Tata Power : Jojobera teams strikes 'Gold' at Quality Circle convention in Durgapur

~ 2 teams from Tata Power's Jojobera plant win Gold among 61 teams from various corporates ~

Tata Power, India's largest integrated power company, has always strived to excel in its operational performance and execution of projects. Continuing the commitment, the teams from Tata Power's Jojobera plant have won unprecedented accolades at the Quality Circle convention, held in Durgapur, recently. The team outperformed and won amongst more than 60 participating teams, representing various corporates.

The Tata Power QC teams, named, 'Black Diamond' & 'Achievers' qualified for the 'Gold' award by scoring more than 80% in the quest for excellence at the competition. The project title for team Black Diamond was Conveyor Belt Running Off Centre while team Achievers presented a case study on Difficulty in handling the CT fan motor during maintenance. The efforts of both the teams were highly appreciated by the elite panel of judges and the august audience at the competition.

Congratulating on the achievement, Mr. V V Namjoshi, Chief-Jojobera Station, Tata Power, said 'It gives us immense pleasure to celebrate the success of both our teams at the CCQC. Both the teams have raised the standard for others to emulate by scoring well over 80 percent, while also noticing the fact that the qualifying marks for GOLD has gone up this year. We are sure that our QC teams will continue to contribute towards improvement journey of Tata Power ad bring more laurels to our organisation'

The competition witnessed teams from major corporates competing against each other with innovative models and ideas. There were close to 61 teams representing companies like Jindal Steel, Durgapur Steel Plant, DVC Maithon, IISCO Steel plant, Bhilai Steel Plant, NTPC and others. The competition witnessed 9 Gold, 12 Silver and 40 Bronze awards being awarded to the participating teams.

About Tata Power:
Tata Power is India's largest integrated power company with a growing international presence. The Company together with its subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities has an installed gross generation capacity of 9432 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz. Fuel Security and Logistics, Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. It has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution in India namely 'Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited' with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi, 'Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.' with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi and 'Maithon Power Ltd.' with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. Tata Power is serving more than 2.6 million distribution consumers in India and has developed the country's first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. It is also one of the largest renewable energy players in India with a clean energy portfolio of 1996 MW. Its international presence includes strategic investments in Indonesia through a 30% stake in the leading coal company PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), 26% stake in mines at PT Baramulti Suksessarana Tbk ('BSSR'); in Singapore through Trust Energy Resources to securitize coal supply and the shipping of coal for its thermal power generation operations; in South Africa through a joint venture called 'Cennergi' to develop projects in sub-Sahara Africa; in Zambia through 50:50 joint venture with ZESCO for 120 MW Hydro which has become operational in 2016; in Georgia through AGL which is a joint venture with Clean Energy, Norway & IFC for development of 185 MW hydro project which is scheduled to be commissioned in 2016; in Australia through investments in clean coal technologies and in Bhutan through a hydro project in partnership with The Royal Government of Bhutan. With its track record of technology leadership, project execution excellence, world class safety processes, customer care and driving green initiatives, Tata Power is poised for a multi-fold growth and committed to 'lighting up lives' for generations to come'. Visit us at: www.tatapower.com