Mahindra Truck and Bus
OUTPERFORMANCE was at the heart of
an awards night brimming with excitement and anticipation. The 6th Edition of Mahindra Transport Excellence Awards (MTEA) ceremony was held in its
full glory at The Ashok, New Delhi on 3rd of February, 2017. Ministry
of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) have extended their continued support
to MTEA program for the fourth consecutive year. MTEA 2016 didn’t just see
higher numbers in terms of entries, but it also exhibited better quality,
varied and interesting stories with a stronger pitch. This turn of events
rendered the feeling that transport excellence awards have truly come of age.
The transport award ceremony has come
a long way since its inception in the year 2011, and, which has only grown and
risen from what it was. This year, the event saw an upsurge in its popularity
and equity among the transport community with a significantly higher number of case
studies collected – 6164 case Studies – which stands for 14% higher than last
year’s collections!
Chief Guest at the prestigious do
was none other than Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon. Road Transport & Highways
Minister who graced the awards night with offering tremendous insights on ‘roadsafety’ and ‘innovations’ which were the themes of the night.
Mr. Nalin Mehta, CEO and MD,
Mahindra Truck and Bus, presented the report card of the program, encouraging
Mahindra’s commitment to strengthen while continuing to make the RISE
initiative more relevant. Mr. Rajamani, Executive Director, Ernst & Young
provided the certification for fairness, robustness and transparency.
There were two new innovational
categories this year. The awards took engagement of the girl child education a
step ahead with its Mahindra SaarthiAbhiyaan (MSA) Outperformer contest for beneficiaries of the MSA
scholarship. A short story contest namely
#HaveASafeJourney on the issue of road safety was devised and executed to
emphasize the importance of safe driving.
Innovations in road safety in
Approach, Processes, Measures and Perspective was the topic of an insightful
panel discussion chaired by Prof G.Raghuram - Public Systems Group, IIM,
Ahmedabad. Spectating the event were truck fleet owners from all corners of
India, transporters and heads of logistics companies and professionals from
allied fields, dealers of commercial vehicles, financiers for commercial
vehicles, various senior delegates from the transport division, faculty members
from IIM A, and delegates from Mahindra Group and heads of several agencies and
select media groups.
Like the previous year, under the
Fleet Owner category, awards for tipper section were presented. Fleet
management and driver management categories for large, medium and small
transporters. Youth and lady transporters were duly recognized and awarded.
Emerging fleet owners were also recognized to empower newbies in the focused
industry. Safety awards took centerstage which included hazardous goods,
nonhazardous goods and ODC categories which bore the idea of extraordinary
innovation in development of the transport systems.
Mrs. Meera Rajagopalan was declared
as the National Winner while Ms. Sahar Fatima was the Runner up for “Have a
Safe Journey” contest. The contest resulted into a book which is the world’s
first collection of short stories on road safety. The book was successfully
launched with a drone aerially delivering the cover of the book to the
dignitaries present on stage at the MTEA 2016. The book features 20 best
stories from the contest and carries a foreword from Mr. Nitin Gadkari and a
special message from Mr. Anand Mahindra. Mahindra BLAZO 25 truck was given away
to Mr. Jay Prakash Singh, Bharti Bulk Carriers being the “Super Outperformer
Driver of the year”.
MTEA 2016 with its core philosophy
of RISE and OUTPERFORM is another step taken to drive positive change in the
transport ecosystem.
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