The award instituted by Orissa Engineers' Forum was presented to Das by Odisha Industries minister Debi Prasad Mishra at the 47th Engineers Day celebration held at Cuttack yesterday, a company release said today.
A Mechanical Engineer from REC, Rourkela (Now National Institute of Technology), Das has more than three decades of professional association with Aluminium Industry and is very-well known in industry circles and holds a number of key positions in several industry associations.
He started his career with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and subsequently joined NALCO in 1982, the release added.