Arijit Pasayat to deliver Nalco’s Foundation Day Lecture

Bhubaneswar: Dr. Arijit Pasayat, retired Supreme Court judge and presently the Vice-Chairman, Special Investigation Team on Black Money will deliver the 16th edition of Nalco Foundation Day Lecture on January 2 at Nalco Bhawan, Bhubaneswar.

The Nalco Foundation Day Lecture Series began in 2002 and is part of the Foundation Day celebrations of the company. Eminent personalities are invited to address a select gathering of invitees from various fields of work and profession.

The first speaker in this tradition was Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and an over the years an impressive list of personalities like Dr. Sam Pitroda, Dr. J.J. Irani, Pranab Mukherjee, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. E. Sreedharan and Dr. C. Rangarajan have graced the occasion.

Last year, K.V. Chowdary was the speaker of the Foundation day lecture. A wide cross section of scientists, industrialists, academicians, management professionals and senior officials of both state and central governments, apart from Nalco employees, shall attend the function.

Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, Nalco shall deliver the welcome address and introduce the topic. Dr. Pasayat shall speak on ‘Environment & Progress: Issues & Challenges’. It may be mentioned that along with its business, NALCO has been laying special emphasis on sustainable environmental practices in all its activities. The talk shall be followed by interaction with the audience, comprising bureaucrats, technocrats, industrialists, educationists and media persons, besides employees.

It may be mentioned that along with its business, NALCO has been laying special emphasis on sustainable environmental practices in all its activities. The talk shall be followed by interaction with the audience, comprising bureaucrats, technocrats, industrialists, educationists and media persons, besides employees.