At a glittering ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan recently to celebrate the third Public Sector Day, Mrs. Pratibha Patil, President of India, conferred the SCOPE Meritorious Award 2010-11 for R&D, Technology Development & Innovation upon IndianOil. The Award was received by Mr. R.S. Butala, IndianOil Chairman, in the presence of Mr. Praful Patel, Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Mr. OP Rawat, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, and Dr. Nitish Sengupta, Chairman, BRPSE.
Senior officials from SCOPE and senor executives from a cross-section of public sector companies were present on the occasion. IndianOil was previously the winner of the Best Practices in Human Resource Management category for 2009-2010.
The Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) is an apex organization of public sector enterprises (PSEs). In its pursuit to promote excellence and competitiveness of public enterprises, it regularly recognises performance in various categories.