Mr Arup Roy Chaudhary chairman cum managing director of the NTPC exhorted to the employees of the SAIL to augment steel production in proportion to the employee strength.

Mr Chaudhary while addressing the employees of Management Training Institute of the SAIL on its golden jubilee foundation day said that "The total employee strength of TATA Steel is five times less than that of the SAIL but production of the two companies is almost the same. It is a challenge that employees of the SAIL to accept and at least increase their production which matches their strength.”

Mr Chaudhary lauded the efforts of MTI in development of managers. He shared his interpretation on leadership and exhorted to the audience to lend their interpretation for exploring and unravelling the issues involved on the same.

MTI, the apex training institute of the SAIL, was established in 1962 on the recommendation of a high-power team comprising experts from the US.

MTI executive director Mr Manas R Panda gave the brief account of the achievements of the institute during its past 50 years. He emphasized that such celebration of foundation day gives opportunity not only to recapitulate the achievement of past but also provides a powerful means to build confidence to take up tougher challenges in future.

Mr Panda also read the message of SAIL chairman C S Verma on the occasion in which he had commended MTI for playing a pivotal role in the dissemination of knowledge and expertise.

Director (personnel) SAIL H S Pati highlighted the important role played by MTI in enhancing the competence of human resource of the public sector steel company. He spoke about significant contributions made by MTI and mentioned about future expectations from MTI.

Source - Times Of India

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