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IndianOil bags SCOPE Gold Trophy for Best Practices in Human Resources Management 2005-06
New Delhi   07-Sep-2007
New Delhi, Sept. 7: IndianOil has been conferred the prestigious SCOPE Meritorious Award for Best Practices in Human Resource Management for the year 2005-06. The glittering gold trophy and citation were presented by Mr.Sontosh Mohan Dev, Hon’ble Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, to Mr. Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, IndianOil, and Mr. V C Agrawal, Director (HR), IndianOil, on Tuesday. The SCOPE Meritorious Awards have been instituted by the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) to recognise significant achievements of member enterprises in various fields such as human resource management, corporate social responsibility & responsiveness, good corporate governance, R&D and innovation, environmental excellence & sustainable development, etc. Recognising IndianOil’s HRM practices, the citation of the SCOPE award reads, “IndianOil follows a strong employee-centric HR policy and fully credits its growth to the dedicated and committed effort of its people…. With a strong belief that its competitive edge rests in the competency, capabilities and expertise of its human resource pool, IndianOil has been continuously benchmarking its HR systems and processes…” The awards function was held in the capital to coincide with the inauguration of the 3rd Directors Certification Programme under the auspices of SCOPE.