Aircel Ltd. has been received two awards at ‘Best-in-Class Learning and Development Awards’ by World HRD Congress 2013. At a recently held ceremony in Mumbai, Aircel, one of India’s leading telecom players, won the prestigious ‘Award for Innovation in Learning’ and ‘Best Services-Best Training Venue’.

The ‘Best-in-Class Learning and Development Awards’ are held annually to identify and honour individuals, teams and organizations from the Corporate, Education, Public and Private Service Sector, who/that have leveraged learning and development in order to significantly advance workforce productivity and performance.

While Aircel Academy, the first of its kind state-of-the-art learning platform for employees, was adjudged as the ‘Best Training Venue’, its work on ‘Code of Conduct Theatre’ was recognized and received the ‘Award for Innovation in Learning’. The ‘Code of Conduct’ emphasizes Aircel’s commitment to ethics and compliance with the law by laying down guidelines for all Aircel members to help them work with integrity and do what is right in every situation. The Aircel academy team had created and delivered all aspects of the theatre, including scripting, dialogue writing, audio/video support, production and direction to highlight the key issues pertaining to violation of Aircel’s Code of Conduct through street plays in key circles.

Speaking about the awards, Dr. Sandeep Gandhi, Chief Human Resource Officer, Aircel said, “Innovation, as a practice, is deep rooted in our culture at Aircel. By means of ‘Code of Conduct Theatre’, we have not only been able to successfully reach out to our employees and share information about this policy, but also have been able to create a far bigger impact through a method as creative and traditional as show and tell.”

He further added, “These awards emphasize Aircel’s unwavering commitment to provide learning and specialized development for employees through our dedicated Aircel Academy. We wish to continue on this path and help our employees in attaining higher benchmarks towards self and organizational development.”