Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today gave away the Avvaiyaar Award for the year 2016 to Dr Sarada Menon, well-known psychiatrist and founder of Schizophrenia Care and Research Foundation (SCARF).
Menon, a former head of state-run Institute of Mental Health, is a Padma Bhushan recipient and her name for the award was announced in March this year in "recognition of her services", especially through SCARF, an official release said.
Jayalalithaa gave away the award to Dr Menon at the Secretariat here. The award comprises Rs one lakh cash, 8 gm gold medal and a silk shawl.
Jayalalithaa wished Dr Menon with "many more years of good health and services to the people," the release said.
In her acceptance speech, Dr Menon hailed Jayalalithaa for being "very sympathetic, supportive and helpful regarding all services rendered to the mentally ill/disabled" and recalled the Chief Minister's " all support" to SCARF in 1995.
The award, constituted in 2012 by the government, is given to women who had performed exceptionally well in the fields of social reforms, women's development and religious harmony among others.
The factors taken into consideration include key goals and
initiatives under the three broad categories of Organizational Structure, Learning & Development (L&D) and Employee Engagement.
Commenting on the awards, Pallavi Jha, Chairperson & Managing Director, Dale Carnegie Training said, "After the successful event in 2015, we were overwhelmed by a massive response from leading organizations to compete in the Dale Carnegie Global Leadership Award 2016.
I am delighted to see how organizations are laying a larger emphasis on their employees' growth through prioritizing innovative investments in learning and development. Through this award, we aim to recognize those corporates who are dedicated to developing their people and believe in the power of investing in their human capital."
On receiving the award, Ms. Carmistha Mitra, Vice President of Human Resources, Mahindra & Mahindra India said, "We are extremely happy and proud to receive this prestigious award and are thrilled to be recognized for our passion and commitment toward leadership development for our people."
In the year 2015, the recognition was awarded to Piaggio Vehicles for their comprehensive culture change program which aimed to meet their challenges of talent attraction, retention and employee engagement. The runner up prize was presented to Ericsson India for their exceptional commitment to developing their workforce.
Previous winners also include- Coca-Cola, Adidas, The Boeing Company, Wal-Mart, Campbell Soup and The Four Seasons Hotel. Wipro Technologies was the first Indian recipient of this award in 2007, followed by the Union Bank of India and Axis Bank in the later years.
About the Dale Carnegie Leadership Award The Dale Carnegie
Global Leadership Award was created by Dale Carnegie & Associates to recognize companies who are dedicated to the ideal that their people, their employees, are as important to the overall success of the organization as any technology, patent or business strategy.
These are companies who are committed and dedicated to improving their performance by developing their people. The factors taken into consideration for the awards include key goals and initiatives under the 3 broad categories of Organizational Structure, Learning & Development (L&D) and Employee Engagement.
The award is adjudged by a global panel including Dale Carnegie and Associates in New York, and the winner of the Dale Carnegie Global Leadership Award is decided based upon the quantity and quality of the completed application forms received by the deadline (August 31, 2015).
The first Dale Carnegie Leadership Award was presented in 1985 to The Ford Motor Company. Other past winners include: Coca-Cola, Adidas, The Boeing Company, State Farm Insurance, Stop & Shop, Wal-Mart, Campbell Soup and The Four Seasons Hotel. Wipro Technologies was the first Indian recipient of this award in 2007.
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In over 10 years of its operations, Dale Carnegie Training
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Headquartered in Mumbai, Dale Carnegie Training India has its branch offices in Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune. About Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (M&M) is an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
It is one of the largest vehicle manufacturers by production in India and the largest manufacturer of tractors across the world. It is a part of Mahindra Group, an Indian conglomerate. It was ranked 21st in the list of top companies of India in Fortune India 500 in 2011.
About Jindal Power Jindal Power Limited (JPL), a subsidiary of Jindal Steel & Power Limited, is a leading power company in India across the energy spectrum: thermal, hydro and renewable. JPL has been contributing significantly to the growing needs of power in the country and its installed capacity is 3400 MW.
JPL commissioned the first unit of its 4x250 MW thermal power plant in the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh in 2007, becoming the first private player in the country to set up an Independent Power Plant (IPP). Since then, this flagship has operated as a fully integrated power plant at an industry-leading Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 93% (average for last seven years).
About Indus Towers
Indus Towers is an independently managed company offering assive infrastructure services to all telecom operators and other wireless service providers such as broadband service providers.
Indus Towers currently operates in 15 telecom service areas-Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Rajasthan, Kolkata, UP East, UP West, West Bengal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Punjab, Haryana, and Tamil Nadu. Company operate 1, 15,942 towers in 15 circles across the country and have the widest coverage in India.
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