Veteran industrialist and former Tata Group Chairman, Ratan N. Tata on Friday was presented the ALERT Being Award for Lifetime Achievement for his philanthropy and business excellence.
Amenity Lifeline Emergency Response Team (ALERT) said by living a life of innovation, inclusion, empathy, utmost simplicity, and, above all, touching many lives through the various TATA institutions, bound by an ultimate purpose of ‘social transformation’, generations to come will look to him for leading a life full of positive impact. Mr. Tata could not be present at the event, and the award was collected on his behalf by Sarabjeet Singh, senior vice-president - Operations, Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL).
A team from Srivaikuntam (a village in the Southern part of Tamil Nadu), which was instrumental in helping thousands of people who were stranded in a train during the heavy rain in December 2023 were given the ALERT Being Icon Award. The team collected the award on behalf of the whole village. Even when their village was struggling due to the downpour, they collected rice and groceries available in their houses and cooked for the train passengers for almost two days.
