National Energy Conservation Award: Cognizant’s Golf View Campus in Bangalore Wins Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s National Energy Conservation Award 2011

Sushilkumar Shinde, India’s Union Minister of Power, presenting the National Energy Conservation Award 2011 to Srimanikandan Ramamoorthy, AVP of Administration at Cognizant (seen in the photograph on the right).

Cognizant’s Golf View Campus in Bangalore has won the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s National Energy Conservation Award for 2011 in the Office Buildings category. National Energy Conservation Awards, among India’s most prestigious state awards, are given every year by the Ministry of Power, Government of India, to industrial units, office buildings, and others for efficient utilization and conservation of energy. Started in 1991, the awards were presented to this year’s winners at a special felicitation program held in New Delhi on December 14, 2011, observed as National Energy Conservation Day. The gathering was addressed by the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. Sushilkumar Shinde, India’s Union Minister of Power, gave away the awards. The award was received on behalf of Cognizant by Srimanikandan Ramamoorthy, AVP of Administration at Cognizant.