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IndianOil honoured with PSPB’s “`Petroleum Secretary's Trophy”
New Delhi 10-Aug-2007
Mr Sarthak Behuria, Chairman and Mr V C Agrawal, Director, Human Resources received the prestigious ``Petroleum Secretary’s Trophy’’ from Mr Dinsha J Patel, Hon’ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas at the 7th awards function of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), held at New Delhi on August 9, 2007, amidst a galaxy of star sportsmen of the country. IndianOil has scored a tally of 113 points for best overall performance in 15 sports disciplines. IndianOil’s Rohan Bopanna (Tennis), a gold medallist in Asian Hopman Cup bagged the `Elite Sportsperson’ of the year 2006-07 award. Proud & cheery faces dressed in blue blazers emblazoned with IndianOil logo were the 21-strong members IndianOil contingent at the glittering function. Trupti Murgunde, Nikhil Kanetkar, Markose Bristow, Jaseel Ismail, J B S Vidyadhar, B R Meenakshi, Aparna Balan (Badminton); Abhijit Kunte, S S Ganguly, Deepan Chaktravarty (Chess); Rohit Sharma, Wasim Jaffer (Cricket); T. Pradeepa, I P Singh, A Sharat Kamal, Soumyadeep Roy, K Shamini, Kasturi Chakraborthy (TT); Rohan Bopanna (Tennis); Yogesh Pardeshi, K. Ramesh Babu (Carrom) were the awardees. Mr R Malhotra, GM, Coordination, CO, Corporate Office, was also present. Heartiest Congratulations! In the games of Golf, Hockey, Cricket, Tennis, Table Tennis and Badminton, IndianOil has scored the highest points for the year as against all fourteen-member companies of PSPB. IndianOil has received the ``Petroleum Secretary’s Trophy’’ for the fifth time in a row and crossed the 100-points mark in the year 2006-07 for the first-time in PSPB tournaments. Mr Dinsha Patel, in his address expressed his deep appreciation of petroleum companies for their committed support to nurture sports talent of our country. He said, `` Sports and the spirit of sportsmanship generate a feeling of unity & brotherhood which is the need of the hour. I am so happy that the corporate world is coming forward with their resources to support the Govt Of India to propel our sportsmen in the national and international arena. We have to ensure together that no sports talent goes unnoticed or unsupported.’’ He also exhorted the young as well as the accomplished players to play for the pride of the country. Mr M S Srinivasan, Secretary, Petroleum, & Chairman of PSPB, expressed that sports is a wonderful cause for the petroleum companies to be associated with. He added that ` catching them young’ should be the adage so that talent can be honed at an earlier age to reach higher benchmarks of performance. Around 100 prominent sportsmen of India were awarded in individual and team categories for their exemplary performance in national and international level by Mr M S Srinivasan, Secretary, Petroleum, Mr P K Sinha, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Mr S Sundaresan, Additional Secretary, from Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Mr R S Sharma, CMD (ONGC) and President, PSPB. ONGC received the Petroleum Minister's Trophy whilst OIL was awarded the President PSPB’s Trophy. PSPB has instituted for the first time, this year, the `Life Time Achievement’ award that was presented to M M Somaya, a star of the Indian Hockey team in the 1980s.
New Delhi 10-Aug-2007
Mr Sarthak Behuria, Chairman and Mr V C Agrawal, Director, Human Resources received the prestigious ``Petroleum Secretary’s Trophy’’ from Mr Dinsha J Patel, Hon’ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas at the 7th awards function of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB), held at New Delhi on August 9, 2007, amidst a galaxy of star sportsmen of the country. IndianOil has scored a tally of 113 points for best overall performance in 15 sports disciplines. IndianOil’s Rohan Bopanna (Tennis), a gold medallist in Asian Hopman Cup bagged the `Elite Sportsperson’ of the year 2006-07 award. Proud & cheery faces dressed in blue blazers emblazoned with IndianOil logo were the 21-strong members IndianOil contingent at the glittering function. Trupti Murgunde, Nikhil Kanetkar, Markose Bristow, Jaseel Ismail, J B S Vidyadhar, B R Meenakshi, Aparna Balan (Badminton); Abhijit Kunte, S S Ganguly, Deepan Chaktravarty (Chess); Rohit Sharma, Wasim Jaffer (Cricket); T. Pradeepa, I P Singh, A Sharat Kamal, Soumyadeep Roy, K Shamini, Kasturi Chakraborthy (TT); Rohan Bopanna (Tennis); Yogesh Pardeshi, K. Ramesh Babu (Carrom) were the awardees. Mr R Malhotra, GM, Coordination, CO, Corporate Office, was also present. Heartiest Congratulations! In the games of Golf, Hockey, Cricket, Tennis, Table Tennis and Badminton, IndianOil has scored the highest points for the year as against all fourteen-member companies of PSPB. IndianOil has received the ``Petroleum Secretary’s Trophy’’ for the fifth time in a row and crossed the 100-points mark in the year 2006-07 for the first-time in PSPB tournaments. Mr Dinsha Patel, in his address expressed his deep appreciation of petroleum companies for their committed support to nurture sports talent of our country. He said, `` Sports and the spirit of sportsmanship generate a feeling of unity & brotherhood which is the need of the hour. I am so happy that the corporate world is coming forward with their resources to support the Govt Of India to propel our sportsmen in the national and international arena. We have to ensure together that no sports talent goes unnoticed or unsupported.’’ He also exhorted the young as well as the accomplished players to play for the pride of the country. Mr M S Srinivasan, Secretary, Petroleum, & Chairman of PSPB, expressed that sports is a wonderful cause for the petroleum companies to be associated with. He added that ` catching them young’ should be the adage so that talent can be honed at an earlier age to reach higher benchmarks of performance. Around 100 prominent sportsmen of India were awarded in individual and team categories for their exemplary performance in national and international level by Mr M S Srinivasan, Secretary, Petroleum, Mr P K Sinha, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Mr S Sundaresan, Additional Secretary, from Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Mr R S Sharma, CMD (ONGC) and President, PSPB. ONGC received the Petroleum Minister's Trophy whilst OIL was awarded the President PSPB’s Trophy. PSPB has instituted for the first time, this year, the `Life Time Achievement’ award that was presented to M M Somaya, a star of the Indian Hockey team in the 1980s.