaran, Deputy Vice President, Corporate Services, Tata Steel said ‘Come winter and Jamshedpur looks forward to hosting India’s top golfing talent on the occasion of the Tata Open Golf tournament. The event has grown in popularity over the years and the Steel city is delighted with the presence of the golfing stalwarts. Watching them in action, at the new and improved Golmuri Golf Course is a treat. With its commitment to furthering sporting activities, Tata Steel is proud to be associated with this event’ Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, Director, PGTI, said, “The 15th TATA Open is likely to witness a classic contest as the top professionals in the country look to stake claim to the coveted Rolex Player of the Year title. The added incentive for players to finish inside the top 60 to earn their exemptions for next year’s PGTI season makes the contest even more exciting. The sustained support of sponsors such as the TATA STEEL Group has helped the PGTI build a strong foundation for professional golf in India over the last decade. We thank the TATA STEEL Group for their committed support to the sport and look forward to another successful edition of the TATA Open.” The tournament venue, the Golmuri Golf Course, is a lush green, beautiful and very wellmaintained golf course which doesn’t allow golfers any room for error. About Tata Steel and Sports Tata Steel Group stands among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 28 million tonnes per annum (MnTPA) and a turnover of US $17.69 billion in FY16. It is the world's secondmost geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and commercial presence in over 50 countries. Established in
1907, the Group’s vision is to be the world steel industry benchmark in “Value Creation” and “Corporate Citizenship” through the excellence of its people, its innovative approach and overall conduct. Underpinning this vision is a performance culture committed to aspiration targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement, openness and transparency. Having bagged the Deming Application Prize and Deming Grand Prize for continuous improvement in 2008 and 2012 respectively, Tata Steel has now been recognised as the global ‘Industry Leader’ in ‘Steel category’ by Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Besides being one of ‘ worldsteel’s’ Climate Action members, it has also been awarded the CII ITC Sustainability Prize, the ‘Best-in-class Manufacturing’ by TIME Award, the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant, among several others. Tata Steel is the only Indian company to invest in world-class sports facilities, create academies and maintain and manage international level arenas. The cadets of its Tata Football Academy, the nursery for the sport in India, as well as those of the Tata Archery Academy, the only one of its kind for archery, have justified the faith that the Company has in the talent and ability of its youth. Today, a significant part of the Indian Football team, India’s best archers, some of its finest cricketers, athletes, shooters, a Grand Master and several national and international legends have realized their dreams as a result of the support they have received from TATA Steel Sports Academies.
Tata Steel brings First ever ISRO Exhibition to Odisha
Celebrating the 10th year of Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS), Tata Steel in collaboration with Pathani Samanta Planetarium (PSP) has brought the much acclaimed Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the first time to Odisha. The week-long exhibition was inaugurated today at the Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar by Mr Kailash Chandra Sahoo, Director Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar and Mr Arun Misra, Vice President, Project Gopalpur
and Managing Director, Tata Steel SEZ. The exhibition will be on display from 10 am to 5 pm from December 13 to December 17, 2016. The mobile exhibition presented by Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition (VSSE ) , Ahmedabad, is having a set of about 20 static panels related to Remote Sensing Satellites and Communication Satellite and their applications, Chandrayaan/ Mars mission, models of camera of Mars Mission, satellite images; scale down models of launch vehicles like PSLV & GSLV, various satellite models of INSAT and IRS, OCM, Aryabhatta, RISAT, etc. and a working model showing satellites orbiting around earth. While mechanical component parts used in satellites are on the display, there are various video documentaries on launching the Mars Mission. For students of higher classes there is also a video display on how to join ISRO. ISRO’s Geo portal-BHUVAN website will be demonstrated during the exhibition as well. A team of senior scientists and engineers from the Space Applications Center, Ahmedabad, are also present in the exhibition to interact with the students. Speaking about the exhibition, Mr Arun Misra said, Bringing in the ISRO exhibition is a momentous occasion to mark the 10th edition of YATS. The aim of this exhibition is to develop scientific temper amongst the students and researchers and to make common man aware of the contributions of ISRO initiatives in our daily lives. The children visiting the exhibition should also feel encouraged and pursue higher studies in space science.” During the inauguration ceremony, Mr Kailash Chandra Sahoo said, “We are proud to host ISRO’s first ever exhibition in the state. This will help to develop scientific temper among students. I look forward to many footfalls from curious youngsters and astronomy enthusiasts over the next one week.” In a fitting conclusion to the 10th edition of YATS, this initiative is expected to provide valuable realworld exposure to the world of astronomy and space science. The 10th edition of YATS has witnessed active participation of nearly 34,000 students from over 300 schools, spread over 27 districts of Odisha. About Tata Steel Tata Steel Group stands among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 28 million tonnes per annum (MnTPA) and a turnover of US $17.69 billion in FY16. It is the world's second- most geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and commercial presence in over 50 countries. Established in 1907, the Group’s vision is to be the world steel industry benchmark in “Value Creation” and “Corporate Citizenship” through the excellence of its people, approach and overall conduct. Underpinning this vision is a performance culture committed to aspiration targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement, openness and transparency. Having bagged the Deming Application Prize and Deming Grand Prize for continuous improvement in 2008 and 2012 respectively, Tata Steel has now been recognised as the global ‘Industry Leader’ in ‘Steel category’ by Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Besides being one of ‘worldsteel’s’ Climate Action members, it has also been awarded the CII ITC Sustainability Prize, the ‘Best-in-class Manufacturing’ by TIME Award, the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant, among several others.