OREANDA-NEWS. July 24, 2012. Ace archer and  member of the Indian Olympic Contingent for the London Olympics 2012, Ms  Deepika Kumari, has joined Tata Steel as a Manager in the Company's Sports  Department. The development is in line with the Company's philosophy of  identifying sporting talent, providing them with opportunities to perform to  their optimum at the highest levels of the sport and augmenting their  employability potential.

Several eminent  sportspersons have been beneficiaries of such a philosophy and have brought  laurels to the country after being nurtured by the Company. They include Ms  Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to conquer Mt Everest and a Padmashree,  Arjuna and National Adventure Award awardee, Mr Dibyendu Barua, Chess  Grandmaster and Arjuna Awardee, Mr Charles Borromeo, Padmashree and Arjuna  awardee, Mr Bagicha Singh, Arjuna awardee, and Mr Jayanta Talukdar, Archer  representing India in the London Olympics 2012, among others.

Born in 1994,  Deepika joined Tata Archery Academy in 2008 and has since honed her skills in  archery in the academy. Sheer perseverance and commitment to the sport saw her  becoming the Sub Junior Champion and Senior National Champion soon thereafter.

Deepika won the  Gold Medal in the Youth World Championship in Turkey in 2008. She represented  the Indian team that won the Silver Medal in the 1st Asian Archery Grand Prix  held at Bangkok in 2009. She won the Silver Medal in World Cup Stage III held  at Ogden in August 2010.

At the Delhi  Commonwealth Games 2010, Deepika won the Gold in the individual event and a  Bronze in the team event. She has represented India in the Asian Games 2010  held at China and won the Bronze Medal in the team event. Deepika, the current  World No. 1, is representing India in the London Olympics 2012.

Established in  1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group  is among the leading steel manufacturers in the world with an annual crude  steel capacity of over 27 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). It is now the  world's second-most geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations  in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. The Tata Steel  Group, with a turnover of USD  26.13 billion in FY 12, has over 81,000 employees  across five continents and is a Fortune 500 company. The Group's vision is to  be the world's steel industry benchmark in "Value Creation" and "Corporate  Citizenship" through the excellence of its people, its innovative approach and  overall conduct. Underpinning this vision is a performance culture committed to  aspiration targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement,  openness and transparency. In 2008, Tata Steel India became the first integrated  steel plant in the world, outside Japan, to be awarded the Deming Application  Prize 2008 for excellence in Total Quality Management.