100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel

Domestic Operations
Human Resource
Attraction and Retention : The ‘Tata Steel Scholars Scheme’
was launched at 10 Engineering campuses to attract talent in
the Steel/Manufacturing sector.
Leadership Development: The ‘Young Leadership
development process’ was launched to hone the talent of
hi-potential young managers.
Management Development : The Management Development
Centre focused on building functional capabilities through
the Gurukul series of programmes with an aim to prepare
global mindsets.
To leverage the capability of learning partners, several
joint programmes like NatSteel Asia in IR, Hays for HR Gurukul,
were run.
Key initiatives in Technical Education
• A skill training facility for contractors’ employees engaged at
the Jamshedpur Works.
• Eight more E-learning centres.
• Copyright for 19 E-learning courses from the Ministry of
Human Resources.
• 979 illiterate employees trained in basic literacy (Hindi)
• MoU with Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad for mining
operation and engineering courses.
• Surplus employees re-deployed.
• Competency based potential assessment launched.
Corporate Sustainability
• Tata Steel hosted the Lifeline Express Camp in the
states of Chhattisgarh and Orissa reaching out to
over one lakh people with diagnostic, surgical and
post-surgery consultation. With these camps, the
company has hosted this unique hospital on rails twelve
times in all.
• The Mother Teresa Award for Corporate Citizen (2005)
was conferred on Tata Steel for its deep involvement in
programmes of social responsibility beyond the call of
duty.
• The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) has
selected eighteen sportspersons to undergo training
in boxing, athletics and archery at the Tata Steel sports
facilities in Jamshedpur.
• Tata Steel has granted scholarships under its Jyoti
Fellowship programme of Tribal Cultural Society to two
meritorious tribal students to pursue higher education
at IIT Chennai and IIT Roorkee.
• Tata Steel has signed an MOU with NEDO (New Energy
& Industrial Technology Development Organisation),
Japan to use Dry Quenching Technology for cooling
coke that will help conserve both heat energy and fresh
water and bring down air and water pollution associated
with the conventional wet quenching process during
manufacture of Metallurgical Coke.