Honouring Innovation, Rewarding Productivity: Prime Minister’s Shram Awards Announced
In order to recognize the outstanding contributions made by the workmen of our country, the Government of India recently announced Prime Minister’s Shram Awards (PMSA) 2018. It will be awarded to 69 workers employed in the Departmental & Public Sector Undertakings of the Central & State Governments and Private Sector Units for their distinguished performance, innovative abilities, outstanding contribution in the field of productivity, and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.
This year, the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards will be given in 3 categories:
• Shram Bhushan Awards, which carry a cash prize of Rs.1,00,000/- each
• Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana Awards, which carry a cash prize of Rs. 60,000/- each
• Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards which carry a cash prize of Rs.40,000/- each
For the year 2018, 4 nominations for the Shram Bhushan Awards, 12 nominations for Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana awards & 17 nominations for Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards have been selected.
While the total number of Shram Awards conferred this year are 33, the number of workers receiving the Awards is 69 as some of the awards have been shared by workers and/or teams of workers consisting of more than one worker.
Out of the total awardees, 49 workers are from the public sector while 20 workers are from the private sector. The awardees also include 8 women workers.
Details of Awardees
SHRAM BHUSHAN
It carries a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000/- and a ‘Sanad’. 10 Shram Bhushan Awardees have won the award for the year 2018.
| S. No. | Name(s) of awardee(s) | Name of organization |
| 1 | Shri M. Balamurugan | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), High Pressure Boiler Plant, Tiruchirapalli-14 (Tamil Nadu) |
| Artisan-II | ||
| Shri M. Gurunathan | ||
| Deputy Engineer | ||
| 2 | Shri Devaraja Sarangi | Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela – 769001, (Odisha) |
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Tapas Kumar Jena | ||
| Assistant Roller | ||
| Shri Gopal Krushna Sahu | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Subrat Kumar Jena | ||
| Assistant Roller | ||
| Shri Prafulla Kumar Patra | ||
| Assistant Roller | ||
| Shri Ranjan Kumar Das | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| 3 | Shri Mukesh Kumar | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur – 831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Senior Associate | ||
| 4 | Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur – 831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Senior Associate |
SHRAM VIR/VEERANGANA
It carries a cash award of Rs. 60,000/- and a ‘Sanad’. The 21 Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana awardees also include 1 women for the year 2018.
| S. No. | Name(s) of awardee(s) | Name of organization |
| 1 | Shri Om Sharan Gupta | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), HEEP, Ranipur, Haridwar-249403 (Uttarakhand) |
| Artisan Grade – II | ||
| 2 | Shri Sangram Kishor Swain | Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL), Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela – 769011, Odisha |
| Assistant Roller | ||
| Shri Chandan Kumar Mazumdar | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Pravas Chandra Behera | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Raghunath Prasad Padhy | ||
| Assistant Roller | ||
| Shri Susanta Kumar Mishra | ||
| Assistant Roller | ||
| Smt. Chari Oram | ||
| Senior Semi-Skilled Worker | ||
| 3 | Shri A. Madhusudhan | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.(BHEL), High Pressure Boiler Plant, Tiruchirapalli-620014 (Tamil Nadu) |
| Semi Skilled Worker | ||
| Shri M. Senthilkumar | ||
| Artisan – II (Worker) | ||
| Shri K. Balamurugan | ||
| Artisan – II (Worker) | ||
| 4 | Mohd. Iftekar Ahsan | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., (BHEL), HEEP, Ranipur, Haridwar-249403, (Uttarakhand) |
| Artisan Grade-I | ||
| Shri Jeevan Chander | ||
| Artisan Grade-I | ||
| Shri Jay Prakash Singh | ||
| Artisan Grade-II | ||
| 5 | Shri Mungara Dhana Raju | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.(BHEL), High Pressure Boiler Plant, Tiruchirappalli – 620014 (Tamil Nadu) |
| Artisan II (Worker Category) | ||
| 6 | Shri Nawab Ali | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.(BHEL), HEEP, Ranipur, Haridwar-249403, (Uttarakhand) |
| Artisan Grade I | ||
| 7 | Shri Hitesh Kumar Patel | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur-831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Senior Associate | ||
| 8 | Shri Manas Bhattacharya | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur-831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Senior Associate | ||
| 9 | Shri Jitendra Kumar Singh | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur-831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Foreman | ||
| 10 | Shri Brij Lal | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur-831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Associate | ||
| 11 | Shri Dipak Kumar Singh | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur-831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Foreman | ||
| 12 | Shri Chinmoy Bhattacharyya | Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur-831001, (Jharkhand) |
| Foreman |
SHRAM SHREE/DEVI
It carries a cash award of Rs. 40,000/- and a ‘Sanad’. The 38 Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awardees include 7 women workers.
| S. No. | Name(s) of awardee(s) | Name of organizaiton |
| 1 | Smt. Khilanjali Temre | Steel Authority of India Ltd., (SAIL), Bhilai Steel Plant, Rail & Structural Mill, Mill Zone, Bhilai(Chhattisgarh) |
| Senior Technician | ||
| Smt. Bloomy Sanyal | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Smt. Leena Warathe | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Smt. Smriti Singh | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri C. P. Pradeep | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Chaitu Ram Dewangan | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| 2 | Shri Korivi Ramesh | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.(BHEL), Ramachandrapuram, Hyderabad- 500032 (Telangana) |
| Artisan Grade – I | ||
| Shri Patluri Raja Sekhar | ||
| Artisan Gade – II | ||
| Shri Kotte Raju | ||
| Artisan Grade – II | ||
| 3 | Shri Raj Kumar Dhurandhar | Steel Authority of India Ltd., (SAIL), Bhilai Steel Plant, Steel Melting Shop-1, Bhilai, Durg (Chhattisgarh) |
| Chargeman-cum-Master Technician | ||
| Shri E. Noe Das | ||
| Chargeman-cum-Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Manoj Kumar Meshram | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Lalit Kumar | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Bharat Lal Thakur | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Arun Kumar | ||
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Baliram | ||
| Technician | ||
| 4 | Shri L.B. Singh | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.,(BHEL), P.O. Piplani, Bhopal – 462022 (Madhya Pradesh) |
| Assistant Engineer Grade-2 (Working Supervisor) | ||
| 5 | Shri Govind Prasad Vishwakarma | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., (BHEL), P.O. Piplani, Bhopal – 462022 (Madhya Pradesh) |
| Deputy Engineer (Assistant Engineer Grade – 2 upto 24th June 17 | ||
| 6 | Shri Ravi.N | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., (BHEL), Electronics Division, Mysore road, Bangalore-560026 (Karnataka) |
| Artisan Grade II | ||
| 7 | Shri Manoj Kumar Pradhan | Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela-769011(Odisha) |
| Senior Technician | ||
| Shri Badal Kumarkar | ||
| Senior Technician/Operator | ||
| Shri Sujit Kumar Mishra | ||
| Senior Technician/Operator | ||
| 8 | Smt. Shobha N C | Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., (BHEL), Electronics Division, Mysore road, Bangalore-560026(Karnataka) |
| Executive Additional Engineer Grade – II | ||
| 9 | Shri Faganlal Pawar | Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), Bhilai Steel Plant, Rail & Structural Mill, Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) |
| Chargeman-cum-Master Technician | ||
| Shri Chowa Ram Verma | ||
| Senior Technician (M) | ||
| Shri Ashok Kumar | ||
| Senior Operative(R/T) | ||
| 10 | Shri Birbal Ram Janghel | Jayaswal Neco Industries Ltd.,. Raipur (Chhattisgarh) |
| Assistant Foreman | ||
| Shri Bharat Lal Dewangan | ||
| Assistant Foreman | ||
| Shri Rajkumar Sakulkar | ||
| Assistant Foreman | ||
| Shri Damodar Behera | ||
| Master Welder | ||
| Shri Ishwar Lal Verma | ||
| Master Technician | ||
| 11 | Shri Patel Rohitkumar Purusottambhai | Navin Fluorine International Ltd., Surat (Gujarat) |
| Plant Operator | ||
| 12 | Smt. Y. Maheswary | M/s KDHP Co. (P) Ltd., Munnar (Kerala) |
| Worker | ||
| 13 | Shri Chada Surender Reddy | BrahoMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad (Telangana) |
| Senior Technician Grade-II | ||
| 14 | Shri Poosa Ramu | BrahoMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad (Telangana) |
| Senior Technician Grade-II | ||
| 15 | Shri Rajendra Gohil | Piramal Glass Pvt. Ltd., Surat (Gujarat) |
| Senior Fitter | ||
| 16 | Smt. Rajakumari | M/s KDHP Co. Pvt Ltd., Munnar (Kerala) |
| Worker | ||
| 17 | Shri Prasant Kumar Mohanty | Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur-831001 (Jharkhand) |
| Senior Associate |
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