Power Grid Corporation of India, the Maharatna CPSU under the Ministry of Power, was conferred the “CSR Leader of the Year Award” by the Governance Now at the 9th PSU Awards Ceremony held in New Delhi on Friday.
The corporation also bagged four more awards, which include Environment Sustainability Award, Nation Building Award, Research & Innovation Award, and Digital PSU Award. Dr. V K Singh, Director of the corporation received the CSR Leader of the Year Award for his overall contribution to CSR service.
Justice Dipak Misra, former chief justice of India, presented the awards. The awards are in recognition of POWERGRID’s work in the fields of CSR & sustainability, innovation, and use of IT in nation-building.
The Power Grid, one of the largest transmission utilities in the world, has established the National Grid with its 1.74 lakh km of transmission lines and 271 substations with a power transformation capacity of approximately 4.90 lakhs MVA. Apart from high power transmission business,
It is also in the business of Telecommunication and provides Consultancy to power utilities in India & abroad. The Company has a strong overseas presence in almost 23 countries.