Last date of Receiving National Metallurgist Award Application extended

New Delhi, October 27, 2022: The Ministry of Steel has extended the last date of receiving applications under National Metallurgist Award – 2022 to 31^st October 2022. Earlier the last date for receiving the application was fixed to 11^th October 2022. Application under the Award Scheme will be received via online only through the NMA portal. The web address for the NMA portal is as follows

” https://awards.steel.gov.in/ ”

Background of the Scheme: National Metallurgists Day Awards, was instituted in 1962 by the then Ministry of Steel & Mines to recognize and honor outstanding contributions of Metallurgists in the metallurgical field covering operation, research, design, education, waste management and energy conservation. The awards are given on an annual basis, only to Indian nationals. The first award was given in 1963 and subsequently every year thereafter. Over the years, the number of categories and the award money were revised upwards.

1. Name of the scheme: National Metallurgist Award.
2. Objective: To recognize outstanding contribution of metallurgists working in Iron & Steel sector covering the fields of manufacturing, research, design, education, waste-management, energy conservation and their specific contribution to achieve  objectives of ATMA NIRBHAR BHARAT.
3. Mode of Nominations: Nominations for the award shall be invited online on the Ministry of Steel’s Portal or the centralized portal being developed by MHA. Nominations will be through companies/ organizations or from the public through self-nomination.
4. Date of National Metallurgist Award: 3rd February every year. (It was on 3^rd Feb 1959 when the then President Dr Rajendra Parasad commissioned the first

Blast Furnace of the country after independence, at Rourkela).

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