VISION NAVA BHARAT
Volume No.23, No.4 January – March, 2018
Inauguration of the Kitchen setup in association with Akshaya Patra Foundation for supporting the Mid-Day Meal Programme of the Government of Telangana
NEWS INSIDE….. Awards & Achievements Social Development Our Pleasure Education
Projects – Domestic Think About It
Training Laughing Corner Management Systems Farewell Celebrations
Awards & Achievements
The Odisha Works received four “State Safety Awards” from The Directorate of Factories & Boilers (DOFB), Government of Odisha” under the Government Award Scheme.
The Awards received under this Scheme were;
1. 1 st Prize for “Lowest Severity Rate of Accidents” for the year 2014. 2. “Best Performance in Safety & Environment” for the year 2015.
3. 1st Prize for “Lowest Weighted Frequency Rate of Accidents” for the year 2016. nd 4. 2 Prize for “Longest Accident Free Period” for the year 2017.
Further, the employees of Odisha bagged various awards under the Sponsored Award Scheme from DOFB. The awards received under this Scheme were;
1. “Best Safety Officer of the State” for the year 2015 - Mr.Dillip Kumar Baral, Chief Manager-Safety. 2. “Act of Bravery for saving Life / Avoiding Accident & or Dangerous Occurrence inside the Factory Premises” for the year 2015 - Mr.Prasanta Kumar Moharana, Assistant Manager-DM Plant, Mr.Jitendra Pradhan, Operator-DM Plant, Mr.Sujit Kumar Swain, Fire Emergency Crew, Mr.Tapan Kumar Mahanta, Fire Emergency Crew.
The Awards were given away, during the State Safety Awards function organized by DOFB, at
IDCOL Auditorium, Bhubaneswar, by the Chief Guest Sj. Susanta Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Labour & Employees State Insurance Corporation, Govt. of Odisha, on 10th March. Smt. Anu Garg (IAS), Principal Secretary, Labour & ESI Department, Govt. of Odisha, was the Guest of Honour on this occasion .
The awards comprised of a shield and a certificate.
1st Prize for 1st Prize for Lowest 2nd Prize for Best Lowest Weighted Longest Performance Severity Frequency Accident in Safety & Rate of Rate of Free Period Environment Accidents Accidents
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Best Safety Officer The four Employees who received “Act of Bravery Award” for the year 2015 of the State, 2015 from DOFB, Government of Odisha
D.K. Baral Prasanta Kr. Moharana Jitendra Pradhan Sujit Kr. Swain Tapan Kr. Mahanta
Awards & Achievements Contd…
Mr.M.S.R.K.Prasad, Senior Manager (Cane), Sugar Division, Samalkot, was presented the Sri (Late) C.V.N. Raju Memorial Prize for the Best Extension Worker for the year 2016-17, at the 59th Kisan Mela th Celebrations held at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Anakapalle, on 29 January 2018. The award comprised of a memento & certificate.
During the Financial Year 2017-18, 95,301 MT of Silico Manganese was produced by FAP (T), the
highest ever production achieved since inception of the Company.
During the crushing season of 2017-18, 4,64,583 MT of Sugarcane was crushed, which is the 2nd highest in Sugar Division’s history. The highest Sugar Cane crushed in the history of Sugar Division was 5,83,267 MT during the crushing season of 2006-07.
The Management congratulates the staff of Odisha Works, FAP (T) & Sugar Division for their achievements.
Achievement of Nava Bharat Eye Centre (NBEC), Paloncha
In the words of Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao, Founder-Chair, LV Prasad Eye Institute;
“The NBEC, Paloncha has done exceedingly well in the just concluded financial year with total outpatients of nearly 35,000 and over 4,000 surgical procedures. These included some major procedures like corneal transplants and stem cell transplants. Over 60 per cent surgeries were done free of cost yet the cost recovery for operating expenses was well above 100 per cent. This way, the Centre has become an optimal model for delivery of secondary eye care services.
Thanks to you for your continued support to keep the services current.”
The Management appreciates the gesture of Dr. Gullapali N. Rao and compliments their team at NBEC, Paloncha.
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Our Pleasure
A two -member team from Toyota Tsusho Material Incorporated, Japan visited our Paloncha Works, in March. The team was impressed with the housekeeping, greenery and CSR activities of Paloncha Works.
The CSR Committee (constituted at the Board level) consisting of Mr.D. Ashok, Chairman, Dr.D.N. Rao & Dr. C.V. Madhavi, Independent Directors, visited Paloncha Works, in January. The Committee reviewed the status of the The team of Toyota Tsusho Material implementation of CSR projects taken up by Incorporated, Japan, along with key FAP (T) & the Company in and around Paloncha. As Corporate Office staff part of the review, The Committee visited the
RO Water Plant at Machinapeta Thanda, Projects - Domestic Kitchen established in association with
Akshaya Patra Foundation, Women Replacement of heating medium for Empowerment Centre, Nava Bharat concentration of Spent Wash Vocational Institute, etc. The Committee also witnessed the demo on K-Yan, Hand Wash The concentration of Spent Wash in the facilities, Mobile Science lab practical classes Evaporation Plant was being done with the and the role play by students of steam generated from the 8 TPH Distillery Supplementary Spoken English Course. Boiler. Now the same is being done with the vapours from the Rectifier Column of 20 KLPD Atmospheric Distillation Plant. This has resulted in savings of 1500 MT of coal per season.
Dr. D.N. Rao, Member of the CSR Committee witnessing the role play, in English, by the
students who underwent the Supplementary Spoken
CSR Committee, at the Nava Bharat Vocational English Programme conducted by the Institute, along with senior officials of the Company Company
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Training
A Workshop on “Fly Ash Utilisation” was conducted at Odisha Works, by Fly Ash Resource Centre (FARC), State Pollution
Control Board (SPCB) Odisha, Bhubaneswar, th on 12 March. Dr. D.K.Behera, Senior Environment Scientist, SPCB, Bhubaneswar, Dr.B.B.Dash, Regional Officer, SPCB, Angul, Mr.Shailendra Nayak, General Manager - District Industries Centre, Angul and Mr.Santanu Mishra, Advisor, FARC, spoke on this occasion.
The representatives from major power Workshop on “Fly Ash Utilisation” in progress at generating companies, like NALCO, TTPS, NTPC, GMR Energy, JITPL, Bhushan Energy and Odisha Works Fly Ash Bricks Manufacturers Association of Angul & Dhenkanal, participated in the programme.
Mr. Y. Pattanaik, Vice President & Mr.D.K. Baral, Chief Manager, Safety, of Odisha Works attended an International Symposium on Safety and Health 2018, titled “Vision Zero -
From Problems to Practical Solutions” organized by Labour & ESI Department, Government of Odisha, in collaboration with German Social Accident Insurance and International Social Security Association, at Bhubaneswar, on 22nd & 23rd February.
During the Symposium, stress was given on International Symposium on Safety and Health implementation of Zero Harm at the work 2018 in progress place in all sectors including manufacturing.
Mr. Y. Pattanaik, Vice President, Mr. M. Srinivas, General Manager, FAP(O) & Mr.D.K.Baral, Chief Manager , Safety, of Odisha Works, attended the division level Safety Convergence Workshop – 2018, titled “Best Practices for Harm & Disease free workplace and Zero Accident”, organized by the D irectorate of Factories & Boilers, Cuttack Division, at the Conference Hall of IFFCO, Paradeep, on 12th January.
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Name of the Programme Name of the Name of the Training Month in which Trainer Institute conducted IMS (New Version) Internal Auditors Mr. Elavarsan Bharat Pearls January Training at Paloncha Works Association, Chennai Communication Skills Programme Prof. G. Kakatiya University, February at Paloncha Works Damodar Warangal Change Management at Odisha Mr. Gorishankar Business February Works Madhusudhan Services Private Jhunjunwala Limited, Hyderabad
Management Systems
Transition & re-certification audits for the following systems were conducted, in February & March at our Units.
1. Transition & re-certification audits - QMS (ISO 9001:2015) & EMS (ISO 14001:2015) at Paloncha, Odisha & Sugar Division, Samalkot. 2. Recertification audit – OHSMS (OHSAS Closing Meeting of the IMS Audit in progress at 18001:2007) at Paloncha, Odisha & Sugar Odisha Works Division, Samalkot.
Celebrations National
Flag hoisted The 69th Republic Day was celebrated at all at Sugar th our Units with fervour, on 26 January. Division on the International Women’s Day was celebrated occasion of at the Women Empowerment Centre (WEC), th 69th Republic Paloncha, on 8 March. On this occasion, Day apart from quiz & essay writing competitions on general topics, practical tests were conducted for the trainees in their respective
courses. Prizes were given away to the A women winners, by the Chief Guest, Ms. Salma Baanu, trainee of District Welfare Officer. Speaking on this WEC, occasion, Ms. Salma Baanu, advised the Paloncha trainees to make use of their talents and skills receiving the to earn their livelihood. She also appreciated prize the Company for creating the facilities and avenues for self-development of local poor women.
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Celebrations Contd…
The “47th National Safety week” was celebrated at all our units, from 4th to 10th March. On this occasion, safety flag was hoisted and safety oath was administered to employees, school children and contract workers. Various competitions, mock drills and training programmes were conducted for disseminating safety awareness. 47th National Safety Week Celebrations at
Paloncha Works Social Development
Enhancement of Services at Nava Bharat Eye Centre (NBEC), Paloncha
NBEC has been providing equitable comprehensive eye care and high quality cataract surgical services to people in and around Paloncha, irrespective of their socio- economic, religious or ethnic background. However, to address the increasing prevalence of non-communicable chronic eye diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma in and around Paloncha, the Company provided the following equipment; Optical Coherence Tomography equipment in 1. Optical Coherence Tomography – For use at NBEC identifying Macular/ Corneal/ Glaucoma
cases. 2. Fundus Camera – To identify all posterior segment diseases including diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Fundus 3. Replacement of existing Operating Camera in Microscope and Autoclave Equipment. use at NBEC
This has enhanced the capabilities of the NBEC beyond cataract surgery and brought the above services to the door step of the rural community.
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Social Development Contd...
Financial Assistance for establishing Centralised Kitchen
The Company extended financial assistance as “Anchor Patron” to “The Akshaya Patra Foundation” to establish a centralized kitchen in Kothagudem (Lakshmidevipally). The financial assistance was extended for procuring the entire equipment needed for the Kitchen. This is the first centralized Kitchen setup in Tribal area of Telangana State to support the Mid-Day Meal programme of the Government and mitigate the twin challenges of hunger and education. The programme enables increase in enrolment & attendance, reduce dropout and improve nutritional status of students of the Government Schools by serving hot & nutritious food. The kitchen can serve meals to 30,000 students.
The Centralised Kitchen was inaugurated by Hon’ble MLA of Kothagudem, Mr. J. Venkata Rao in the presence of Mr. M. Ram Kishan, Joint Collector, District Level Officers, Mr.GRK Prasad, Executive Director, Nava Bharat Ventures Limited (NBVL), Mr. Sreenivasamurthy, Vice President, Paloncha Works, NBVL, Students of Government Schools, public and Media representatives. At present the kitchen is supplying food to 22,255 students of 244 Government Schools situated in 5 Mandals viz. Kothagudem, Lakshmidevipally, Sujathanagar, Chunchupalli and Ramavaram.
Cooking equipment installed at the Nava Bharat as Anchor Vessels for carrying food to the Kitchen in Kothagudem Patron Government Schools
Sports Day parade in progress Establishment Sportsof Hand Day Wash parade Facilities in progress
Hand Wash Inferior water quality & inappropriate hygiene facility behavior is detrimental to the health of the established school going children. To overcome this at MPUP problem, the Company has set up Hand Wash
School, Facilities in 12 government schools, benefitting Karakavagu 3,000 students. The managing committee and the students expressed their gratitude to the Company for providing the above facility in their school.
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Social Development Contd… Handing over of
Physiotherapy The Company provided equipment for speech equipment to therapy & physiotherapy, furniture and other Shanthi Welfare items to the following Schools in Paloncha & Bhadrachalam, established for specially-abled Association for students ; Deaf, Blind and Handicapped
1. Bhadrachalam Agency for Rural Development Rehabilitation and Furniture & Educational Society for Handicapped Kitchen utensils (BRESH), Bhadrachalam. given to Manava 2. Angel Care School for the special needed Seva Voluntary children, Oddugudem, Paloncha. Organisation 3. Shanthi Welfare Association for deaf, blind and handicapped, Contractors colony, (MSVO) Paloncha.
The Company provided kitchen utensils and Vice President, furniture to Old Age Home run by Manava Paloncha Works, Seva Voluntary Organisation, Bhadrachalam. formally handing over the furniture The above gestures of the Company have & Kitchen Utensils benefitted 350 specially-abled students and 80 to MSVO helpless aged people.
The trainees of 13th batch of Beautician Course and 14th batch of Tailoring & Embroidery course, who completed their training at the Women Empowerment Center (WEC), Paloncha, were awarded certificates at a ceremony organized, on 27th March. Ms.K.Ramadevi, President, Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India (ALEAP) graced the function as Chief Guest. While speaking on the occasion, she assured that ALEAP would extend necessary help to the certified candidates, to fulfil their aspirations. Certificate being awarded to a trainee of Tailoring & Embroidery Course
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Social Development Contd…
NBEIL, Paloncha, distributed 3,800 mosquito nets to the slum dwellers of surrounding villages and tribal areas. Dr. K. Dayananda Swamy, District Medical and Health Officer, Bhadradri Kothagudem District, formally inaugurated the distribution of mosquito nets to the villagers at a function organized in the Karakavagu Village, on 9th March. He lauded the efforts taken by the Company for improving the health and hygiene in the area. A large number of villagers attended the function. Mr.Venkateswarulu, Assistant Mosquito net being handed over to a slum Malaria Officer, Dr.Rajkumar, Medical Officer, dweller Sekharam Banjara & Mr. Y. Sreenivasa Murthy,
Vice President, Paloncha Works, were also present on the occasion.
Garment A new course in “Garment Making Making (Readymade Garment Making)” has been
Course in introduced at the WEC, Paloncha. In this progress at course, training is given to poor women for WEC, making different parts of a Garment. The 1st Paloncha batch of 40 women have been trained and have taken up stitching of Uniforms for the students of Nava Bharat School, Government Schools and Contract workmen as part of their
on-the-job training.
The Paloncha Unit donated 920 dual desks to 45 Government Schools at a function organized in Nava Bharat Public School, in February. This will ensure a congenial learning environment for 2,760 students. Mr. M. Ram Kishan, Joint Collector, Bhadradri
Kothagudem District, the Chief Guest, handed over, through formal letters, the dual desks to the Headmasters of the Schools spread over 9 mandals viz., Paloncha, Kothagudem, Mulakapalli, Annapureddypalli, Formal handing over of Dual Desks Chandrugonda, Chunchupalli, Awapuram, Tekulapalli and Burgampahad.
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Social Development Contd… WEC, The Women Empowerment Center (WEC), Paloncha
Paloncha, set up a stall at the Exhibition, Stall at organized by Siddhagiri Kaneri Math, Kolhapur, Kolhapur Maharashtra, in February. During this Exhibition exhibition, the WEC showcased the Palm Leaf Products made by its trainees. The stall attracted a large number of visitors.
“Safe Drinking Water Plant” near Factory Premises and a “Bus Stop” at Masania Chowk were established, by Odisha Works. The same were inaugurated by Mr. Abanikanta Pattanaik, Additional District Magistrate, Odapada Tehsil, Dhenkanal, the Chief Guest, during a programme organized, on 29th March. On this occasion, aids for 70 differently abled people were distributed by the Chief Guest. The function was attended by the employees and people of nearby villages. Wheel Chair being handed over to a differently abled person Education
Nava Bharat Schools, Paloncha, celebrated the 39th Annual Day, on 27th & 28th January. Mr.P. Trivikram Prasad, Managing Director, graced the inaugural function as Chief Guest and gave away the prizes. Mr. Y. Pradeep, an alumnus of Nava Bharat Public School, presented cash award to the student all- rounder of Class X of the academic year 2016- 17 and also honoured the teachers with mementos. Prof. G. Damodar, Adjunct Professor of English, Satavahana University attended the valedictory function as Chief Guest. The students presented cultural shows Cultural show by Students of Nava Bharat on both the days. Schools
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Farewell
The following employees retired from the Company’s services during the quarter January - March:
Sl. Name Designation Retired on Length of Location No. Service (Yrs) 1 Mr. D.S. Prasada Rao Seasonal Worker 09.01.2018 27 Sugar Division 2 Mr. G.E. Hussain Turner 30.03.2018 29 Sugar Division
The Management appreciates the long service rendered by the above employees and wishes them a happy and peaceful retired life!
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