Mallcom India Limited wins B. P. Poddar Memorial Award 2020-2021 for Environmental Improvement & Awareness presented by Bharat Chamber of Commerce
India, April 2022: Mallcom India Limited, India’s first and one of the largest integrated manufacturers of Head-to-Toe Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was recognized for its technical acumen and unparalleled benevolent contribution in India and abroad through sustained production and supply of PPE kits during the pandemic. Mallcom India Limited has been recognized with the prestigious B. P. Poddar Memorial Award 2020-2021, for Environmental Improvement & Awareness. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India felicitated Mr. Ajay Kumar Mall, Managing Director, Mallcom India Limited. The winners at the event are amongst the best in class Indian-owned and managed companies demonstrating leadership across areas in strategy, innovation and committed service for gathering sustainable growth.
Mallcom India Limited, an industrial leader that carries the legacy of over four-decade long business, is recognized for its outstanding contribution to quality services. The criteria taken into account to consider Mallcom India as the winner under the Environmental Improvement & Awareness category included aspects of freedom to innovate and experiment, thorough support of management to the rescue of humankind and supportive work environment for sustainable growth. In order to recognize and further encourage excellence in the fields of Environmental Improvement and promotion of Environmental Awareness, Bharat Chamber of Commerce institutes B. P. Poddar Memorial Award. Instituted in the year 1985, the Award for Environmental Improvement/Awareness is given for outstanding contributions to Institutions/Individuals for effective control of environmental pollution and creation of awareness.
Mallcom India Limited, with a huge industrial experience and expertise geared up to meet the shortage of medical PPE around the world after the outbreak of the pandemic. The company adapted to the needs of the pandemic period – about 100 brave employees fought the deadly virus daily to deliver essential products like PPE and masks to the frontline warriors during the lockdown. With additional investments, the company had quadrupled the facemask production, avoiding the crisis for essential items for our frontline warriors of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), West Bengal.
Speaking about receiving this prestigious award, Mr. Ajay Kumar Mall, Managing Director, Mallcom India Limited said, “Mallcom India has been committed to its service to provide safety of human life and believe that dedication and smart work are paramount to drive the success of a mission. Despite the undeniable challenges thrown to us by the COVID pandemic, we have been agile, focused to ramp up our production within 90 days with an additional investment of INR 3.5 crores and understood the core value of business more than ever. We sincerely thank Bharat Chamber of Commerce and express our gratitude for honoring us with B.P. Poddar Memorial Award. This is indeed encouraging to lead us to work towards building a safer India with the adoption of more innovation, technology and modern business trends.”
About Mallcom India Ltd:
Mallcom India Limited (www.mallcom.in) is a 38-year-old first generation publicly listed enterprise, under National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) dealing in manufacturing and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) for industrial and healthcare safety. Founded by Mr. Ajay Mall, Mallcom employees 3.000 workforce including blue-collared workers and is headquartered in Kolkata, India.
Mallcom serves as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) vendor to the world with customers spread across Europe, USA, South America & Oceania. It also sells under its brand name ‘Mallcom’ in the Indian sub-continent and Middle East through its trusted dealer network.
