Bhubaneswar: Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has been conferred with the 5th CSR Impact Awards in Environment Category for its natural resource management initiatives under CSR programmes.

JSPL Group Head (CSR & Education) Prashant Kumar Hota received the award on behalf of the company from Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde.

JSPL was awarded for implementation of Integrated Watershed Development & WADI programmes in Odisha and Chhattisgarh in partnership with NABARD.

After receiving the award Hota said, the WADI and Watershed projects have been instrumental in bringing all round development in villages of Angul district in Odisha and Tamnar district in Chhattisgarh.

Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Water Resources Development and Ganga Rejuvenation  Dr Satya Pal Singh was also present during the India CSR Summit 2018 organised by NGOBOX at New Delhi yesterday.