PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, June 10: Tata Steel Centre for Excellence celebrated the International Archives Day on Sunday.
On the occasion, a gallery displaying the plates of manufacturers of initial equipment installed in the Jamshedpur plant of Tata Steel was inaugurated by Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President (Corporate Services), Tata Steel.
Tracing industrial history with loco plates display
These plates have been collected and the gallery has been curated by Tridibesh Mukherjee, former Deputy Managing Director, of Tata Steel.
On the occasion, a gallery with initial equipment used in Tata Steel having plates of the manufactures was inaugurated.
These equipments were procured by Tata Steel while setting up the plant. The event was graced by former vice presidents, senior leadership and chiefs from Tata Steel and Tata Steel Utilities Infrastructure Services Limited (TSUISL).
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The loco plates put up on display range from 1911 (when the Tata Steel plant became operational) to 1963.
Namely, P & W MacLellan Ltd. (built the Chenab Bridge for the Indian State Railways in 1888), H.K. Porter Company (provided 8000 light duty and small steam switchers), Bengal Nagpur Railway Company, BNR (helped in construction of new railway tracks and converted the medium gauge line into broad gauge lines in India), American Locomotive Company (provided locomotives), Roto-Clone Air Control Installations Limited etc. A total of 15 such plates have been put on display reminiscing the industrial journey of Tata Steel through the ages.
Celebrating the importance of records preservation and access
The International Council of Archives (ICA) in 2007 decided that June 9 would be celebrated as International Archives Day.
All around the world, archival community professionals come together to explain to the world at large why supporting archives and the profession is so important.
The primary objectives are to increase public awareness of the importance of records and archives, raise awareness among decision-makers of the benefits of records management for good governance and development, make the public and private sectors fully conscious of the need for long-term archival preservation and access, showcase the unique and rare documents preserved in archival institutions, and enhance the global image and profile of records and archives.
