PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur. Nov 18: In recognition of its consistent effort towards Value Engineering application in Construction Projects, Engineering & Projects, Tata Steel received three prestigious Value Engineering awards given by the Indian Value Engineering Society (INVEST) during the 40th International Value Engineering Conference held on November 15 and 16 in Bhubaneshwar.
Engineering & Projects of Tata Steel has won three awards in the technical category continuously four years in a row.
Muthiah Kasi Award
They include the Muthiah Kasi Award for “Value study on optimization of Inbound Logistic of Finished Good (FG) Coil at Exit area in Hot Rolled Pickling & Galvanizing Line (HRPGL) Project”.
This award is given for exemplary application of Customer Oriented Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) Diagram and demonstrating how Functions and particularly FAST diagram has helped to solve problems and/or led to creative solutions/innovation.
Team Members for this award included Surya Prakash Prabhaker (Facilitator), Padmaranjan Maharana (Leader & Author), Vikash Kumar (Member & Co-Author), Amit Mishra (Member), Shubham Kumar Dey (Member), Arvind Prakash Nayak (Member), Ravi Jaysing Jethwa (Member), Sunny Kumar Amarnath Singh (Member), Damini Prakash Singh (Member), T Saji Mathew (Member), Engineering & Projects.
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KSRM Sastry Award
The second award is the KSRM Sastry Award for “Value study for Capex Optimization for Vehicle Under Pass (VUP) of Runway End Safety Area (RESA) at Sonari Airport, Jamshedpur”.
This award is given for the effective utilization of ‘Function and Creativity’ to derive the best possible solutions.
Team members included Surya Prakash Prabhaker (Facilitator), Raj Kumar Jha (Team Leader & Author), Subrata Mahata (Member), Debranjan Sar (Member & Co-author), Swaraj Kumar Biswas (Member), Kishore Kumar (Member), Reepak Gupta (Member), Dayanand Pathak (Member), Sanjay Birua (Member), Engineering & Projects.
Mohta Award
The third award is the Mohta Award for “Value Optimization of Overland Conveying System (OLCS) at Noamundi Iron Ore Mines”. The award is given to the best VE Case Study in India demonstrating systematic application Value Engineering Six Phase Job Plan completed in the previous Financial Year.
Team members included Surya Prakash Prabhaker (Facilitator), Pinakesh Sarkar (Team Leader & Author), Nihal Kumar Choudhary (Member & Co-Author), Manish Kumar Pandey (Member), Shailesh Kumar (Member), Saumen Porel (Member), Hemant Kumar Parashar (Member), Deepon Roy (Member), Engineering & Projects.
The projects were mentored and guided by Manish Kumar Singh, GM Design & Engineering, Pratosh Gupta, Chief Planning & Budgeting, Chandra Mohan Verma, Chief Process Improvement and Material Management, T Saji Mathew Chief Engineering Flat Product Mills, Atindra Kumar Bhattacherjee, Chief Engineering Civil & Logistics, Manish Kumar Pandey, Chief Design & Engineering BMHS & Cranes and Subrata Mahata, Head, Engineering Civil.
