The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with CESC Ltd organized a workshop on “Electrical & Fire Safety for Manufacturing Industry” on 30th April 2021, Friday on virtual platform. 

Electrical and Fire safety assumes paradigm importance for all sectors of the industry. In this context there is a need for industry personnel to understand the risks associated with electricity and fire incidents both of which has the potential to endanger human life and also result in damage to property. Towards this, The Bengal Chamber, with CESC Limited organized the aforesaid Workshop.  

The Workshop offered an effective fire prevention and containment strategy, an essential feature for fire prevention and protection, with special focus on hazard identification, risk assessment, identification and implementation of control measures for reduction and elimination of hazards associated with usage of electricity and prevention & containment of fire incidents. 

The Workshop was commenced with the formal Welcome Address by Mr. Gautam Ray, Chairperson, Energy and Environment Committee and Vice President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Executive Director (HR & Admin.) - CESC Limited & President (HR) – Power Group, RPSG. Mr. Indrajit Sen, Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Director, International Combustion (India) Limited delivered the Keynote Address. Prof. Ashok Maitra, Former Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, IIEST, Shibpur and Former Advisor, West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission shared his perspectives on identification and implementation of essential safety measures for fire prevention and protection. Mr. Arabindra Ghosh, Deputy Manager, CESC Limited and Mr. Sudip Kr. Paul, Deputy Manager, CESC Limited graced the session on Enhancement of Awareness on Electrical and Fire Hazards and Their Mitigation. Mr. Ghosh and Mr. Paul jointly addressed onbasic concepts of electricity & network; hazard recognition; effects of electricity on the human body; electrical hazard protection; safe work practices; how to respond and report any problem and ethics of working with electrical installations.  

There was overwhelming participation of around 80 representatives from renowned large manufacturing industries and MSMEs - Adani Wilmar Limited; Bengal Energy Limited; Bengal Gas Company Limited; Chloride Power Systems and Solutions Ltd.; Dhariwal Infrastructure Limited; Electrosteel Castings Ltd; Emami Agrotech Limited; Exide Industries Limited; Fibro Plastichem (India) Pvt. Ltd; Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd; India Power Corporation Limited; Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (Haldia Refinery); Indorama India Pvt Ltd; International Combustion (India) Limited; Lintas Packaging Pvt. Ltd.; MCPI Pvt Ltd; Orissa Metaliks Pvt Ltd; Prasad Seeds Pvt Ltd; S S Enterprise; Shyam SEL & Power Ltd.; SRMB Steel, Durgapur; Super Smelters Limited, Jamuria; Tata Metaliks Limited; UPL Limited; Vikram Solar Limited and Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. 

The Session was followed by vibrant interactive session.