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Edition 6 | December | 2015 Dear all,

2015 is closing now, for everybody the meaning of this year 2015 is different, somebody had good events but others not. How is yours?

For Yaskawa globally, it was not bad (actually good) and for YIND it was better than expectation, of course this comes from all of us, thank you very much!

As you are aware, a lot of incidents are happening any of world, however in order to continue of our contribution we cannot stop our activity and continue challenge, it is always for better tomorrow.

Hope 2016 will be good year for all of you.

Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Best regards,

Akinori Urakawa President and C.E.O. YASKAWA Pvt. Ltd.

2 YASKAWA D&MC Division Celebrates 100th Anniversary

The Drives & Motion Control division celebrated the 100th Anniversary in a grand way at Hotel Le Méridien. The event started with a partners meeting followed by employees get- together. On this occasion, several dignitaries from a few companies introduced their companies including some from the partnering organizations.

YASKAWA Electric Corporation has survived and thrived for 100 years by remaining true to its core values, while being committed to contribute to the society by means of energy saving. This has allowed YASKAWA to transform technology, business and society through its first century, and believe this will enable to achieve even more in next generations.

On this occasion, a team from YEC and YIND visited one of the top engineering colleges in the country in Bangalore to understand the infrastructure and the kind of activities that take place in the college and to witness some of the best practices and the focus on imparting quality education in India. Tsuda-san and Urakawa-san interacted with engineering students who were in large numbers.

In the evening, Tsuda-san, Urakwa-san, Matsumoto-san and other dignitaries lit the lamp to mark the start of cultural events. Tsuda-san and Urakwa-san presented the mementos to all the partners across regions. As part of our contribution to CSR, YIND presented a cheque of Rs. 150,000 to Samarthanam Trust for physically challenged children. All the employees who were present appreciated the efforts to address community challenges and societal needs.

December 2015 YIND 3 YASKAWA D&MC Division Celebrates 100th Anniversary

4 Employee Team Outing

Like previous year, D&M&C employees went on a team outing to a beautiful and scenic place near Chikmagalur which is known as ‘coffee land of Karnataka’. Everyone who was part of the outing enjoyed serene environment, lush green forests and tall mountains.

Starting from office after working hours by 3 buses, employees took a break to enjoy some team bonding activities and great food. It was fun time for YASKAWANS climbing a mountain to see an old fort and a breathtaking landscape. Then was the time to splash some water and relax with the peers in a beautiful waterfall. Nothing could stop YASKAWANs from their energy to enjoy the day, volleyball essentially a game of transition of skills with choreographed team movement between plays on the ball was played at the court with full of adrenaline.

The day ended with employees dancing their hearts out around a campfire and relishing the great food. Urakawa- san in his speech insisted on the need to keep this beautiful country clean and tidy and expressed his happiness about the place and the spirit of employees.

The team also witnessed some rich culture of Hoysala Architecture in Belur and the statue of Gommateshvara Bahubali at Śravana Begola which is one of the most important tirthas in Jainism. These two sites are being proposed as UNESCO world heritage sites.

Employees are keen and looking forward to travel to a new destination next year.

December 2015 YIND 5 Bangalore Marathon 2015 Remote Maintenance Systerm YIND R&D

YASKAWANS gathered and participated in great numbers “Remote maintenance System (RMS) design developed by for 2nd edition of Bengaluru Marathon and to support a YIND R&D division for YASKAWA Robotic division, it was one noble cause of raising funds for 60-bed cancer specialty of the key attractions for the customer at iRex 2015 exhibition, hospital. Around 17,000 people including children, corporate Tokyo, Japan. RMS has been designed and developed in a personnel and athletes participated in the event. short duration of 3 month by YIND R&D division and exhibited in iRex 2015. The demo exhibits a system connected In spite of hot weather, YASKAWANS made some incredible to 6 robot controller (YRC1000) fetching the real time times on Sunday morning for the full, half and fun marathon. information and displaying it to users. It addresses various user’s requirement and the information they required to take YIND’s special congratulations to Pradeepsingh who advance measures for the smooth factory operations. successfully completed full marathon and Harish BS, Somnath Gowda, Megharaj, Santhosh, Vinod Kumar, Ramesh and The factory production manager can monitor production & Chethan who successfully completed half marathon. operating rate of all the lines in factory from his desk using PC or table. Maintenance engineer will be able to monitor Congratulations to everyone. No matter the distance or the and perform preventive maintenance of hardware to avoid time, you ran or walked with pride and helped to raise Millions the factory downtime. System notifies about the alarm or of Rupees for such a great charity. THANK YOU! warning to the concerned users by on screen or by email notification. The user can troubleshoot the issues or contact YASKAWA call centre for further help to address the issues.”

6 Places in INDIA Rohtang Pass At an elevation of 13,054 ft, Rohtang Pass serves as the gateway to Lahaul and Spiti valleys in Himachal Pradesh. About 53 km from Manali, it connects Kullu valley with Lahaul and Spiti which in turn provide access to Leh. Known for its scenic beauty, Rohtang Pass holds strategic importance for India.

The name Rohtang means ‘ground of corpses’ due to the number of people who lost their lives trying to cross it. The Rohtang Pass is on the Pir Panjal Mountain Range of the Himalayas.

oldest and most frequented pass in the region, or the fact that it is the main pass leading from one cultural region to Besides Lahaul and Spiti, Rohtang Pass Rohtang Pass figures high on itineraries another, quite different one, to the north. also serves as the gateway to Pangi and of tourists visiting Manali, Kullu, Leh and the valley of Leh. Like the Zojila Pass, nearby areas. The road remains jam- National Highway 21 (NH 21), the road Rohtang also serves as the gateway to packed and delays are inevitable. through the Kullu Valley, past Manali Ladakh. and over the Rohtang Pass to Keylong, The pass is open from May to November. and Lahul and on to Leh in Ladakh, has The Pass offers beautiful sights of It is not particularly high or difficult to cross become very busy during the summer glaciers, peaks, Lahaul Valley and the on foot by Himalayan standards, but it months as an alternate military route, River. The twin peaks of Geypan has a well-deserved reputation for being following the Kargil Conflict in 1999 in are also visible from Rohtang. dangerous because of unpredictable addition to tensions in Kashmir. Traffic snowstorms and blizzards jams are common as military vehicles, The Rohtang Pass is a natural divide trucks, and goods carriers try to navigate between the humid Kullu Valley which This pass is an ancient trade route the tight roads and rough terrain, has a predominant Hindu culture and the between the people on either side of compounded by snow and ice at certain arid, high altitude Lahaul and Spiti Valleys Pir Panjal. The local name for this pass points and the large number of tourists which are predominantly Buddhist. is a generic name of pass. There are vehicles. many other passes in Lahaul and Spiti The pass is on the watershed between which have specific names (Kunzam La, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohtang_Pass the water basins of the Chenab River and Baralacha La, etc.). This is suggestive http://www.rohtangla.com/rohtang-pass the Beas River. of the fact that this must have been the http://travel.india.com/rohtang-pass/

December 2015 YIND 7 The festival is a Hindu festival and is love and her wish for the well being of Diwali (or Deepaboli/Deepavali, the also a secular festival which celebrates her brother; in return, the brother ritually “festival of lights”) is an ancient Hindu the love and duty between brothers and pledges to protect and take care of his festival celebrated in autumn (northern sisters. The festival is also popularly sister under all circumstances. It is one of hemisphere) or spring (southern used to celebrate any brother-sister the several occasions in which family ties hemisphere) every year. Diwali is one of relationship between men and women are affirmed in India. the largest and brightest festivals in India. who are relatives or biologically unrelated. The festival spiritually signifies the victory The festival is also an occasion to of light over darkness, knowledge over The festival is observed by Jains too, as a celebrate brother-sister like family ignorance, good over evil, and hope over religious festival as on Raksha Bandhan, ties between cousins or distant despair. Its celebration includes millions Jain priests give threads to devotees. family members, sometimes between of lights shining on housetops, outside biologically unrelated men and women. To doors and windows, around temples The festival is also celebrated by many many, the festival transcends biological and other buildings in the communities communities as a secular festival. This family, brings together men and women and countries where it is observed. The secular aspect is observed among all across religions, diverse ethnic groups festival preparations and rituals typically people, irrespective of their religion, in and ritually emphasizes harmony and extend over a five day period, but the West Bengal and Punjab.[10] Various love. It is observed in calendar main festival night of Diwali coincides with are held in Punjab to mark the month of Śrāvana, and typically falls in the darkest, new moon night of the Hindu occasion. August every year. Lunisolar month Kartika. In the Gregorian calendar, Diwali night falls between mid- On Raksha Bandhan, sisters tie a rakhi Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ October and mid-November. (sacred thread) on her brother’s wrist. Raksha_Bandhan This symbolizes the sister’s love and Before Diwali night, people clean, prayers for her brother’s well-being, renovate, and decorate their homes and and the brother’s lifelong vow to protect offices. On Diwali night, dress up her. The festival falls on the full moon in new clothes or their best outfit, light day (Shravan Poornima) of the Shravan up diyas (lamps and candles) inside and month of the Hindu lunisolar Nepali outside their home, participate in family calendar. (prayers) typically to – the goddess of wealth and prosperity. After Raksha Bandhan is primarily observed in puja, fireworks follow, then a family India, Mauritius and major parts of Nepal. feast including mithai (sweets), and It is also celebrated by Hindus in parts an exchange of gifts between family of Pakistan, and by some Non Resident members and close friends. Indian people and Non Resident Nepali around the world. Diwali is an important festival for Hindus. The name of festive days as well as the Significance rituals of Diwali vary significantly among Raksha Bandhan in literally Hindus, based on the region of India. In means “the tie or knot of protection”. The many parts of India, the festivities start word Raksha means protection, whilst with (in Northern and Western Bandhan is the verb to tie. It is an ancient part of India), followed by Naraka Hindu festival that ritually celebrates Chaturdasi on second day, Deepavali on the love and duty between brothers and the third day, Diwali Padva dedicated to their sisters. The sister performs a Rakhi wife–husband relationship on the fourth ceremony, then prays to express her day, and festivities end with Bhau-beej

8 dedicated to sister–brother bond on the Kumbh Mela or Mela is a mass and the biggest Shahi Snanam (royal fifth day. Dhanteras usually falls eighteen Hindu of faith in which Hindus bath) of this event, with 13 taking days after Dussehra. gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is to the Sangam. 10 Feb 2013 was the considered to be the largest peaceful biggest bathing day at the Maha Kumbh On the same night that Hindus celebrate gathering in the world where around Mela and probably the largest human Diwali, Jains celebrate a festival of lights 100 million people were expected to visit gathering on a single day. to mark the attainment of by during the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 Mahavira, Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor in . It is held every third year Mythological origin Divas and some Buddhists also celebrate at one of the four places by rotation: According to medieval Hindu theology, Diwali remembering Ashoka’s conversion , Allahabad (Prayaga), the origin of the festival is found in one to . Diwali is an official holiday and . Thus the Kumbh Mela is of the most popular medieval , in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, held at each of these four places every the . The Samudra Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, twelfth year. Ardha (“Half”) Kumbh Mela manthan episode (Churning of the Malaysia, Singapore and Fiji. is held at only two places, Haridwar and ocean of milk), is mentioned in the Allahabad, every sixth year. The rivers Bhagavata Purana, Purana, the Significance at these four places are: the , and the . The Diwali is one of the happiest holidays () at Haridwar, the traditional account says that the Devas in Nepal and India with significant (Sangam) of the Ganges and the had lost their strength by the curse of preparations. People clean their homes and the mythical at Allahabad, Durvasa Muni, and to regain it, they and decorate them for the festivities. the Godawari at Nashik, and the Shipra approached Lord and Lord . Diwali is one of the biggest shopping at Ujjain. The name Kumbh Mela comes They directed all the demigods to Lord seasons in Nepal and India; people buy from Hindi, and in the original Sanskrit Vishnu and after praying to Lord Vishnu, new clothes for themselves and their and other Indian languages it is more he instructed them to churn the ocean of families, as well as gifts, appliances, often known as Kumbha Mela. milk Ksheera Sagara (primordial ocean kitchen utensils, even expensive items of milk) to receive amrita (the nectar of such as cars and gold jewelry. People also The pilgrimage is held for about one and a immortality). buy gifts for family members and friends half months at each of these four places: which typically include sweets, dry fruits, it is believed in that drops of They had to make a temporary agreement and seasonal specialties depending on nectar fell from the kumbha carried by with their arch enemies, the Asuras, to regional harvest and customs. gods after the sea was churned. Bathing work together with a promise of sharing in these rivers is thought to cleanse a the wealth equally thereafter. However, There is significant variation in regional person of all sins. The festival is billed when the Kumbha (urn) containing the practices and rituals. Depending on the as the “world’s largest congregation of amrita appeared, a fight ensued. For region, prayers are offered before one or religious ”. There is no precise twelve days and twelve nights (equivalent more deities, with most common being method of ascertaining the number of to twelve human years), the Devas and Lakshmi – the goddess of wealth and pilgrims, and the estimates of the number Asuras fought in the sky for the pot of prosperity. On Diwali night, fireworks light of pilgrims bathing on the most auspicious amrita. It is believed that during the battle, up the neighborhood skies. Later, family day may vary. Approximately 80 million Lord Vishnu (incarnated as -Mürti) members and invited friends celebrate people were estimated to attend on 14 flew away with the Kumbha of elixir, the night over food and sweets. February 2013. spilling drops of amrita at four places: Allahabad (Prayag), Haridwar, Ujjain, and Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali Mauni traditionally attracted Nashik. the largest crowds at the mela, held here every 12 years. The current Kumbh Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mela was held on 14 January 2013 at Kumbh_Mela Allahabad. The day marked the second

December 2015 YIND 9 Brain Teaser Puzzle Question 1:

What time should the last watch show?

one place to the left. the to place one

of each digit on the watch, and rotate the digits digits the rotate and watch, the on digit each of

As you move from left to right, add 1 to the value value the to 1 add right, to left from move you As : : Explanation

: 6:45 : Answer Answer Puzzle 1 Puzzle Answer

Puzzle Question 2:

Which letter replaces the question mark?

the numerical value of the central letter. central the of value numerical the

values of the left and right hand letters to give give to letters hand right and left the of values

Working in rows, add together the numerical numerical the together add rows, in Working : : Explanation

: M : Answer Answer Puzzle 2 Puzzle Answer

10 Employee Corner

Birthday Celebrations

SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Employee's Name Date Employee's Name Date Employee's Name Date Raghavendra K 18th Shankar T 2nd Ramesh R 1st Keiko Miyata 24th Akinori Urakawa 3rd Narasimhulu R 1st Thyagarajan M 15th Avinash S 5th Pradeepsinha Chethana T S 10th OCTOBER 25th Narsinhabhan Malakolikar Employee's Name Date Arunakumari J 14th Thimmareddy M V 28th K. Ramesh 1st Gaurav Tripathi 16th Manohar R 28th Yogesh M 6th Keshava K 28th Manjunath K B 29th Sumit Kumar Paul 22nd Harish BS 31st Sukanya V 29th

New Employees

Kiran Balu Yadav Mamatha M Sukanya V Sr. Technical Support Safety Officer Dy. Manager Finance & Engineer Accounts

Charles Leslie T P Gajanand Kumar Gajanand Kumar Engineer, Service Engineer, Design Engineer, Design

December 2015 YIND 11 Contact Us

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