The national level awards instituted by the Public Relations Society of India were distributed at the hands of former Member of the Parliament Dr. Nandkumar Sai and deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh Mr Vijay Sharma. The Public Relations department of the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company (MSETCL) was bestowed upon the prestigious Best Social Media and PR, Branding and Bharat Ratna Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpaie national awareness campaign award. The Public Relations Officer of MSETCL Dr. Milind Awatade received the award. The Chairman and Managing Director of Mahatransco Dr. Sanjeev Kumar (IAS) congratulated the Public Relations department on its achievement.

The awards were distributed at the 47th program of the All India Public Relations Conference at hotel Babylon International in Raipur. The national president of PRSI Dr. Ajit Pathak, Secretary Dr. PLK Murti, Dr. U. S. Sharma, Dr. Sameer Goswami and president of the Raipur Chapter Dr. Shahid Ali were also present.

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'PR department in leading role’

Chairman and Managing Director of MSETCL, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar (IAS) attributed the success to the Public Relations department and its teamwork. He said that this department has in depth study of the continuous changes taking place in the field of media and it is always working in a creative manner with various innovations. This department had brought about many drastic positive changes, especially through social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Telegram Threads) PR department had been disseminating information on the stand of MSETCL by effective PR. He exuded confidence that the Public Relations department of MSETCL will be working continuously for bringing Laurels to the company.