A.K. Balyan, Petronet LNG Limited MD and CEO, urged the State government as well as industry leaders to help expedite the natural gas distribution project, which was facing inordinate delay. Addressing the valedictory session of annual convention of Kerala Management Association (KMA) here on Thursday, he said Kerala had lost precious opportunities in industrial, social and economic spheres due to the poor utilisation of LNG despite the Rs.5,000-crore terminal having been set up in Kochi.
India needs hi-tech workers and the government should focus more on creating job opportunities to maintain sustainable development.
Many of the available facilities were not being properly utilised, he said.
Awards
MSA Kumar, Managing Director, AVT Natural Products Limited, has been chosen for the Management Leadership Award for the year 2015.
P.H. Kurian, Principal Secretary, Industrial Information & Technology, Government of Kerala, was chosen for KMA- NASSCOM IT Leadership Award 2015.
The following were the KMA-Nasscom IT award winners under various categories: Emerging IT Start-up – Ponds Innotech Limited; IT User Award – Synthite Industries; IT Innovation Award – Manappuram Finance Limited.
The following were the winners of the KMA Rajagiri Excellence awards: In-house magazine – HLL Lifecare Limited; Technology Innovation – Carborundum Universal Limited; Innovative HR Policies – VKL Seasoning Private Limited; CSR activities – Petronet LNG Limited and Green Initiatives: BPCL – Kochi Refinery.
