Hyderabad: On November 15, NMDC, India’s largest iron ore producer, entered 68 years of operations and celebrated its Foundation Day with great pride. The occasion was marked by the organisation’s flagship recognition platform, the CMD Excellence Awards, honouring outstanding contributions across the company.
The celebration commemorated NMDC’s remarkable journey from a single-unit operation established in 1958 to becoming India’s largest iron ore producer and a globally recognised leader in mining.
The event was graced by Amitava Mukherjee, CMD, NMDC along with senior leadership including Vishwanath Suresh, Director (Commercial); Vinay Kumar, Director (Technical); Joydeep
Dasgupta, Director (Production); Priyadarshini, Director (Personnel); Independent Directors and Past directors; senior officials; employees; and their family members.
The CMD Excellence Awards were presented across several categories, including Khanij Ratna (Individual and Group), NMDC Ratna (Individual and Group), CMD Shield for Best Department – Production & Sales, CMD Shield for Best Department – Support, and Best Project and Best Project (Works).
Instituted in 2023, these awards recognise and celebrate the exceptional efforts and achievements of NMDC employees across the organisation.
Congratulating the NMDC family, Amitava Mukherjee said: “NMDC is a company with a history much older than ours and a future much longer than ours. We are bringing in state-of-the-art, digitally enabled equipment to strengthen our operations. The awardees have inspired us and reaffirmed our resolve that our collective dreams will be realised in full measure. We may be sixty-plus, but we are young, still growing and learning; learning as we grow and growing as we learn. And as the famous saying goes, Only those who risk going too far can find out how far they can go. We are sowing the seeds for NMDC 2.0.”
As NMDC looks ahead, it remains steadfast in advancing innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence. With a strong legacy built over the last 68 years, the organisation is poised to play a pivotal role in achieving India’s vision of Viksit Bharat @2047.
