Asserting its supremacy in various aspects of its business, BPCL won three
Petrofed Awards for the year 2009-10, These were the Oil & Gas Marketing Company of the Year Award,
Human Resources Management Company of the Year Award and Environmental
Sustainability Company of the Year Award. The
Petroleum Federation of India (PetroFed) is an apex hydrocarbon industry
association, which acts as an oil industry interface with Government, regulatory
authorities, public and representative bodies of traders and helps in resolution
of issues and facilitates evolution of hydrocarbon related policies and
regulations. Registered as a Society in
2002, it instituted Annual Awards for the oil and gas industry in India in 2007.
The
scheme of Awards, open to all companies operating in India in the oil & gas
sector, was formulated by an Awards Committee constituted under the Chairmanship
of Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, TERI and former Secretary to the
Government of India.
After
preliminary evaluation of applications by knowledge partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Awards Committee recommendations are presented to
the jury for ratification. The Jury is
headed by Hon’ble Justice J. S. Verma, former chief Justice of India. The other members of the jury are Dr. Abid
Hussain, former Ambassador to the USA and Mr. Naresh Narad, former Chairman,
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).
The
awards were presented by our Hon’ble Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural
Gas, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy at a glittering ceremony in Delhi on 11th
May, 2011