Tata Steel Celebrates Odia New Year Day
1000 villagers from 100 periphery villages participate in Keonjhar and Jajpur

Bhubaneswar, 15 April 2009: Tata Steel celebrated the Odia New Year Day and Maha Bisubha Milan by hosting several programmes at Joda in Keonjhar district and Duburi in Jajpur on 14th April 2009 with much enthusiasm and gaiety. More than 1000 villagers from 100 periphery villagers from both the districts participated in the function. As part of the celebration various events like debate, essay writing, drawing, rangoli and tribal dance were conducted for three days prior to the main function on 14th April 2009.

The Odiya New Year celebration at Sansailo near Duburi in Jajpur district was graced by Padmashree Dr Tulsi Munda as the Chief Guest, where she distributed the prizes to the winners in different competitions held during the celebration. On the occasion she appreciated the role of Tata Steel in involving the periphery villagers in the celebrations and emphasized for development of better values and culture for development of Orissa. The said celebration at Joda was graced by famous Jaganath litterateur Pandit Surya Naryan Rath Sharma.

On the said occasion Tata Steel felicitated eminent personalities of both Jajpur and Keonjhar district for their contribution in various fields. Dr Niranjan Satpathy, Dr Achutananda Pati, Dr Girija Prasad Basu, Dr Nanada Kishore Singh, Sri Ranjan Kauraun and Ms Susmita Behera were felicitated in Jajpur for their contribution in the field of literature and sports. Mr Maguni Charan Kuanar, Prof Madhab Mishra, Sri Jiten Majhi and Ms Jhili Parida were felicitated in Keonjhar for their contribution in the filed of culture, literature and sports.

Tata Steel’s Partnership with Orissa

Tata Steel’s hundred year old partnership with Orissa has led to industrial and mineral development of the state apart from creating substantial employment opportunities for the people of the state. For Tata Steel , Community in the purpose of enterprise. It is not just a mission statement, but a living tradition. Tata Steel’s community outreach program touches the lives of more than 25,000 needy families in 500 villages in Orissa bringing in health care, education, livelihoods and rural infrastructure.

Tata Steel’s continuous efforts to reach out to the villages of Orissa in health care, education, livilihoods, rural infrastructure and sports, will multiply in number and reach with the ongoing investment of Rs 35,000 Crores by the House of Tatas in the field of Steel Plant, Power Project, TCS, Port at Dhamra, SEZ & Cold Rolled Processing center at Gopalpur,Tourism and Telecom & expansion of existing facilities.

Because at Tata Steel, sustainable development of Community is not just a mission statement, but a living tradition. And will remain so forever.