The best is yet to come: Ramaraju

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Foundation Day was celebrated in BhilaiSteel Plant (BSP) on Sunday. 1028 executive and non-executive workers of BSP were honored on this occasion in the ceremonies organised in different departments. Including the workers and officers of mines area. in total 125 officers and 903 personnel were presented long service awards and certificates for completing 25 years of the Central Function was organised at Ispat Bhavan Conference Hall In which R Ramaraju, Managing Director raced the occasion as Chief Guest. Ramaraju privileged 60 officers ranked above Assistant General Manager with the awards for their long services.

MD in his inspiring address said that as an organisation SAIL has been adapthetuld resilient and this capability is the secret of its continuous success for more than fifty years. He emphasized the important of achieving quantum jumps in performance. He urged the erxecutives to be innovative, adaptive and to prepare themselws for the future . He was confident that SAIL and BSP have sufficient pool of managerial talent and experience to continue to excel and sold that the best is wt to come.

In his welcome address PK Aggarwal. ED (Personnel and Administration) said that SAIL is a caring and sharing organisation and there is a strong bond between the employees and the organisation. That is why all of us do not re allse when we complete the long Journey of 25 years. in the organisa-tion. He was confident that the awarder would continue to make significant contributions to take the organisation togrratergar AU the Executive Director pres

BS/ It Rumor* giving any the award to ase GUM employees ent in the Ilinction alsocongratulat-ed the award winners and thanked them for their dedicated service which had enabled SAIL to com-plete more than fifty wars of dish mind service to the nation. It was pointed out that the contributions of our employees have enabled SAIL to first achieve Navaratna sta-tus and now the Maharatna status. Further 1151' had won the presti gious Pals Trophy for the bra inte-

grated Steel plant for a glorious Nine firs Some of the executives present also spoke and expnred their feel: ings and views. They thankrd the management and the Company for what they had achred in life and assured that this important mile: stone in their career would moll rate them to apply themselves with renewed vigour to fulfill the ccgani: sational goals. Many of the awardees expressed pride in the far that they wens sttond genera. lion Maar engaged in the task of tuition building. PC Nahata and I(I) Prasad from Officers Association also congratulated the award winners. Some honound officers also ad. dressed the prethamme. They stat: ed that it is delightful for them tote the second generation of a plant a. sedated with building of the na. Bon. The awaniees expressed grati-tude towards the management for its support throughout their ea: reers. Ashok Kumar. Executive Director (ED), Works: PK Arral. ED (Ptah MK Hindu. ED Inclurge (Mines); MN Rai. ED (Mines-Rowghath $S Mohanti, ED (Projects) along with several other General Managers: PC Habra. President, Offictts Association KD Prasact General Secretary and many other senior officers were es: perry prrent there.

Another small town boy makes it to the big league

K Shriniwas Rao

In Dalli Rajhara, a mining town 85 km south of Bhilai steel city, there was a send-off given to an 18-year-old boy in a manner hardly

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ever witnessed by the locals, who form the 55,000-odd population in that region.

Harpreet Singh Bhatia, the youngster, whose inclusion in the India's U-19 World Cup team had the non-descript town known to the country for its iron ores, take to cricket with great enthusiasm.

"Please mention the boy's name. He's very talented. We only get the Times of India in our town because officers (at the mines) read it.

"They'll be very happy," pleaded the boy's coach, Suresh Reddy, his high-pitched voice on phone desperately seeking recognition.

While it is another matter that Harpreet is yet another example of cricketers fast emerging from the heart of rural India, it isn't just his hometown address - one that isn't far from the naxal area in the state of Chattisgarh - which deserves a mention.

As a cricketer alone, the boy is marked for the future. "He's a good all-round talent, batting is his main strength but he has also developed as a bowler. Harpreet adds a lot of solidity to the side," says India U-19 coach Chandrakant Pandit, adding how the cricketer is a sure starter in the first XI.

Son of Jaspal Singh Bhatia, a 49-year-old trader who makes his living selling used clothes, Harpreet is the youngest of three children. In April this year, he toured Australia with the U-19 team as vice-captain and that was perhaps the first time Jaspal seriously considered how his son's cricket could catapult him into another world.

Adds Reddy, "It's hard to explain how big an achievement this is for someone from a town as far flung and small as ours. It's almost a mismatch between areas that either make a tribal belt or are naxal-infested."

The BCCI had shortlisted him this year for the MA Chidambaram Award for the best U-19 cricketer.

The Times of India