Mumbai: The Tata Group has been awarded the Awaaz Consumer Award 2005 in the 'Most Preferred Employer' category.

Awaaz, India's first dedicated consumer channel, and a member of the world-wide CNBC Network, in keeping with its commitment as the Voice of the Indian consumer, had initiated India's first exhaustive Consumer Preference Poll for India's best brands called 'Awaaz Consumer Vote 2005' in association with AC Nielsen ORG MARG.

The award ceremony that was held yesterday evening in New Delhi was attended by the top management of some of India's most respected companies as well as senior Government officials.

Satish Pradhan, Executive VP, Group Human Resources, Tata Sons Ltd, said, "It is an honour for the Tata Group to receive this award. The award is recognition of the work being done by our companies in the area of human resource development. Some of our companies have also individually received awards in the field of HR from bodies in India and globally in the recent past. Today, the Tata Group has a stronghold in seven business sectors and 80 companies under its belt and most of its companies have attained positions amongst the top three in their respective sectors."