New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): National Logistics Excellence Awards aims at acknowledging the efforts of logistics service providers in the country that have been able to display innovation, diversity and efficiency. The award ceremony was graced by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, as its Chief Guest. With 169 entries and 12 categories for awards in its first edition, the Ministry of Commerce and Industries undertook a year-long process of identifying, categorizing, and selecting qualified applications. At the award ceremony, Transport Corporation of India Ltd. won the National Excellence award in 2 categories for Best Warehouse Service Provider and Best Cold Chain/Refrigerated Service Provider. TCI has been the foremost service provider for warehousing solutions managing 13 million sq. ft. of space across multiple verticals along the length and breadth of the country. The cold chain wing of the company has been providing high-quality, fully dependable solutions to sensitive and critical industries like pharmaceuticals to quick service restaurants amongst others. Commenting on the achievement, the company stated, "We are honoured to have been awarded in 2 categories and sincerely thank all our customers for their continued trust in us. These awards are dedicated to all TCI Yodhas who work relentlessly and enable us to be 'Everything Logistics'." Group TCI, with revenues of over Rs 5000 Cr. is India's leading integrated supply chain and logistics solutions provider. TCI group with expertise developed over 6 decades has an extensive network of company-owned offices, 13 mn. sq. ft. of warehousing space and a strong team of trained employees. With its customer-centric approach, world-class resources, state-of-the-art technology and professional management, the group follows strong corporate governance and is committed to value creation for its stakeholders and social responsibilities. TCI was the first to launch several solutions in the logistics field. Its product offering includes: TCI Freight: India's leading surface transport entity. This division is fully equipped to provide total transport solutions for cargo of any dimension or product segment. It transports cargo on FTL (Full truck load)/ LTL (Less than truckload)/ Small packages and consignments/ Over Dimensional cargo. TCI Seaways: TCI Seaways is well equipped with six ships in its fleet and caters to the coastal cargo requirements for transporting containers and bulk cargo. Being the pioneers in multimodal coastal shipping and container cargo movement and transportation services, TCI Seaways connects India with its western, eastern, and southern ports. TCI Supply Chain Solutions: TCI SCS is a single window enabler of integrated supply chain solutions right from conceptualization and designing the logistics network to actual implementation. The core service offerings are Supply Chain Consultancy, Inbound Logistics, Warehousing/Distribution Centre Management and Outbound Logistics. TCI Chemical Logistics Solutions: A subdivision of TCI which provides storage of chemicals - liquid, dry and gases in compliant warehouses and movement in ISO tank containers, gas tankers and flexi tanks by Rail, Road and Coastal. TCI Cold Chain Solutions Ltd.: Integrated cold chain service provider to meet the needs of temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution services. The facility caters to the needs of various industries such as agriculture products, processed foods, life sciences, healthcare, speciality chemicals, among others. TCI CONCOR Multimodal Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: An end-to-end multimodal logistics solutions provider, it is a joint venture between TCI and Concor. This segment synergises the strengths, infrastructure and capabilities of TCI Group with rail infrastructure of Concor. It establishes a cost-effective integrated railroad service. Transystem: Complete logistics solution provider from inbound to outbound logistics. Transystem is a logistics partner for Toyota Kirloskar and other Japanese companies in India. It comprises Completely Built Units (CBUs) and spare parts management, warehousing and distribution. TCI Express Ltd.: A leading express distribution specialist that offers a single window door-to-door and time-definite solution for customers' express requirements. It serves across 40,000 locations in India and 202 countries abroad. TCI Developers Ltd.: It undertakes the development of large modern Warehouses, Logistics Parks etc. TCI Foundation: As the group's social arm, TCIF fulfils corporate social responsibility and runs charitable hospitals and schools for the underprivileged in rural areas. It has also collaborated with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and National Aids Control Organization to run programs on AIDS interventions and education among the vulnerable trucking community. This story is provided by NewsVoir. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/NewsVoir)