TATA Steel was conferred the Good Corporate Citizen Award for the year 2011 by Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry in a ceremony at Mumbai. The award was presented to TATA Steel for its outstanding service to the civic community and contribution towards the betterment of the society in the Large Corporate Category. This is the first time that TATA Steel has won this prestigious award from BCCI.

The award was received by Mr Sanjiv Paul VP (Corporate Services) of TATA Steel Limited from Mr Deepak Parekh chairman of HDFC Limited, who was the chief guest on the occasion, in presence of officials from TATA Steel and others.

Good Corporate Citizen Award was instituted by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry in 1994 to recognize and acknowledge outstanding corporate contribution in serving the civic community in addition to outstanding operational performance. Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry is in its 176th year and is the oldest chamber of commerce in Asia.

Accepting the award, Mr Sanjiv Paul said that "We are proud to be a recipient of this prestigious recognition. Besides, reflecting our Values strongly, this award also gives us immense encouragement to work relentlessly with greater enthusiasm towards empowering and building stronger communities."

TATA Steel has been recognized several times in the recent past for being an exemplary corporate citizen. In April 2011, TATA Steel won the CSR Award given by the Procurement Leaders Forum. Finance Asia, a leading finance publication in Asia also conferred the Award for CSR to TATA Steel in April 2011.