KSRTC MD Akram Pasha receives SKOCH National Award for transparent recruitment initiative
Bengaluru : The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has been conferred the prestigious SKOCH National Award 2025 for its initiative on “Transparent Recruitment and Training Programme.”
The award was presented at a ceremony held at Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre, on March 28.
According to a release from the state-run corporation, the award recognises its efforts in ensuring transparency and uniformity across its recruitment process, from application submission to final selection and unit allocation, by minimising human intervention.
“The corporation has implemented a technology-driven recruitment system featuring automated driving tests, online examinations, digital document verification, webcasting, and auto-generated scorecards,” KSRTC added.
It also stated that KSRTC has successfully recruited 2,000 drivers and conductors, 300 technical staff, and 441 candidates under compassionate grounds.
In addition, over the past six months, more than 12,000 employees have undergone structured training programmes, contributing to improved organisational performance and capacity building.
The SKOCH Group, a Delhi-based independent think tank established in 1997, has been presenting the SKOCH Awards since 2003, recognising excellence in governance, finance, technology adoption, transparency, and institutional development based on measurable impact.
The award was received by Akram Pasha, Managing Director of KSRTC, from Sameer Kochhar, Chairman of SKOCH Group, and Gursharan Dhanjal, Vice Chairman, at the ceremony.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Will of people supreme, says Mahua Moitra after BJP's landslide victory in Bengal
Kolkata (PTI): A day after the Trinamool Congress faced a drubbing by the BJP in the West Bengal assembly elections, TMC MP Mohua Moitra on Tuesday said her party respects the mandate as the will of the people is supreme.
She also said that the party will continue the fight for a “secular country”.
In a post on X, Moitra said, “The will of the people is supreme. If Bengal wanted BJP, then Bengal has got BJP. We respect that.”
The BJP on Monday scripted history by winning 206 seats to secure more than a two-thirds majority in the West Bengal assembly polls, ending the TMC’s 15-year rule.
"We fought the good fight against unimaginable odds on an uneven pitch and for that I am proud of my leader & my party," Moitra said.
She said the TMC will continue to stand and fight for a secular country where the constitution, and "not brute majoritarianism, is the last word”.
