Jamshedpur: The value engineering project on 'Increasing the reliability  of the transfer carat LD#2 and slab caster' led by Avneesh Gupta, head (IEM), has been adjudged as the best value engineering effort and won the coveted Mohta National Award for the year 2002. The VE team will be recognised during the inauguration of XVIII INVEST National Conference to be held at Hotel Atithi, Mumbai, on November 23, 2002. A scroll with a cash award of Rs 1500 will be given to the team leader, and merit certificates to the team members. The other members of the VE team are Goutom Das, Rajesh Kumar, A Dasgupta, Satyajit Das and Prabir Ghosh.