Kolkata; November 16^th, 2021

 

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Purskar for the year 2021 was conferred to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) for encourageing sports through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The award was presented by President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan on November 13^th, 2021. IOCL chairman, Shri Shrikant Madhav Vaidya received the award on behalf of IndianOil.

Three IndianOil Hockey stars and Tokyo Olympic medal winners, Shri Simranjeet Singh; Shri Hardik Singh and Shri Dilpreet Singh won the Arjuna Award while IndianOil's Chess genius and Grandmaster Shri Abhijit Kunte was awarded the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Sharing his thoughts, Shri S M Vaidya, said, I feel elated and privileged to have received the prestigious award on behalf of Team IndianOil. Over the last several decades, we have been actively involved in promoting sports across the country by recruiting sportspersons, offering sports scholarships to budding sports talents, providing support to rural school children and sponsoring major sporting events. As a socially responsible Corporate, IndianOil, through its scholarship scheme is tapping into young talent below the age of 19 years and providing the vital support needed to nurture these promising talents into future sports stars, Shri Vaidya added.

Commenting on the recognition, Shri Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Director(HR), IndianOil, said. This is an acknowledgement of IndianOil's continuous focus to promote Indian sports and is an inspiration for us to do more.

At present, IndianOil has 92 recruited sports persons and 167 sportspersons on sports scholarship.

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