Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) organized a training programme on 'Public Procurement' as a part of the Preventive Vigilance Awareness Campaign 2025 themed on 'Vigilance – A shared responsibility'. The event was inaugurated by Sanjiv Kumar Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, HCL, in the presence of Dr Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Director (Operations) and Director (Mining) – Addl. Charge, HCL, R V N Vishweshwar, Director (Finance), HCL, Harsimran Singh, IRSE, Esteemed Guest Speakers, Chief Vigilance Officer, HCL, CVOs, former CVOs and officers of Kolkata based Central organizations, HODs and officers of HCL, and business partners of HCL. Harsimran Singh, CVO welcomed all with his energetic address to encourage all to upskill them with all provisions for public procurement for ensuring best value for money spent on works, goods and services contracts. As the keynote speaker of the day, Kanwalpreet, IRSS, Executive Director (Railway Stores), Ministry of Railways, deliberated on Procurement Guidelines, GFRs & Procurement Manuals, while Rajiv Lochan Bharadwaj, former IRSS officer and Professor, AJNIFM, spoke on various aspects of Procurement - provisions for 'Make In India', 'MSE', National Security provisions, etc. HCL Procurement Manual (Policy & Procedure) 2025 was launched, in consonance with the latest guidelines of Public Procurement, with a mission to make procurements more transparent, fair, equitable, cost effective and efficient. Demonstration and “Hands on Training” for GeM registration and operation was also organized at the kiosk set at the venue for welcoming new entrepreneurs on board and training the employees. The event was highly interactive in nature with the participants clarifying their doubts, sharing their views and voicing their queries.