OSH India 2018 Awards Jury Meet Held in UBM Office in Mumbai

The OSH India Awards were instituted by UBM India in 2013 to recognise and honour the industry’s brightest stars, to identify top innovative organisations and brave employees in the country. Over the last five years the show has established itself as one of the most prestigious and coveted safety awards in India.

This platform gives an opportunity to companies and individuals to be known internationally for their efforts in occupational safety and health. OSH India Awards are open to evaluation for all processes, technologies, and systems that fuel growth through new ideas and approaches while delivering business results in the later years.

The last 5 editions of OSH India Awards have been a grand success, because of the versatility of applications, thoroughness of the evaluation process, and the presence of experts in technology, business and innovation space as the Award Jury. These Awards have been instrumental in building competitiveness among applicants, and have been able to promote and establish thought leadership within Indian industry.

The award aims to recognize innovation in OSH (Occupational, Safety & Health) by organizations across all sectors listed below. The bravery award aims to recognize individuals who have acted bravely and safely to protect / help / save their co-workers or organizations property at the time of a crisis.

The jury meet for this year’s awards was held in the UBM office in Mumbai on 21st November, 2018. The marathon meet held intense discussions to finalise the winners across the following awards categories.

Awards Categories:

• Innovation In OSH (Organization)

• Safety Bravery Award (Individual)

• Health Implementation

• Environmental Hazards

• Safety Implementation

• Radiation Hazards

• Environmental Impact

• Safety Hazards

• Employee Awareness Campaign

• Chemical & Dust Hazards

• Vicinity Awareness Drive

• Overcoming Economic Hazards

Esteemed Jury members • V.B. Sant, Director General (Retd), NSC

• Ramesh Bagi, Joint Director, NSC

• Yusuf Chudesra, Managing Director, Dolphin Pools

• Dr. Anup Rakshit, Director, Indian Technical Textile Association

• Hemant Sethi, Country Head, British Safety Council

• Dhananjay K. Jamdar, Ex-Dy Director, DISH

The eligible applications were evaluated by the Jury who determined the final winners by giving scores. Applicants were contacted for any additional information or/and field visits were conducted to verify the information provided. If at any time, including after the conclusion of the award ceremony, any information provided by any Applicant(s), is found to be incorrect in any manner, then the Applicant will be liable to be disqualified and / or return the Award. Determination of whether information provided as fair and accurate rests with the Jury and Awards Management.