Tata Steel: Season 8 Women Of Mettle Winners Announced

Mumbai, September 23, 2024: Tata Steel announced the winners of Season 8 of ‘Women of Mettle’, a pioneering scholarship programme designed to increase the participation of young women in India’s manufacturing workforce. This edition of ‘Women of Mettle’ saw more than 3,400 registrations from over 55 premier technical institutions, recording an 18% jump over the previous edition. The 3-member jury from Tata Steel that adjudicated this year’s competition comprised Rajiv Mangal, Vice President, Safety, Health & Sustainability, Sanjay Rajoria, General Manager, Jharia Division, and Anurag Saxena, Chief, Electrical Maintenance.

Swashreeta Senapati from NIT Rourkela emerged as the winner of ‘Women of Mettle’ Season 8 in a thrilling Grand Finale held in Jamshedpur on September 18. Muskan Kumari from NIT Jamshedpur bagged the first runner-up position, and Megha Mitra from ISM Dhanbad secured the second runner-up spot.

Rajiv Mangal said: “I would like to congratulate all the winners of Women of Mettle Season 8. I would also like to thank all the participants, organisers, and fellow jury members for making this edition such a grand success. Since the launch of Women of Mettle in 2017, it has emerged as Tata Steel’s flagship programme to attract some of the best young women engineers in the country to experience first-hand what it is to work in one of the leading steel manufacturing companies in the world. The programme has also managed to raise awareness over the immense untapped opportunities for millions of Indian women in the country’s manufacturing sector, which also ensures we leverage India’s unique demography and contribute to its industrial growth.”

Participants could register individually or in teams of two. The top 50 teams were selected through a cognitive and domain expertise test covering a wide range of subjects including mechanical, electrical, CS&IT, metallurgy, mining, etc. The selected teams spent a month and a half on the allocated projects and were guided by mentors from Tata Steel. Post the completion of the projects, a pre-finale round was conducted where the students presented a detailed presentation on their project’s topics to the panel of which 10 teams made it to the Grand Finale.

The top 10 teams received a scholarship of ₹2,00,000 each, in addition to an opportunity to pursue a career at Tata Steel. They can join Tata Steel as a Technical Intern, and subsequently receive a Pre-Placement Offer. The teams ranked 11-50, in the third year of their engineering course, will also be given an opportunity for a summer internship and pre-placement interview, depending on eligibility.

‘Women of Mettle’ is an intellectual marathon where young minds embark on a journey and rise to technical challenges. It allows students to experience diverse cross-functional challenges, as well as access to Tata Steel’s senior leadership who provide mentorship to the students. In addition to Women of Mettle, Tata Steel has also launched other student initiatives like ‘QUEERious’ for the LGBTQIA+ community, and ‘Ananta Quest’ for persons with disabilities, reinforcing the Company’s commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. The idea is to create a collaborative environment between students, academia, and industry, offering aspiring career opportunities to India’s brightest young talent.

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Sarvesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Communications, Tata Steel, [email protected]

About Tata Steel

• Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
• It is one of the world’s most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
• The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$27.7 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2024.
• A Great Place to Work-Certified^TM organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 78,000.
• Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives including Net Zero by 2045.
• The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
• Tata Steel aspires to have a 20% diverse workforce by 2025. The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
• The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
• Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteel^TM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteel^TM certified sites.
• Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2024 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for seven years in a row, 2023 Climate Change Leadership Award by CDP, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet’s India’s top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
• Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk’ – Metals & Mining Sector recognition at The India Risk Management Awards for the eighth consecutive year, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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