Venue: Hotel Lalit, New Delhi. | Date: February16, 2018. | Organiser: Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training (FIRST).
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The Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training (FIRST) recently hosted the 5 th EQUIPMENT INDIA Annual Awards. Sandeep Singh, Managing Director, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co, was named the ‘Equipment India Person of the Year’ for 2017. Singh was unanimously chosen for the honour by an eminent 11-member jury for his notable contribution in engineering a turnaround of sorts in his organisation, thereby winning the coveted award. “I would like to dedicate this award to my team at Tata Hitachi and the dealers and vendors who have really supported us to produce good quality machines and take care of our customers,” Singh said in a video recorded message played on the occasion.
The ‘Equipment India Special Recognition Award’ was conferred on K Vijay, Managing Director, Ajax Fiori Engineering India, for his contribution to the industry in the past year. “I am truly humbled that I have been chosen to receive this award,” he said. “I see it as a token of recognition of the organisation that I have been privileged to lead for a very long time.”
And JCB India was honoured with the ‘Equipment India Special Recognition Award’ for its contribution to the construction equipment industry over the past 39 years.
This story is from the March 2018 edition of Industrial Products Finder.
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