The Orchid - ECOTEL® receives Golden Peacock from Dalai Lama.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Param Kannampilly (furthest left) and Vithal Kamat (furthest right) receive the awards from the Dalai Lama in June 2002.

 The Orchid, Asia's first ECOTEL®, added yet another feather to its cap by winning this years Golden Peacock National Award.  His holiness, The Dalai Lama gave away a trophy and a certificate to the CMD of Kamat Hotels India Ltd, Vithal Kamat and its technical director Param Kannampilly at a function held at Palampur, Himachal Pradesh recently.

 

The award, which was given in the Environment Management category, was in recognition of Orchid's  project of Environment Management System both in Manufacturing as well as Service sectors .

The six categories in which the awards are given are:

• Golden Peacock Environment Managemrnt Award (GPEMA)
• Golden Peacock National Training Award (GPNTA)
• Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance (GPAECG)
• Golden Peacock National Quality Award (GPNQA)
• Golden Peacock Innovation Management Award (GPIMA)
• Golden Peacock Innovative Products/Services Award (GPIPSA)

 These Awards have been instituted by the Institute of Directors in association with World Environment Foundation (WEF) for sustainable excellence in both manufacturing and service sectors leading to improved performance.

"At Orchid, we have made it a habit to win award. This reflects our seriousness towards the cause of environment", Vithal Kamat said.

Commenting on it, the Director of The Orchid, Param Kannampilly said, "it is yet another proof of the sincere efforts which the Orchid has adopted towards environmental causes". "We will continue our endeavor towards such causes", he added.

 

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