PRESS NOTE
PRIME MINISTER SHRAM
AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2008 ANNOUNCED
The Government of India today announced the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards
for the year 2008 to be awarded to 52 workers employed in the Departmental
Undertakings & Public Sector Undertakings of the Central and State
Governments and Private Sector Units employing 500 or more workers in
recognition of their distinguished performances, innovative abilities,
outstanding contribution in the field of productivity and exhibition of
exceptional courage and presence of mind.
This year, one nomination for the prestigious Shram Ratna Award, four
nominations for the Shram Bhushan Award, seventeen nominations for Shram
Vir/Shram Veerangana and thirty nominations for Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards
have been selected. Even though, the total number of Shram Awards is 33, the
number of workers receiving the Awards is 52(Including 2 women), as some of the
Awards have been shared by workers and/or
teams of workers consisting of more than one worker. These include 35
workers from the public sector and 17 workers from the private sector.
SHRAM RATNA
ThIs is the highest Award (one in number) among the Shram Awards and
carries a cash award of Rs.2,00,000/- along with a ‘Sanad’. For the year 2008,
the prestigious Shram Ratna Award has been awarded to Shri Nagaraja, Senior
Technical Assistant, Bharat Electronics Limited Banagluru.
SHRAM BHUSHAN
Total number of Shram Bhushan Award
is four. It carries a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000/- and ‘Sanad’. Four
nominations were found suitable for the Shram Bhushan Award. For the year 2008,
the Shram Bhushan Awards have been given in respect of Public Sector
undertakings given to Shri Rajendran.S, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited
Banagluru and Shri Pilla Siva Desa Patrudu, Rashtiya Ispat Nigam Ltd.,
Vishakhapatnam and in respect of Private Sector, to Shri Samarendra Kumar
Singh, Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur and Shri Bhupendra Kumar Rathore, Vikram
Cement, Madhya Pradesh.
SHRAM VIR/VEERANGANA
Total number of Shram Vir/Shram
Veerangana Awards is twelve. It carries a cash award of Rs. 60,000/- and a
‘Sanad’. No female worker from Public Sector and Private Sector was found
suitable for Shram Veerangana Award. The Shram Vir awardees are Shri Sagiraju
Bapi Raju, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam, S/Shri Rati Kanta Mishra,
Kalu Charan Moharana, Herman Toppo, Purnanda Kumar Barik, Dusmanta Kumar Mekap,
Dinabandhu Das (Jointly) (All from SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela); Shri
Boyina Lakshmana Raju, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam; Shri
Chidipudi. Venkata Reddy, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam; Shri Dadi
Madhava Rao, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam; Shri Haridas Mistry,
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd., Bhopal. (All from Public Sector Unit). Shri
Charles Benjamin Pereira, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., Dahanu Thermal Power,
Thane; Shri Tarun Kumar Ghosh, Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur; Shri Bijan Kumar
Sharma, Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur; Shri Raju Sharma, Tata Steel Ltd.,
Jamshedpur; Shri Dharmendra Singh, Hindalco Industries Ltd., Renukoot,Uttar
Pradesh; Shri V. Sathia, Ashok Leyland, Ennore, Chennai. (All from Private
Sector Unit).
SHRAM SHREE/DEVI
Total number of Shram Shree/Shram
Devi Awards is sixteen. It carries a cash award of Rs. 40,000/- and a ‘Sanad’.
One female worker from Public sector and one female worker from Private Sector
have been selected for Shram Devi Awards for this year. The Shram Shree/Shram
Devi awardees are S/Shri Achyutanand Pandey, Brijendra Dhar Dwivedi, Amitabh
Dutta, Sanjay Adavadkar, Mohan Lal (Jointly) (All from SAIL, Bhilai Steel
Plant, Bhilai); Shri Mande Prabhakara Rao, Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd,
Hyderabad; S/Shri Kumar Sukal Indrman, Mohd. Umar Khan, Gireendra Mohan,
Anirudh Prasad Vishwakarma, Avinash Tonape, Praveen Kumar, Harish Kumar Sinha,
Jasbir Singh, Madan Kumar Soni, Ramashray Ram (Jointly) (All from SAIL, Bhilai
Steel Plant, Bhilai); Shri Ramadhar Gautam, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Ranipur ,
Haridwar; S/Shri Satyendra Kumar Dewangan, Kushank Nikhaley, Surendra kumar
(Jointly) (All from SAIL, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai); Shri Datla Sita Rama
Raju, Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam; Smt. Mamta Dubey,
ITI Ltd., Mankapur. (All from Public Sector Unit). Shri Dharm Pal Singh,
Hindalco Industries Ltd., Renukoot, Uttar Pradesh; Shri Dalvinder Singh Sohal,
Grasim Industries Ltd., Birlagram, Nagda, MP; Shri Laxman Singh, Tata Steel
Ltd., Kalaringatta, Jajpur, Orissa; Shri Devdatta Pandurang Choudhari, Larsen
& Toubro Ltd., Mumbai; Shri Takhtsingh Andrarsing Baria, Transpek Silox
Industry Ltd., Vadodara; Shri Parmod Prasad, Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur; Shri
Ajit Kumar Joshi, ACC Ltd., Lakher Cement Works, Bundi, Rajasthan; Smt.
Parwati, Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur.( All from Private Sector Unit).
Prime Minister’s ShramAwards, 2008
SHRAM RATNA
Shri Nagaraja,
Senior Technical Assistant,
Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore
PUBLIC SECTOR
SHRAM BHUSHAN
1 Shri Rajendran.S, Artisan Grade 1,
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd, Bangalore
2. Shri Pilla Siva Desa Patrudu, Foreman
(Mechanical),
Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam.
SHRAM VIR/VEERANGANA
1 Shri Sagiraju Bapi Raju, Chargeman
(Mechanical),
Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam.
2 S/ Shri
(i)
Rati Kanta Mishra, Senior Technician
(ii)
Kalu Charan Moharana, Senior Technician,
(iii)
Herman
Toppo, Senior Technician,
(iv)
Purnanda Kumar Barik,
Senior Technician,
(v)
Dusmanta Kumar Mekap,
Senior Technician,
(vi)
Dinabandhu Das, Senior
Technician,
( All from SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela)
3. Shri Boyina Lakshmana Raju, Chargeman (Mechanical),
Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam.
4. Shri Chidipudi. Venkata Reddy, Senior Chargeman
(Electrical)
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam.
5. Shri Dadi Madhava Rao,
Senior Chargeman (Mech.)
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd., Visakhapatnam.
6. Shri Haridas Mistry, Artisan Grade-1
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd, Bhopal.
SHRAM SHREE/DEVI
1. S/ Shri
(i)
Achyutanand Pandey,
Chargeman Cum- Sr. Technician
(ii)
Brijendra Dhar
Dwivedi, Sr. Technician
(iii)
Amitabh Dutta, Chargeman- Cum- Master Operative
(iv)
Sanjay
Adavadkar, Sr. Technician
(v)
Mohan
Lal, Chargeman- Cum- Sr.
Technician
( All from SAIL, Bhilai
Steel Plant, Bhilai)
2. Shri Mande Prabhakara Rao, Asst. Foreman,
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd,
Hyderabad.
3 S/Shri
(i)
Kumar
Sukal Indrman, Mast. Tech.
cum Chargeman
(ii)
Mohd. Umar Khan,
Mast. Tech. cum Chargeman
(iii)
Gireendra Mohan, Mast. Tech.
cum Chargeman
(iv)
Anirudh Prasad Vishwakarma, Mast. Tech. cum Chargeman
(v)
Avinash Tonape, Sr.
Tech. cum Chargeman
( All from SAIL, Bhilai
Steel Plant, Bhilai)
4 S/Shri
(i)
Praveen
Kumar, Sr. Technician (Electrical)
(ii)
Harish
Kumar Sinha, Chargman-cum-Sr.
Tech.(Elec.)
(iii)
Jasbir Singh, Sr. Technician (Mech.)
(iv)
Madan Kumar Soni,
Sr. Operative
(v)
Ramashray Ram, Sr. Operative
( All from SAIL, Bhilai
Steel Plant, Bhilai)
5. Shri Ramadhar Gautam, Working Foreman,
Bharat Heavy Electricals, Ranipur, Haridwar.
6. S/Shri
(i) Satyendra Kumar Dewangan, Master operative
(Furnace)
(ii) Kushank Nikhaley, Chargeman- Cum Master
Technician.
(iii) Surendra Kumar, Chargeman Cum -Master Operative.
(
All
from SAIL, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai)
7. Shri Datla Sita Rama Raju, Sr. Technical
Assistant ‘C’
Naval Science & Technological
Laboratory, Visakhapatnam.
8. Smt. Mamta Dubey, Head Tech Astt.,
ITI Ltd., Mankapur
PRIVATE SECTOR
SHRAM BHUSHAN
1 Shri Samarendra
Kumar Singh,Foremen
Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur(Jharkhand)
2. Shri Bhupendra
Kumar Rathore, Mechine Tool
Operator,
Vikram
Cement, Vikram Nagar, MP
SHRAM VIR/VEERANGANA
1 Shri Charles Benjamin Pereira, Artisan
‘B’
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., Dahanu Thermal Power, Thane
2. Shri Tarun Kumar
Ghosh, Foreman (Electrical Maintenance)
Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
3. Shri Bijan Kumar
Sharma, Foreman
Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
4 Shri Raju Sharma,
Foreman,
Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
5 Shri Dharmendra
Singh, Instrument Mechanic (Grade –A),
Hindalco
Industries Ltd., Renukoot, UP
6 Shri V. Sathia,
Highly Skilled,
Ashok Leyland, Ennore,
Chennai.
SHRAM SHREE/DEVI
1. Shri Dharm Pal
Singh, Fitter ( A Grade),
Hindalco Industries Ltd., Renukoot, UP.
2. Shri Dalvinder
Singh Sohal, Technician,
Grasim Industries Ltd., Birlagram, Nagda, MP.
3. Shri Laxman
Singh, Charge Hand (P),
Tata Steel Ltd, Kalaringatta,
Jajpur, Orissa.
4. Shri Devdatta Pandurang Chouudhari, Specialist-
Electrician
Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai.
5. Shri Takhtsingh Andrarsing Baria, Plant Operator,
Transpek Silox industry Ltd., Vadodara.
6. Shri Parmod
Prasad, Senior Associate,
Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
7. Shri Ajit Kumar
Joshi, Assistant Foreman,
ACC Ltd., Lakher
Cement Works, Distt. Bundi,
Rajasthan.
8. Smt. Parwati,
Jr. Technician,
Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)
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