Dalal Street Investment Journal (DSIJ), India's No.1 investment magazine, yesterday evening organized the PSU Awards 2014, to honor the Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) for their commendable performance. DSIJ has always had great regard for Indian PSUs and recognized their immense contribution to the Indian economy.
The DSIJ Group conferred 15 awards in various categories. Shri Suresh Prabhu,Hon'ble Minister of Railways, GoI, was the Guest along with Gen. (Retd.) V.K.Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs, External Affairs Govt. of India, Shri KD Tripathi., Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, GoI. The event was streamed live at http://www.dsij.in/psu/awards.aspx.
The 6th. DSIJ PSU AWARDS 2014 demonstrates the continuing faith of Dalal Street Investment Journal in the Indian PSUs. This year witnessed some of the biggest names in the PSU sector attending the event -
Mr. CS VERMA, CMD, SAIL
Mr. B B Rao , CMD - BHEL
Mr. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD - NTPC
Mr. Rajeev Sharma, CMD - REC
Mr. M.K. Goel, CMD - PFC
Mr. Alok Kumar Mittal - NBCC
Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta, CMD - Concor India
Dr. A.K.Manocha, CMD - IRCTC
Mr. G. Srinivasan, CMD - New India Assurance
Mr. Milind Kharat - CMD, United Insurance
Reflecting on the occasion, Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister of Railways, GoI, said, " PSU's have been much maligned and ridiculed for a long time. But their contribution to the economy and nation building has been exemplary. Therefore, I am happy that we are finally recognizing them. India needs both a strong private and public sector for the growth of GDP. But PSU's also need a lot of operational freedom to be competitive and hence we are taking steps to ensure that. I congratulate all the PSU's on receiving the 6th DSIJ 2014 awards."
Mr. Rajesh Padode, MD of DSIJ Pvt. Ltd. said, 'Dalal Street Investment Journal, which has democratized wealth creation for more than 29 years has always recognized the contribution of Indian Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in building a robust society and economy for our nation. This recognition has manifested itself in the form of the most coveted "DSIJ PSU AWARDS" since 2009. These companies have been the pillars of the economy providing business opportunities for establishing the Indian Private sector whilst delivering on their social objectives of seeding development and prosperity in the country.