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The InfralineEnergy Excellence Awards 2007 Winners were announced on October 12, 2007

The Energy Awards annually would recognize outstanding achievement and vision in the Indian energy industry. The judging process relied on the expertise of an impartial panel of Energy and Finance experts, policy makers, heads of major energy companies and leading academics. Winners of the Awards were announced at a gala celebration on Friday, October 12, 2007 at Hotel Intercontinental, the Grand, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi from 6 pm onwards (till 10 pm).

Chief Guest - Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, the Union Cabinet Minister for Power

The ceremony was glittered by the presence of the CMDs of all the major Energy Organisations - Shri UD Choubey (CMD, GAIL), Shri AK Puri (CMD, BHEL), Shri T Shankaralingam (CMD, NTPC), Shri RP Singh's  (CMD, Powergrid) representative, Shri BN Bankapur (Director Refineries IOC) representing the CMD IOC, Shri NK Mitra (Director Offshore, ONGC) representing the CMD ONGC, Shri P Dasgupta (MD and CEO, Petronet LNG), Shri DJ Pandian's (MD, GSPC) representative, Shri Sudhir Mehta's (Chairman, Torrent Power) Representative, Mr Bill Adamson (Country Manager, BG India), Mr Shaleen Sharma (MD, Gujarat Gas), Mr Ashok Jhawar, Country Manager, BP India, Mr Kapil Garg (MD, BG Exploration and Production India), Mr Rabi Bastia (VP Exploration, RIL), Shri Deepak Mukarji (Country Head - HR, Shell India), Mr Sunil Wadhwa (CEO, NDPL), Shri Atul Chandra (President, Reliance Industries), Shri RP Sharma (President, Reliance Industries) and a host of top level representations from 60 other public and private organisations. The top tier Government officials from the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Chief Secretary representations from State Governments, Chairmen of State Regulatory Commissions were also present.

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Winners!

Excellence of Corporates in Development of Energy Sector

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1 Hydrocarbon Columbus Award for Excellence in Petroleum Exploration

Reliance Industries Limited


 

Shri Atul Chandra, President, RIL (Representing Shri PMS Prasad, CEO Petroleum Business)

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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2 Hydrocarbon Miner Award for Excellence in Petroleum Production

BG Exploration and Production India Private Limited

Shri Bill Adamson, Managing Director, BG India

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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3 The Refiner Award for Excellence in Petroleum Refining

Reliance Industries Limited

Shri JM Mandlekar, SVP, RIL (Representing Shri P Raghvendran President, RIL )

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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4 Methane Pioneer Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Transmission

GAIL (India) Limited

Shri UD Choubey, CMD, GAIL (India) Limited

Shri Mac Cessna, CEO, ExxonMobil India

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5 Methane Pioneer Award for Excellence in Natural Gas Distribution

Gujarat Gas Company Limited

Shri Shaleen Sharma, MD, Gujarat Gas Company Limited

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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6 Human Asset Developer Award  for HR and Skill Development

Shell India

Shri Deepak Mukarji, Head - Corporate Affairs, Shell India

Shri BS Negi, Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

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7 "State of Power" Award for Excellence of State Government in promoting Energy Sector

Government of Gujarat

Smt Vijay Lakshmi Joshi, Principal Secretary (Energy), Government of Gujarat

Shri BK Chaturvedi, Member (Power), Planning Commission and former Cabinet Secretary, Government of India

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8 Power Market Enabler Award for Excellence of Regulatory Commission in Development of Power Sector

Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission

K Venugopal, Member, Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission

Shri LK Singhvi, Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

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9. "Energiser of the Nation - Thermal" Award for Excellence in Power Generation -

Reliance Energy Limited - Dahanu Thermal Power Plant

Representative of Shri SC Gupta, Director, Reliance Energy Limited

 

Mr Subrato Basu, PricewaterhouseCoopers

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10. "Energiser of the Nation - Hydel" Award for Excellence in Power Generation

Bhakra Beas Management Board

Shri UC Mishra, CMD, Bhakra Baes Management Board

Shri Jignesh Shah, Chairman, Multi Commodity Exchange's Representative Shri Rajesh Mediratta, Vice President, MCX

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11. "Powering Reliably" Award for Excellence of Power Distribution Utility in Private Sector (Joint Award)

North Delhi Power Limited

Shri Arup Ghosh, COO (Representing Shri Sunil Wadhwa, CEO, NDPL's )

Shri RV Shahi, former Secretary, Ministry of Power also Jury Member, InfralineEnergy Excellence Awards

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12. "Powering Reliably" Award for Excellence of Power Distribution Utility in Private Sector (Joint Award)

Torrent Power Limited

Shri Vinod Khanna, Vice President, Torrent Power Limited

Shri RV Shahi, former Secretary, Ministry of Power also Jury Member, InfralineEnergy Excellence Awards

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13. Black Diamond Award for Excellence in Development of Coal Sector  (Joint Award)

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited

A Manohar Rao, Chief General Manager

Shri RV Shahi, former Secretary, Ministry of Power also Jury Member, InfralineEnergy Excellence Awards

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14. Black Diamond Award for Excellence in Development of Coal Sector (Joint Award)

South Eastern Coalfields

Shri RK Srivastava, Dy Chief Engineer, Coal India Limited

Shri RV Shahi, former Secretary, Ministry of Power also Jury Member, InfralineEnergy Excellence Awards

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Excellence of Individuals in Development of Energy Sector

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1. Energy Sector Value Creator

Shri DJ Pandian

Shri Vinay Kumar, GSPL (Representing Shri DJ Pandian)

Dr Ashok K Jhawar, Country Head, BP Group Companies

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2. Energy Sector Value Creator

Smt Vijay Lakshmi Joshi

Smt Vijay Lakshmi Joshi, Chairperson, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited

Shri BK Chaturvedi, Member (Power), Planning Commission and former Cabinet Secretary, Government of India

 

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3. Energy Sector Value Creator

Shri Sudhir Mehta, Chairman, Torrent Limited

Shri Sudhir Mehta's representative

Shri Suresh Mathur, former CEO and MD, Petronet LNG Limited

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Jury Awards for Recognizing Long Standing Contribution and Service to the Nation in the following Sectors

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Exploration and Production

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Shri NK Mitra, Director (Offshore), ONGC (Representing Shri RS Sharma, CMD, ONGC)

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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Natural Gas

GAIL (India) Limited

Shri UD Choubey, CMD, GAIL (India) Limited

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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IndianOil Corporation

Shri BN Bankapur, Director (Refineries), IOC (Representing Shri Sarthak Behuria)

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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Power Generation

National Thermal Power Corporation

Shri T Sankarlingam, CMD, NTPC

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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Power Transmission

Power Grid Corporation Limited

Shri RP Singh, CMD, Power Grid Corporation Limited representative

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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Equipment Manufacturer

Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited

Shri AK Puri, CMD, BHEL

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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Multinational Entrant

BG India

Shri Bill Adamson, Managing Director, BG India

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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Individual Recognition

Dr Rabi Bastia

Dr Rabi Bastia, Senior VP, Exploration Operations, Petroleum Business (E&P)

Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Hon'ble Union Minister of Power

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The Highlights of Entire Awards Programme on CNBC TV-18 on October 20, 2007 at 5 pm.


 

 

 

 

Sadhya Group Offering Vandana to Lord Ganesha after Lamps Lighting Ceremony


InfralineEnergy Awards Trophy in Hand Crafted Belgium Crystal
Specially designed in and imported from USA.


Chief Guest Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power, delivering the Key Note Address


Shri TKA Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Shri RP Sharma, President Reliance Industries, Shri T Sankarlingam, CMD, NTPC (along with Shri RV Shahi, former Secretary, Power behind Shri Sankarlingam and not visible)

Shri UD Choubey, CMD, GAIL (India) Limited and Shri Suresh Mathur, former MD and CEO, Petronet LNG sharing some good moments.


Shri Gokul Chaudhri, Partner and Shri Mukesh Bhutani Senior Partner from BMR Advisors

Shri P Dasgupta, MD and CEO, Petronet LNG, Yogesh Garg, CEO, Infraline Energy and Shri RV Shahi, former Secretary, Power


Shri P Dasgupta, MD and CEO, Petronet LNG, Shri RV Shahi, former Secretary, Power and Shri UC Mishra, CMD, Bhakra Beas Management Board


(in front) Shri T Sankarlingam, CMD, NTPC, Shri TKA Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and Shri RV Shahi. Seen in the background Shri Kirit Parikh (Member, Planning Commission) and Shri RP Sharma (President LNG Business, RIL)

Shri Rabi Bastia, SVP (Exploration), RIL and Shri Bill Adamson, Managing Director, BG India finds some happy moment together.  Shri BN Bankapur, Director (Refineries), IOC is seen on the right.

A glittering gathering. On the front desk T Sankarlingam, CMD, NTPC (in red tie), Shri AK Puri, CMD, BHEL (in grey tie).

Dr Ashok K Jhawar, Country Manager, BP Group Companies meeting with Shri Arun Singhal, Editor, DEW Magazine

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Shri BS Negi and Shri LM Singhvi (Members, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board), Shri UD Choubey, CMD, GAIL


Important Delegates and Nominees watching the Proceedings.

DNV, the Process Auditor, certifying the Audit Process

Mr Deepak Mahurkar, the Process Advisor, taking the participants through the process and methodology

Shri Shinde, Hon'ble Union Minister of Power, reading the key note address

Shri Suresh Mathur, Shri RV Shahi (Jury Members), Shri TKA Nair, Shri Kirit Parekh and Shri Shinde looking at the proceedings

Shri Choubey in front. Shri UC Mishra (CMD, Bhakra Beas Management Board), Shri Mac Cessna, CEO, ExxonMobil India, Shri P Dasgupta, MD and CEO, Petronet LNG, Shri Deepak Mukarji, Head - HR, Shell India along with Shri Anindya Chaudhury, Shell India

Shri BK Chaturvedi, Chairman InfralineEnergy Awards Jury unveiling the trophy

Shri Mukesh Bhutani, Partner, BMR and Associates, Shri Sunil Wadhwa, CEO, North Delhi Power Limited along with Mr Arup Ghosh, COO, North Delhi Power

Shri BK Chaturvedi, Chairman, InfralineEnergy Awards Jury lighting the lamp while Shri RV Shahi and Shri Suresh Mathur other Jury Members look on. Also seen is Shri Nityanand Gupta, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Shri Kirit Parekh watching the performance along with Shri Chaturvedi and Shri TK Nair




The high performance gathering - Shri Atul Chandra, President RIL, Shri Shaleen Sharma, MD, Gujarat Gas, Shri Kapil Garg, MD, BG Exploration and Production India, Shri Rabi Bastia, SVP, RIL and Shri Bill Adamson, MD, BG India




Shri Rahul Batra, Rio Tinto along with Shri Ravi Mahajan, Partner, Ernst & Young

Mr Mac Cessna, CEO, ExxonMobil and Shri Gokul Chaudhri, Partner, BMR Advisors













Shri Swagat Bam, RIL along with Pia Macrae, Director Corporate Communication, BP India

 

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