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• Mr Y C Deveshwar was conferred the Business Person of the Year Award by the Bengali News channel 24 Ghanta. The award was presented by the Honorable Chief Minister of West engal, Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.; Suraksha Puraskar Bronze Trophy by National Safety Council - Cigarette factory at Bengaluru; National Safety Award by National Safety Council - Cigarette factory at Kolkata; Suraksha Puraskar Award by National Safety Council - Packaging & Printing factory at Munger; Prashansa Patra Award by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India - Cigarette Unit at Kolkata; Merit Certificate for Best Safety Practices by Directorate of Industries & Boilers (Karnataka)
• Kidderpore factory was also awarded the Prashansa Patra Award by the National Safety Council; The University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru has recognized your Company’s R&D Centre by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with your Company. The MOU will help in collaborating with the University in the frontier areas of agriculture. In addition, the ITC R&D Centre will be recognized as an Institution for conducting research for thesis requirements of the postgraduate and Ph.D degrees of UAS.
• Your Company has also taken up a project jointly with the Government of Madhya Pradesh under the Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) initiative, wherein both classroom and on-field training would be provided to farmers by experts from various areas of agriculture including lead farmers.; ‘Suraksha Puraskar Award’ from The National Safety Council, Mumbai - Kidderpore factory; During the year under review, your Company entered into a partnership with NABARD in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. Together, these projects will cover soil and moisture conservation work on 17,500 hectares under a 5 year programme.
• Karnataka State Safety Institute & Department of Factories and Boilers, Government of Karnataka: Best Industrial Boiler – 2nd prize Awarded to Cigarette factory at Bengaluru.
• ‘Unnatha Suraksha Puraskara’ by the National Safety Council (Karnataka Chapter); ‘Environment Excellence Award’ by West Bengal Pollution Control Board
• The most significant breakthrough in Munger, Bihar, was that the tie-up with Sudha Dairy (COMFED) for supply of milk from this region finally became a reality.; Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Patna, Bihar: IndustriaI Pollution Control Award (2004 -05) - Cigarette factory and the Packaging & Printing unit at Munger were ranked first
• Bangalore factory won the “Best Industry for Safe Work Practice (Large Scale)” award from the Government of Karnataka
• All India Trinamool Congress - Rs .0.04 crore; Indian National Lok Dal - Rs.0.03 crore; janata Dal (United) - Rs.0.08 crore; Rashtriya janata Dal - Rs.0.21 crore; Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Patna, Bihar: IndustriaI Pollution Control Award (2003 -04) - Cigarette factory, Munger
• Strategic collaborative agreement with the Tobacco Board (Ministry of Commerce, Government of India) to establish a 'Tobacco Farmers' Portal'.
• ITC Sonar Bangla- Kolkata’s crowning glory
• I3L unveils Epicentre