Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been bestowed with INFRA Icon Award in the 'Global Energy' category at the mid-day 'INFRA Icons'.
ONGC has received the top corporate level award in recognition of its valuable contribution in upgrading the country as a whole.
With the theme being; 'Smart cities envisages to take infrastructure development to a next level', the event was attended by dignitaries and industry veterans from key infrastructure sectors such as construction, ports, power, oil and gas, steel, civil aviation, road transport and many more along with other stakeholders in the ecosystem such as policymakers, financial institutions, industry regulatory bodies amongst others.
The award was presented by Additional Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), Pravin Darare.
It was received by Executive Director-Head Regional Office, ONGC Mumbai, S. Gopinath.
During the panel discussion, Gopinath said that "to realize Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 10 per cent hydrocarbon import reduction by 2022, we have to play a huge role to enable energy savings. At the same time, it is important to reduce our carbon footprints".
He also shared about the successful implementation of enterprise, wide paperless project, and helping ONGC reduce its carbon footprint.
ONGC is the second largest exploration and production (E&P) company in the world.
The 'INFRA Icons', is an initiative by mid-day, designed to bring a change with trendsetters associated with the infrastructure of India.
The award recognizes the exemplary performance in the corporate world and felicitates the top companies across various sectors.
--ANI