BPCL bags prestigious NIPM National Award for Best HR Practices
22 Mar 2016 | BPCL
BPCL added another feather to its cap by bagging the prestigious NIPM National Award for Best HR practices - 2015. We were adjudged winners of the GOLD Award in Category A (the highest category for large organizations) at the National Conference held recently at Coimbatore by NIPM (National Institute of Personnel Management). NIPM is the oldest All-India body of professional HR managers which engages in the domains of personnel management, industrial relations, labour welfare, training and HRD in the country. Every organization acknowledges that their Human Resource is the key to achieve Organisational goals. To identify organizations with robust HR practices and publicly acknowledge their HR endeavours, NIPM has instituted this prestigious National Award.
The signature annual conclave of NIPM- National Conference (NATCON) this year was a star-studded event, witnessing a participation of more than 750 delegates from Organisations in Japan, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Key speakers on the occasion included the Chairman & Managing Director of NALCO, Chairman & Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite. Set on the theme of ‘Winnovate HR for Business and People Aspirations’, the conference was meant to bring together the HR best practices and benchmark people management practices. BPCL was conferred the Gold Award in Category-A, which was the top spot for organisations having an employee base of more than 5000. Director HR Shri S. P. Gathoo received the award from Mr. Partha Chatterjee, Hon. Minister for Education, West Bengal. Mr. Gathoo was accompanied by his team-Mr. Kurian Parambi (DGM-HRD), Mr. M V Prabhakaran, DGM (HR) Kochi Refinery, Mr. A. Suresh Kumar, Senior Manager Admin(HRS-South) and Ms Vasudha Agarwal, Assistant Manager-HRD.