Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently conferred the 'SCOPE Award for Excellence & Outstanding Contribution to Public Sector Management' under 'Individual' category on Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Chairman SK. Roongta, for the year 2007-08, at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

Roongta also received three other major awards the Gold Trophy of SCOPE Award for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to Public Sector Management in the 'Institutional' category for the year 2006-07, and two MoU Excellence Awards in the categories 'Mining & Metals' and 'Listed Companies' for the year 2007-08.

The SCOPE Excellence Awards, instituted to recognise the contribution of public enterprises, are decided annually a jury comprising eminent persons and assisted by the International Management Institute. The MoU Excellence Awards, instituted by the Department of Public Enterprises under the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, recognise twelve Best-Performing CPSEs under the MoU scheme with the Government one each from ten industrial sectors and the other two from among listed companies and turnaround enterprises.

SAIL has consistently achieved 'Excellent' MoU rating for the last seven years.