TATA Power's wholly owned subsidiary Coastal Gujarat Power Limited has achieved the Strong Commitment to HR Excellence level of recognition in the 2nd CII National HR Excellence Awards. The Certificate was received at the 2nd CII National HR Conclave 2011 held on October 18th 2011 at The Grand in Vasant Kunj in New Delhi.

The HR Excellence awards are constituted by CII to recognize the strength of HR processes of an organization. The CII HR Excellence Model is based on the CII EXIM Bank Excellence Award encompassing all aspects of human resource management and acts as a practical tool for:

1. A self assessment model for measuring the current status and thus identify the gaps to stimulate solutions

2. A framework to position various HR initiatives and identify gaps

3. A basis to develop common understanding of various terms used in the HR Management

Mr Alok Kanagat executive director at CGPL said that "We are delighted to receive this award. We will continue our efforts towards achieving excellence in HR practices and establish new industry standards."

The eligibility of the award was based on a three step process beginning with the submission of an initial application document on CGPL's people processes which comprised CGPL Overview, leadership processes, HR strategy and processes, people knowledge and competencies, employee well being and engagement.

As part of the second step, an eminent panel of assessors from CII conducted a site visit to CGPL for a meeting with the Leadership Team and assessing various aspects of HR Excellence. As a next step, the scores and feedback report by the assessor panel was evaluated by an eminent panel of jury. 39 companies participated in the process.