National Energy Conservation Day was celebrated today (14 December) at a program organized at Dr. Tenneti Viswanatham auditorium of the Learning and Development Center of Visakhapatnam steel plant.
The programme was inaugurated by Sri AK Bagchi, Director (Projects) and additional charge Director (Operations), RINL along with Sri S.C.Pandey, Director (Personnel), Sri Ch.S.V.G. Ganesh, Director (Finance), Sri GVN Prasad, Director (Commercial) and Sri R.Mohanti, CGM (Works)-Incharge and Sri A.K. Sobti, CGM(Mktg) of RINL.
- The chief guest Sri AK Bagchi, Director (Projects) and additional charge Director (Operations), RINL advised employees and families to focus on energy conservation in day to day life and operate all facilities at rated capacity to reduce energy consumption and cost.
- He congratulated RINL for winning the National Energy Leader award for 6 times and Excellent Energy Efficient Unit Award for 8 times and it is a rare achievement for any PSU and Integrated Steel Plant to achieve this feat.
- He lauded Energy Management department collective for conducting an extensive energy conservation awareness campaign amongst all departments and schools through various programs from 1st to 14th December, 2024.
- It has been celebrated since 1991, denoting the need for energy-saving practices and technologies.