Tata Steel's West Bokaro Division onboards 16 women Heavy Earth Moving Machinery operators

West Bokaro, Aug 4: Promoting diversity and inclusion as a way of life to ensure fair and equal opportunity for all employees, Tata Steel’s West Bokaro Division onboarded 16 women Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMM) operators in all shifts at an event organised today under its flagship programme - Women@Mines. The occasion was graced by Atrayee Sarkar, Vice President, Human Resource Management, Tata Steel, and D B Sundara Ramam, Vice President, Raw Materials, Tata Steel, along with Manish Mishra, General Manager, West Bokaro Division, Tata Steel.  ‘Women@Mines’ programme aims to provide technical training to the unskilled women workers and enable them to work in core jobs at mines. West Bokaro Division, the first coal division in the Company to launch this initiative, received over 446 applications out of which 16 candidates were selected after a written test and a personal interview. The minimum qualification required was matriculation. These candidates will undergo intensive training for a year to hone their skills as HEMM operators. Post successful completion of their training, these women will be deployed as Operations Assistant to operate HEMM at Quarry SE, which includes dumper, dozer, shovel, excavator, and drill. Atrayee Sarkar, Vice President, Human Resource Management, Tata Steel, said: “Tata Steel has always provided career opportunities to the talented youth from the community, and Women@Mines at West Bokaro is yet another milestone in this journey. Focused on industry-wide efforts to foster a diverse and inclusive culture, Tata Steel is making sure it provides a safe and an enabling environment to its workforce. We take great pride in welcoming onboard the new women recruit at our West Bokaro site and wish them an empowering career ahead.”