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Group Annual Day AMP Sanmar Life Insurance Company Sanmar hosts distinguished guests 4 AMP Sanmar launches Kanaka Shree 24 Employees of the Year Awards 25 honoured at Group Annual Day 9 Business Bibles Only! 25 Nine receive Long Service Awards 17 Chemplast Sanmar Prabhakar Rao honoured by World Telugu Federation 26 World Environment Day 19 A veteran retires 19 Employees’ Corner Pondicherry CM’s Safety Award for Chemplast 20 When I led India to victory over Pakistan… 28 Sanmar Speciality Chemicals SSCRC is now ProCitius Research 21 Legends from the South ProCitius website launched 21 Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 30 Exceptional employees 22 Visitors from Cabot 22 World Environment Day 23 EMS accreditation for SSCL, Alathur 23

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3 4 Group Annual Day Sanmar hosts distinguished guests

As always, the Sanmar Group Annual R Sankar of Mercer Human Resource Day was the big event of the year. This Consulting spoke of the challenges year, Sanmar invited top business posed by an economy in transition. The personalities from outside the group. employer brand of a group is as Adit Jain, Chairman, IMA India, of the important as any product brand, its Economist Corporate Group, R Sankar, elements have to be defined and CEO of Mercer India and R Seshasayee, reviewed to ensure they hang together. Managing Director, Ashok Leyland, lent Groups have to understand the substance to the proceedings with their dynamics of their businesses, classify thoughtful presentations. their talent, define their talent market The Sanmar business presentations took and identify the competition in each place on the second day. Vijay Sankar talent category. took the audience through the trends R Seshasayee of Ashok Leyland spoke and performance of each business, and on Globalisation and Its Impact, in the the business managers then took the context of niche players. You have to conference forward, with their grow, scale up to meet globalisation. He individual presentations. P Viswanathan used the ocean metaphor of big and (Shipping), V Ramesh (Chemplast), small fish coexisting to explain how Adit Jain S Gopal and P Natarajan (SEC) and agility is at least as important as size. It V R Venkataraman, C G Sethuram and is important to innovate, but ‘sparklers’ Swaminathan Subramaniam (SSCL) are as important as big bang were the presenters. innovations.‘Relearn, Reskill, Re-enter’ A major highlight of the Group Annual was his parting shot. Day was the giving away of the Employee of the Year awards to 22 Vijay Sankar gave a broad overview of “The Indian Sanmar employees, plus the very senior all the businesses, the challenges faced, economy is still S B Prabhakar Rao, M N Radhakrishnan the progress registered, the areas of and P U Aravind. concern and the steps taken or being robust and planned to address these, etc. On a year Sarada Jagan who anchored the on year comparison, Vijay noted a 10% quite proceedings, opened with some apt growth in the top line and a robust 60% quotations to illustrate the Sanmar way. independent of growth in the bottomline for the group Ethics and discipline are our hallmark as a whole, the bottomline growth being the political and Sanmar is known to practise a more largely the contribution of Sanmar right way among right ways of doing situation.” Shipping and SEC. Going forward, he business, she said. expects similar trends in 04-05. The main thrust of Adit Jain’s presentation was that the Indian There were major developments and economy was still robust and quite challenges in the form of high input costs independent of the political situation. in the PVC operations of Chemplast. While referring to the modest fiscal Investment proposals to the extent of deficit, he also stressed the size of India’s Rs. 200 crore had been initiated, foreign exchange reserves, though this including the strategic acquisition of the may not always be an unmixed blessing. Kothari caustic soda operations at

5 Karaikal. An expansion proposal had been approved at Cabot, the capacity being augmented from 700 to 950 tpa. At SEC, the foundry operations had stabilised and one business, Sanmar Micropack had been divested. There was considerable activity at SSCL, with the acquisition of Bangalore Genei at Bangalore and Intec Polymers at Dadra, in Gujarat. The business had been divided into focused areas of V Ramesh operation: API, Performance Chemicals, time high global EDC prices, Biotech, Research Services. fluctuation in availability of feedstock, CFC and CTC phasing out, the limited market for silicon wafers and environmental challenges. He gave a detailed account of the various initiatives R Seshasayee to meet all the challenges including the acquisition of the Karaikal caustic soda plant, and the cost control measures launched at Chemplast. He also spoke of the measures to be initiated at Cabot Sanmar in order to counter the threat of replacement of fumed silica by competitive materials. Vijay Sankar

Vijay Sankar also spoke of some of the important initiatives in IR undertaken “Sparklers are by the group, including the introduction of more productivity-linked schemes. as important Training was now increasingly a focus as big bang area in HR, and the launch of the HR portal, Sparsh, was a major step forward, innovations. as was the integration of HR into SAP Relearn. ERP. Reskill. An important feature of the streamlining of finance was the repayment of Rs. 150 S Gopal Re-enter.” crore of high cost debt. There was a In S Gopal’s presentation on five SEC secretarial-legal focus on tax efficiency, businesses, Flowserve Sanmar, BS&B the merger of SPIL with Chemplast one Safety Systems (India) and Asco (India) such initiative. There was an effort to (all three serving the same market), centralise accounts with the setting up Sanmar Weighing Systems and of an internal BPO and the formation Sensortronics Sanmar, he stated that the of a central SAP core team. companies were leaders in the Indian In his presentation on Chemplast, market, confident of exceeding targets V Ramesh spoke of pressures on the in both the topline and bottomline, bottomline and the focus on topline based on their exemplary first quarter growth. Ramesh took the audience performance. through the prevailing scenario of all- 6 Gopal sees huge export potential for responsiveness. There are excellent each of the businesses. prospects to grow sales even in the domestic market. Other goals include Flowserve has registered impressive being an “integrated part” of the growth in 2004-05 and has a market worldwide strategy of the JV partner, share of 32%. becoming a centre of excellence with the BS&B has virtually a 100% market best plant in the world in each of the share, with export sales now catching up businesses, expanding the product with domestic sales. One of the factors portfolio to include more high end is the growth in exports by OEM valves, and growing the technical customers of BS&B; for example, ABB services business to a significant size. circuit breakers. Recent manufacturing initiatives include Asco (India) will soon become the sole being in sync with the JV partner’s global source for Asco worldwide. programmes of LEAN, Lean Black Belt, and Six Sigma, sharing best practices Many Asco products being developed across the companies; and a focus on for export will also be sold in the improvement in the supply chain, domestic market. Modernisation of accounts receivable and inventory, and retail distribution of petrol will lead to creating a vibrant environment to foster R Sankar increased demand for Asco solenoid high performance. valves; equally the increasing emphasis on dust control and clean environments will mean requirements for air handling and dust collection equipment, leading to high volumes for Asco. On an acquisition spree in the last 18 months, the Sensortronics JV partner, “Creating and Vishay Transducers is the biggest player sustaining an in the loadcells business now. Phenomenal cost control and a focused employer brand business model at SWSL have led to high is a major profits. P Viswanathan P Viswanathan described the challenge. peculiarities of the shipping trade in Define the some detail. Shipping is a truly international business governed by talent market. standard regulations and a high level of transparency, with fixed expenses Understand and variable income dictated by a large the dynamics number of imponderables. Sanmar Shipping went through a period of low of the job earnings rates, a huge debt burden, market.” high interest costs and mismatched P Natarajan cash flows, resulting in cash deficits. This was followed by a period of P Natarajan made a presentation on the correction, when it went back to valve businesses of SEC. He spoke of basics, identifying a focused business virtually “unlimited” potential to grow area, retired high cost debt, established inter-company export sales. The key to a screen for purchase of ships, arrived success lies in achieving focus on at long term maintainable earnings, operational excellence and

7 and associated with one strong pool partner. Some of the strategic moves could include: upgrading the fleet to double hull, increasing fleet strength, identifying a new business segment, and focusing on addressing the training needs of the company.

Dr Swaminathan Subramaniam

In his presentation on the research businesses of SSCL, Swaminathan Subramaniam spoke of the research outsourcing trend in the West. The momentum is building for increased research outsourcing to India. The C G Sethuram primary reason for big pharma resorting to outsourcing to India is that of lower In his presentation on the API business costs. From 2005, the focus will shift in of Sanmar Speciality Chemicals, biotech to integrated JV partnerships. C G Sethuram, presented an overview There is potential to emerge as a global of the global situation in the business. player. We have to differentiate ourselves Pharma sales-totalled USD 498.1 billion by developing specialised expertise and in 2003, achieving a growth rate of 9%. integrate our unique combination of Many patents are expiring in 2004- assets and capabilities. There is an 2010, there are not enough new opportunity to participate in IP creation. products in the pipeline, and there is a Research is a high-entry barrier business need for quick R&D. Manufacture is with sustainable, profitable revenues. shifting out of the West. Drugs worth $ 60 billion in the US One of Sanmar’s advantages as a partner are expected to go off patent between in chemistry services is that we are a non- 2004 and 2010, peaking in 2006. pharma corporate and integrated, assets/ Sanmar’s opportunity lies in many capability-wise. The opportunities are in MNCs from the West looking for specialised services, further integration, partners for development and and the big move to India that is taking manufacture in India. We have some place. Bangalore Genei offers research self-gained experience and confidence tools for biologists and manufactures born of R&D and manufacture biology products. It has an opportunity execution skills. Sanmar is known for to become a global manufacturer with its respect for IPR, has demonstrated its own brand, but large MNCs are success through JV partnerships, and setting up base in India. has an impressive width of Bangalore Genei can be a global services management talent and practice, not provider in molecular diagnostics common in the Indian API industry. besides making products. The organic The vision of SSCL’s API business is growth potential can be sustained by to be a high quality, cost effective and acquisitions in clinical development. reliable service provider of APIs and intermediates to the global innovator Sarada Jagan and generic pharma industry.

8 Employees of the Year Awards 25 honoured at Group Annual Day

The Employee of the Year awards were a major highlight of the Group Annual Day. S B Prabhakar Rao, M N Radhakrishnan and P U Aravind were the seniormost employees to be decorated this year. There were 22 others, each one an achiever in his or her sphere. The Big Three (Excerpts from N Sankar’s citations) These recipients of the Employee of the Year Award are very special – they are from among the seniormost levels of the Sanmar Group. The higher you rise in the organization, the tougher it is to get special recognition of your performance. The span of responsibility is wide and the KRAs are not well defined, but set out in very general terms. When people come to the highest ranks of the Sanmar Group, it is based on certain performance standards they have set for themselves and which are in the normal run far higher than the average. Having reached these levels, the organisation expects these gentlemen to meet these standards continuously. The only way I would personally rate someone as having turned in an outstanding performance, is if they have during the review period consistently cleared the bar that they earlier set. Of course, in so doing they again raise the bar for their subsequent periods. Therefore if anybody is rated outstanding by this criterion, they have really S B Prabhakar Rao done something extraordinary, and that consistently.

Man for All Problems: ‘P’ directorate. The constituents with S B Prabhakar Rao whom he deals are the Press, Publicity, Politicians, Police, Pollution Control Prabhakar Rao, our Executive Director Board, Prohibition and Excise in charge of Corporate Affairs is one of Department, the Public and even some the true and longstanding pillars of the times a Princess of Denmark – you will Sanmar Group. He is our “man for all agree with me that’s a lot of P’s. problems”. He is probably the oldest employee of the group, but to see him work you wouldn’t believe it. He is always on the move, and this year in particular, I would say he has spent more time outside Madras in Pondicherry, Karaikal and wherever else. Prabhakar Rao’s portfolio is again wide and ill defined. Probably his KRA would be – “solve all problems in dealing with the external world that others cannot”. When I was thinking of what to say today about Prabhakar and his achievements, a strange coincidence occurred to me which makes me feel that perhaps we should call his group the

9 The Financial Expert: More important, several times during P U Aravind these processes, I am told Aravind actually cracked a few smiles! Even P U Aravind our Chief Executive - while he achieved this fantastic Finance (Legal, Secretarial & performance Aravind has continued Taxation) has also had a busy year. One his learning process, and I believe one of the major projects he handled was of the most important learnings he has the restructuring scheme for P U Aravind had, is that perhaps I am really not as Chemplast. This was a scheme which bad a boss to work with as he thought resulted in considerable simplification all these years! The fact that on three of our group structure through a of the four projects I mentioned, he delisting process, and the consultants worked with the next generation of whom I dealt with were amazed both Sanmar, perhaps led him to this line at the structure of the scheme and at of thinking. the smoothness and speed with which it was put through by Aravind. Some of the other major projects Aravind took on this year were two acquisitions, Bangalore Genei and the recent one, Intec in Gujarat, and the divestment of Micropack. All these were put through with the minimum amount of fuss, and with the group’s interests fully protected.

10 Mr SEC: M N Radhakrishnan management; to pick up the reins of the entire SEC business when Sesh suddenly The last recipient of Employee of the fell sick; and more recently when I asked Year is M N Radhakrishnan. In his case him to get involved in HR and IT and I am afraid the definition I gave of other corporate activities. He is in my clearing the bar set by himself has not opinion a complete manager and could been applied for several years now, since hold his own against any professional then we would have had to give him this manager in a similar field in India or award with monotonous regularity, year even overseas. You must also appreciate after year. This year I am forced to M N Radhakrishnan that he has developed his skills on the believe it is well past due. job at Sanmar. M N Radhakrishnan joined the group Whatever task is set for him, however as Head of Marketing of the then small or big, he gives one hundred per Durametallic India and has progressed cent in the interests of the organisation. through managing one of SEC’s Just to give you an example, a little over businesses, to managing the Viralimalai a year back, when I felt that our complex, and then to head all of SEC foundry’s performance was not picking for the last fifteen years or so. While SEC itself up, I asked him to take direct has shown excellent progress, his talents charge of its operation, in addition to surfaced particularly in the periods in his overall responsibilities. How well he between when the business was under responded is known to anybody who has challenge. Whether it was finding a new visited the foundry of late. It has been a business opportunity in conceptualizing, privilege and great support for me to selling and executing a terminal have an extraordinarily competent and automation system at Hazira; or truly professional manager like Radha marshalling a well orchestrated plan at my side these last fifteen years. using SEC’s product and collaborator strengths, resulting in SEC monopolising orders for the Reliance and Essar Refineries; or taking SEC’s exports up from Rs.2 or 3 crore to over Rs.100 crore per annum in about three years. In all these you could see Radha’s hand at the tiller. What I particularly appreciate in him is his ability to move up the organisation leaving fully capable successors to take over. He responded very quickly when asked to move from field sales to business

11 Shilpa Senthilkumar, HR - Corporate adapted to the needs of Involved in the SAP custom synthesis and HR implementation completed all projects and a key member allotted to him, of Project Sparsh, winning praise from Shilpa’s knowledge of key customers. The HR policies and lengthy and difficult processes, end-to-end, Quinazoline project for a US based small helped significantly in pharma company was completed with integrating our processes into a robust improved purity. Another difficult project, technology driven platform. Her dedication Pentobarbital reference standard for United and commitment to meet the project States Pharmacopeia, enabled us to supply deliverables, within tight timelines, without material to a forum where the quality any major shift in her other assignments in expectation is the highest. Sathyanarayanan Corporate HR are commendable. played a crucial role as a senior scientist in an FTE based project with a biotech N Ramesh, HR - Corporate company in the US West Coast.

In the last two S Ramasubramanian, ProCitius years, Ramesh has Research spearheaded the foray of Ramasubramanian has HR and Payroll into completed all projects SAP, and been Team within set timelines. leader of Project Sparsh. A difficult project for In all the projects, the Pfizer delivered in good Go Live has been smooth. He has gone quality and in a timely beyond roles assigned to him, especially in fashion received praise the NME Payroll project, learnt many new from the customer. processes, handled complex requirements A proactive member of the ProCitius team, and led the team to a successful launch. Ram played an active role in establishing Lab Unni Santhosh, ProCitius Research 3, whose design was different from Labs 1 & 2 and enabled the maintenance team to Unni Santhosh, who tackle the initial teething problems. He did post doctoral studies played a crucial role as a senior scientist in at the Univ. of Atlanta, an FTE based project with a biotech Georgia, has been company in the US West Coast. working on contract research of projects for V S Ramesh, Corporate Accounts BMS aiding their With his clear discovery activities. His understanding of the performance at the bench has been group’s accounting impeccable. Handling the most difficult, top principles and policies, priority projects, he has earned the V S Ramesh ensures appreciation of BMS. He has been proactive that they are in upgrading systems at ProCitius to handle implemented in letter moisture and air sensitive reactions. and spirit. A member of the Core Team for N Sathyanarayanan, ProCitius SAP implementation, he has been able to Research make full use of the SAP functionalities in all accounting areas. He had the audited From a background of process development accounts of Chemplast for the year ended for APIs, Sathyanarayanan has quickly

12 31st March 2004 ready by 7th April. They of newly developed processes. He forms the were immediately presented to the Board for vital link between laboratory and plant and its approval. As a member of the Business plays his crucial role with dexterity. Executive Committee of Chemplast, Shivakumar has brought about Ramesh has been contributing continuously improvements in the not-so- easy process for in various business discussions. His a promising product, Tyramine. His analytical approach and care for details have contribution resulted in reduction in the raw helped him to carry out his tasks to the material consumption leading to product satisfaction of everyone. cost reduction by over Rs 500 a kg, longer equipment life and the customer’s stringent V Ramasamy, Sanmar Speciality quality requirement being met. Shivakumar’s Chemicals perseverance has yielded similar benefits in The Phytochemicals other emerging products as well. business witnessed rapid growth J Sivakumar, Sanmar Speciality Chemicals under V Ramasamy’s stewardship of the Sivakumar is a Chemical Engineer from Sri production and the Venkateshwara Engineering College, plant has won Sriperumbudur. Affable by disposition, accolades from visiting Sivakumar very quickly picked up the dignitaries. The many systems instituted by nuances of shift management. Assuming the VR at the production site speak for mantle of shift coordinator in a very short themselves as you walk through the facility. time, he quickly gained the confidence of Last year, VR assumed the additional his colleagues and subordinates. Last year, responsibility of organic chemicals he achieved an 8.1 % reduction in the raw production with ease. He displayed his material cost for a key product MPBM and leadership skills across both the played an active role in the commissioning manufacturing plants at Berigai and the of the MPBM production block and scale business performance scaled impressive up of the product that now gets sold in heights. His participation helped the plant container lots to a key customer in the US. commission the solid block. His inputs Sivakumar played an important role in the ranged from a GMP- compliant layout team that achieved a reduction of 5.8% of design to identification and installation of the budgeted quantity of solvents, a focus all the key equipment. Very high efficiency area for cost reduction and environment levels led to record-breaking production in protection. the first half of 2003-2004. He has deftly designed and implemented expansions P T Anoop Ramachandran, Fisher commensurate with market demand for the Sanmar products. Anoop joined Fisher Sanmar in August 2001 B Shivakumar, Sanmar Speciality as a Sr. Application Chemicals Engineer. OEMs B Shivakumar has a demand a very high proud scholastic record, degree of technical obtaining the third rank support and fast and in Chemical effective response to Engineering from their requirement. Hence it was a big Karnataka University. challenge to Anoop when he was put in He is the key person charge of building relationships with the involved in the scale-up OEMs. In the last 3 years he has shown strong commitment in meeting their 13 expectations. Thanks to his unstinting this award. Last year, Mani was also called efforts, Fisher is the first choice with all upon to negotiate some large project orders, leading OEMs like Thermax, Daniel which he handled very well. Apart from his Measurements, IJT, Enpro, Krupp etc. In technical strengths, Mani shows an excellent fact in 2003-04, the OEM order booking temperament, good judgment and a positive has grown by over 50% and this is a attitude in all aspects of work. significant achievement to Anoop’s credit. A Ravikumar, Fisher Sanmar K S Suraj, Fisher Sanmar Ravi’s commitment to Suraj joined Fisher work and his knowledge Sanmar in 2002 and in and skills in problem this short span has solving have been developed into an widely appreciated by excellent Application Fisher units worldwide. Engineer with a high His excellent work was degree of commercial also recognised last year acumen. He has won when he won the “Employee of the Year” kudos from his customers for his knowledge award. The citation last year said, “Ravi has of various techniques and application now been given the operations responsibility aspects, particularly with regard to the for the Valves Division. The challenge before Refineries, Petrochemicals and Oil & Gas him is to take Fisher Sanmar operations to sectors. Coordinating some large jobs, he has world-class standards and help it become the not only understood the technical largest supplier to Fisher worldwide”. requirement for many LSTK contractors like Ravikumar has risen to this challenge and EIL, Samsung, Hyundai and L&T, but also done an exceptional job in providing the provided effective solutions for their process right leadership to the Fisher India improvement. This has led to several key operations team and gaining the confidence project orders being placed on Fisher and of Fisher plants in Asia to source valves from the bookings from the HCI sector growing India for large, prestigious projects. by over 20% in 03-04. Suraj is an excellent team player. R Ramesh Babu, Xomox Sanmar Ramesh Babu has K Manikantan, Fisher Sanmar several significant Over the years, achievements to his K Manikantan has credit. He was become an ace responsible for Application Engineer changing the Xomox with a high degree of plant from a process technical expertise and layout to a product knowledge. He has been focused value stream cellular manufacturing instrumental in forging set-up. Deputed for LBB – Six Sigma the Power Division in Fisher India and Fisher training to our JV Partner, Crane, USA, he is now becoming a force in the power sector. is today a certified “Lean Black Belt”. We have also been able to get the approval Ramesh Babu has not only helped transform from BHEL. During the year 2003-04, the Xomox plant by implementing 5S but Mani took over the leadership of the also helped Tyco launch their 5S project. He Application Engineering team at HO. The initiated various other projects for improving performance of his team is there for all to performance against customer metrics and see from the order booking and the fact that operational effectiveness, including one to two of his team members are also receiving set up Kanban with all key vendors. Ramesh

14 Babu has been instrumental in creating an interaction with them. Supriyo has been atmosphere of total employee involvement promoted and moved to Kolkata branch as through training and communication at all a Group Leader. levels of the organization. Anupama Rao, SEC - Corporate Deepesh Nanda, Flowserve Sanmar Anupama Rao is Deepesh joined SEC as effectively the quality a Graduate Engineer assurance head for Trainee in July 1995. In all management October 2002, he information reports became the Group originating from SEC. Leader of Flowserve’s She takes this Chennai branch. He was earlier recognised responsibility very as Employee of the Year for 2002. seriously, as most SEC accountants have found out, sometimes the hard way! A single His achievements include selling the Seal person department for well over 18 months Tester for the first time in the domestic now, she has not let that come in the way of market at an excellent price, and setting the meeting deadlines or ensuring accuracy. She benchmark for pricing with other customers, played a critical role in 2003-04 in the picking up orders from GAIL at a good crunching, of monthly accounts submission contribution, developing the Flowserve by over ten days. Be it the quarterly reviews, Pump Division as an excellent customer the monthly MIS reports or the annual through good processes in both the Pump budgets, Anu can be depended upon to Division and at our end. As Product deliver the results expected of her. She sets Manager for GTS seals, Deepesh promoted high standards for herself, and is as harsh it actively throughout India. As a result, we on herself as she is on others when are now receiving orders from Reliance expectations are not met. Jamnagar. This should set the basis for such orders from other refineries in India. Sumeet Bansal, Asco (India) Supriyo Bhowmik, Flowserve Sanmar In recognition of A 1992 Chemical his performance in Engineer, Supriyo Flowserve, Sumeet was Bhowmik joined elevated as Asco Group Flowserve in August Leader at Delhi in 1996 at our Kolkata May ’03. At the time of branch, moved to Surat moving into Asco, in April 2003. Rated Employee of the Year Sumeet faced many challenges including in 2002, Supriyo’s strength is his excellent managing the show alone for some time and technical knowledge of applications and a lack of exposure to instrumentation products. strong relationship with all his customers. Sumeet took up the challenge as a true His achievements have been: Increasing professional and is now considered a product Flowserve’s share at RIL Hazira with a expert and an application expert in the Asco higher contribution than previous years and team. He has also built an excellent team at getting Reliance Hazira to specify Flowserve the Delhi Branch of Asco. Sumeet established seals and obtaining a copy of the many new applications and won jobs against specification. This is the first time Reliance stiff competition from international players. has given a specification of seals in writing; The breakthrough orders were made possible surfacing issues to raise service and by his perseverance, product knowledge and performance levels; reviving many dormant application knowledge, which enabled Flowserve customers by continuous successful development of custom built

15 products to compete with these global players. Intrinsic Safety concept, a strategic move Development of these products has thrown to counter low cost products offered by open opportunities in both domestic business competitors. This exercise has started and the Asia Pacific regions. yielding results by way of a project order from BHEL for the IOC Panipat refinery. B Sriram, Asco (India) K M Prasath Babu, Sensortronics Joining Asco in Sanmar August ’99, Sriram has ever been willing to Joining Sensortronics in take on challenging August 2003. Prasath assignments. Readily started managing the accepting the offer of engineering function handling Asco export independently after a sales in April ’03, stint in the Assembly Sriram stabilized the export business in Line. Playing a lead role ’03 – ’04 with a growth of 25% and laid the in SAP implementation foundation for future growth. He was given in SSL, he has piloted a number of cost the additional assignment of coordinating reduction initiatives. He redesigned a improvement of On Time (OTD). number of load cell products to meet In this role, he brought about an international specifications, earning very improvement in OTD from 17% in good appreciation from our JV partners. April ’03 to 90% by March ’04. This he Prasath was also responsible for the smooth achieved by the introduction of processes and effective implementation of Wrench and systems and team working. Engineering Office Management Software and designed a product at less than 25% of V Shankar Ganesh, Asco (India) the cost of similar imported machines. A Chemical Engineer M Raja, Sanmar Foundries from UDCT, Mumbai, Starting as Senior who joined Sanmar as a Engineer – Sales in Graduate Trainee in Sanmar PTI Filters August 2000, Shankar Limited, M Raja moved Ganesh has always over to the Foundry exhibited a high Division in January level of enthusiasm. 2001. Raja and his team Establishing himself early as a result-oriented are responsible for field engineer, Shankar Ganesh played a key ensuring all important customer service role in obtaining a breakthrough order from factors such as quick turn-around of new BHEL Ranipet against global competition. development, adherence to committed We expect repeat business for this system delivery dates and responsive corrective from BHEL. He was involved right from the action for reported non-conformance etc. In conceptual stage to freezing the basic design, 2003-04, Raja and his team have achieved approval and concluding the contract with commendable progress in various customer the support of the engineering and services factors, and currently, the average marketing teams. Asco India was not even lead time is around 4 weeks. There is a need in the original approved list of vendors; to achieve a lot more in these initiatives but Shankar Ganesh was instrumental in the foundry is confident that the goal will changing this. He also played the primary be reached, with the tireless efforts being put role of a change agent in convincing BHEL in by Raja in his capacity as Team Leader. Trichy, with the support of Engineering, by successfully promoting the Low Power/

16 Nine receive Long Service Awards

At the dinner that followed the Group Annual Day (GAD), long service awards were presented to General Managers and above. Sarada Jagan and her HR team conducted games with the usual enthusiasm. Participation was equally enthusiastic, with a few musical talents emerging. The awardees: 30 years 20 years

N Kumar V Ramesh Vice Chairman Chemplast Sanmar The Sanmar Group

K Muthuraman A V Sivaramakrishnan Chemplast Sanmar Fisher Sanmar

10 years

R Ramachandran Dr P Babu Ms Janaki Babu Dr B D Gupta Dr G M Sankolli Sanmar Speciality Bangalore Genei Bangalore Genei Bangalore Genei Bangalore Genei Chemicals

17 N Krishnamoorthy doing an MGR song. As usual the interior was eye catching.

Mr & Mrs P Natarajan sang old film songs to the delight of the audience.

Quiz Master Jagan’s singing was another The HR team behind the conduct of GAD. surprise package.

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World Environment Day World Environment Day was celebrated on 5th June 2004, at Chemplast, Mettur.

Employees taking an oath to preserve the environment and reduce consumption of natural resources.

Anti-clockwise: T An Thenappan, Dr R Hariharaputhran, Col M S Joseph and K Parthasarathy are seen here planting saplings to mark the day.

A veteran retires M Pandurangan, Joint Manager - Mechanical, Plant IV, retired from the services of the company on 30th June 2004, after completing 37 years of service.

V Ranganathan, Chief Executive - Operations, presenting a Gold Medal to Pandurangan. Dr R Hariharaputhran and R Jayaraj, Junior Manager - IR, look on.

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Pondicherry CM’s Safety Award for Chemplast

P S Jayaraman is seen here receiving the Pondicherry Chief Minister’s Annual Safety award from the Pondicherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy. The award, given to the industrial undertaking maintaining the longest accident free period in 2003, is a recognition accorded to both management and workforce for implementing safety systems and procedures at its caustic soda plant at Karaikal. The award was received for the third year in succession.

Chemplast Sanmar was recently accorded recognition by two of its clients, Titan Industries Limited and Jubilant Organosys Limited, for being a trusted sourcing partner.

20 Sanmar Speciality internally. Using the services of Chemicals ProCitius Research, they can now, with limited resources, take molecules to SSCRC is now ProCitius Phase 2 development, at which stage Research they will realize much greater value by licensing their inventions. On 30 June 2004, Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Ltd., announced the renaming of its Research Services business (Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Research Centre) as ProCitius Research. At a function to launch the new brand, Dr S Subramaniam, Chief Executive, explained the significance of the name, derived from the Latin word Citius, which signifies speed; as in the Olympic motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger). Dr Swaminathan Subramaniam The global lifescience industry is in a state of flux and the major players are moving a considerable part of their research activities to locations in India, China and Russia. In response, a large number of service providers have also emerged to meet the need for services. In this competitive environment, it is important for service Dr R Sankara Subramanian providers in the field to emphasize qualities that their customers value most, ProCitius website launched launched. The research services business of SSCL is raring to go, as such as speed of response and speed of The ProCitius Research website at delivery. evidenced by the news and events www.procitius.com was recently regularly featured on the site. ProCitius Research will continuously aim to be the highest quality provider of Research Services to the global lifescience industry and distinguish itself by delivering those services faster than the competition. ProCitius Research will also add to its current portfolio of research services – which are focused on Chemistry – new services in the area of Clinical Development and Formulations Development. Such an integrated service offering will be especially attractive to the large biotech sector, which is focused primarily on early stage discovery and has limited resources to facilitate to the progress of molecules to this stage

21 Exceptional employees

Employees rated ‘A’ for the year 2003- 04 were felicitated on 13 July 2004. M S Sekhar, Managing Director, SSCL, distributed the awards. M Thiagarajan, Junior Manager – QA received the long service award.

M S Sekhar presenting the long service award to M Thiagarajan, QA.

M S Sekhar with the employees rated ‘A’ for the year 2003-04.

Visitors from Cabot

Dr Mark H Kowalski and Dr Robert J Nick from Cabot, USA, with the SSCL, Berigai team on 1st June 2004.

22 World Environment Day Sanmar Speciality Chemicals

World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2004 at Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Limited, Berigai. The programme included a gathering of the employees to reaffirm our commitment to protection of the environment and pollution control. Saplings were planted in and around the facility as part of our green belt development efforts. Krishnagiri District Collector Mangat Ram Sharma, IAS, visited SSCL’s Berigai facility on 10 July 2004. He was received by M Veluchamy, General Manager – Works and taken around the factory.

Krishnagiri District Collector Mangat Ram Sharma, IAS, visiting the factory.

SSCL - Berigai personnel planting saplings on World Environment Day.

General Manager - Works M Veluchamy addressing employees on World Environment Day.

EMS accreditation for SSCL, Alathur Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Limited, Alathur was accredited to ISO-14001 by RWTUV for their Environmental Management System in August, 2004. The USFDA-inspected facility was also certified recently for Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP) in accordance with WHO norms by the Indian Drugs Control Directorate. The facility is already ISO-9001:2000 certified for the Quality Management System.

23 AMP Sanmar Life Insurance Company AMP Sanmar launches Kanaka Shree

AMP Sanmar Life Insurance Co. Ltd. equity markets with a greater (www.ampsanmar.com) announced the portion of investment in the equity launch of ‘Kanaka Shree’ – the Unit markets (not exceeding 40 %) Linked Investment Plan on 28 July 2004 • Equity Fund offers a totally equity at Chennai. based investment option with a ‘Kanaka Shree’ combines the security high risk-high return profile. offered by a life insurance policy with Additionally Kanaka Shree provides the opportunity to earn high returns on options such as switching between the invested premiums. funds, redirection of investments in Introducing the product, Graham funds, top up of premium to capitalize Meyer, Managing Director, AMP on buoyant market conditions or Sanmar said, “We are delighted to withdraw from investments in times of announce the addition of Kanaka Shree need, etc. to our existing product portfolio. Kanaka Shree offers a host of options On the insurance cover too the options and we are confident the plan with are many. One can change the sum immense flexibility will get a very good insured (subject to a minimum of response.” Rs.100,000/-), maximise investment returns while maintaining risk cover, AMP Sanmar has drawn on the proven change risk cover options to suit expertise of AMP (the No.1 provider of changing life cover requirements or pension and investment products in change the nominated beneficiary. Australia and New Zealand with over Kanaka Shree also offers Add-on Riders 40% market share) in innovative product for Accidental Death and Total & design and actuarial knowhow, to Permanent Disablement Benefit. customise Kanaka Shree to suit diverse customer needs. The corpus will be managed by a team The uniqueness of Kanaka Shree is its of highly experienced investment tremendous flexibility. To start with, managers who will work closely with depending on the risk-return appetite, their counterparts in AMP Australia. the customer has the option to choose “Our Advisors have also undergone from four tailored investment funds: special training to gain a good grounding • Capital Secure Fund which focuses in counselling regarding securities on financial security, where 100% investment which is an integral part of investments are in bank deposits, this product. We believe this will help Government bonds, etc. them put across the multifaceted product benefits, especially to our • Balanced Fund where a major audience in the B & C centres, where portion is invested in Fixed Income we have good penetration. As the unit securities while a small percentage linked insurance plans are very popular (not exceeding 20 %) is invested in in India, we expect Kanaka Shree would the equity market contribute considerably to our business • Growth Fund taps into the high income in the next few years,” said return opportunities offered by the Meyer. 24 Reproduced from Madras Plus, an Economic Times supplement.

25 Prabhakar Rao honoured by World Telugu Federation

The oldest employee of the Sanmar Group, Prabhakar Rao, who has an MA in Economics, joined Chemplast in 1980. He was earlier head of PR at the India Cements Limited (1968-1980), an associate company of the group, having started his career in 1961 with the Hindustan Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

To many in Chennai, especially in media Director - Corporate Affairs, of the and government circles, S B Prabhakar Sanmar Group. Rao is synonymous with the Sanmar Union Minister of State for Coal and Group. Mines Dasari Narayana Rao, who was He has, over the decades been a strong the chief guest, Magunta Srinivasulu pillar of the community, not only of the Reddy and D K Audikesavulu, both Telugu speaking people of Chennai, but MPs, J Srinivasulu Reddy, D V S Raju, of the larger populace of the city, playing former President, Film Federation of a vital role in the city’s cultural life. The India and Mrs Indira Dutt, President, World Telugu Federation’s decision to World Telugu Federation, were among honour him on the occasion of their those who offered him felicitations at the 12th anniversary celebrations at Vani function. Mahal, Chennai, on 11 September, Born on 11th September 1938, therefore, came as no surprise. Prabhakar Rao hails from Kavali in It was fitting recognition of Prabhakar Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. Rao’s valuable contributions as In his career with the Chamber, he was Prabhakar Rao being honoured by Honorary Vice Consul for Denmark in instrumental in bringing together trade, B S R Krishna, Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, South India, Secretary of the TTD Local MP, D K Audikesavulu, MP and Dasari industry and Government on many Advisory Committee, and Executive Narayana Rao, Union Minister of State for issues. During this period, he brought Coal and Mines. out a number of publications, including the monthly journal of the Chamber, proceedings of a “Colloquium on Industrial Development”, a book titled “Progressive Madras State” and several other publications and brochures. He was actively involved in the conduct of a number of seminars and conferences for the promotion of industry, trade, commerce, exports and management in this part of the country, and facilitated several business delegations from abroad. He was its Deputy Secretary before he joined India Cements in May 1968. During his 12-year stint with India Cements, he made a significant

26 contribution towards building the image He has been largely responsible for the of the company. allround development of the Centre, “a beehive of spiritual activities.” According to the World Telugu Federation’s citation, Prabhakar Rao “is a livewire personality with seemingly inexhaustible energy” and anyone with a nodding acquaintance with him will agree. The citation continues: “It would not be an exaggeration to say that over the decades, there has been no major event in Chennai without Mr Rao’s involvement.” Prabhakar Rao’s organisational skills, still very much evident in any major Sanmar event, do indeed go back a long way. For instance, he was a member of the reception committee of the National Games organized in Chennai in 1967 and the International Tamil Conference in 1968, hosted by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Earlier, he was also associated with the organizing committee of the first International Trade Fair held in Chennai in 1966. He was the Secretary of the Souvenir Committee of the World Telugu Conference in 1995. “Amidst all my activities, what truly gives me peace and happiness is the time I devote to spiritual activities as the Secretary of the TTD Information Centre in Chennai,” says Prabhakar Rao. D V S Raju, Former President, Film Federation of India and WTF greeting Prabhakar Rao. To his left is N Rangabhashyam, Treasurer, NTF.

Prabhakar Rao’s acceptance speech.

27 Employees’ Corner When I led India to victory over Pakistan… By J Ramdas, Assistant General Manager - Finance, Sanmar Shipping

J Ramdas is a rare bird among cricketers. He combined at a high level with a bright academic career, to qualify as a chartered accountant. Despite outstanding success as of India Under-19 and at every level of cricket he played, he was unlucky to be overlooked by the selectors at the senior level. He has been and still is a brilliant performer for Sanmar both on the cricket ground and in his professional duties.

India beat Pakistan for the first time in simple catch. India Under-19 emerges a Test series this year. It was indeed a victorious in the series. great achievement. What many people That was the last day of an absorbing do not know is that an India Under-19 series. There were four 4-day Tests, four side beat a Pakistan Under-19 side way side games (3-day matches) and a solitary back in 1989. At that time, if my one-day game on the tour. Apart from memory serves me right, no country had winning the Test series 1-0, India Under- beaten Pakistan in Pakistan in any grade 19 won one of the side games outright of cricket. This was a few months before and drew the rest. It also won a one- the Test series between India–led by Kris day match against a provincial side. Srikkanth–and Pakistan in Pakistan, in which all the Tests were drawn. I had the privilege of leading the India Under-19 team; here I share some of my Scene: National Stadium, Karachi. The India Under-19 team led by J Ramdas. experiences during that tour. Fourth and final Test between India and Standing L to R: Ranjib Biswal, Piyush Pakistan Under-19 (The first three Tests The tour started on an eventful note. Pande, Aashish Kapoor, Gyanendra Pandey, When we landed at Lahore on a cold J Ramdas, Hemant Kanitkar (Coach and were all drawn). January night, we were taken in a bus Manager), Ashish Winston Zaidi, Sameer Pakistan, set a target of around 225 to with a police jeep clearing the traffic for Mehra, Akram Qadri, J K Jatar (Assistant win were nine down for around 150. Manager) and . us. The pilot was there right through the Moin swings at an Ashish Winston Zaidi Squatting from L to R: Bhupinder Singh, tour and we had security wherever we express and it goes high in the air, and , Kirti Patel, Mohan Chaturvedi went. Aashish Kapoor at point completes a and Jatin Paranjpe. Nayan Mongia, Ajay Jadeja and Aashish Kapoor went on to play for India. We also had Jatin Paranjpe, Ashish Winston Zaidi, Anand Deshpande and Ranjib Biswal all of whom performed exceedingly well later for their states and zones. Mr Hemant Kanitkar was our manager cum coach. The Pakistan team, captained by Basit Ali, included Waqar Younis, Inzamam- ul-haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Moin Khan and Maqsood Rana, among others. Ardent followers of the game will recognize in these names players who have contributed significantly to Pakistan cricket in later years. Even at

28 that time, you could see the promise of Though there weren’t many people greater things to come. Haroon Rashid watching most of our games, the one- was their coach. day game and the Bahawalpur Test attracted large crowds. We played the first Test at Gujranwalah, near Lahore. This was a high-scoring The daily press and magazines devoted game in which we made close to 400 a lot of space for this tour. Live television and Pakistan replied with nearly 500. coverage was extended to all the Test Sameer Mehra scored a century for us matches. A few cricket goods makers and Basit Ali scored 187. The bowlers gifted the entire team cricket gear. We found little to cheer them on a batsman were welcomed at all the shops we went friendly . to and in one clothing shop each of us was allowed to pick any two dresses of The second Test was at Faisalabad. All I his choice free of cost. We were taken to remember of this game is that we set Jinnah’s tomb in Karachi. We also made Pakistan a target of around 320 in about a trip to the Khyber Pass near Peshawar. 70 overs. They played out the overs and the game ended in a draw. The wicket We got to know the Pakistani players was a good one that provided the very well since we travelled together and bowlers with adequate bounce but the stayed in the same hotels. On the field, batsmen prevailed. there was sledging and Mushtaq Ahmed was the worst of the lot – I was his target The third Test was at Bahawalpur, on a since I would completely ignore him! soft wicket that started turning from the But off the field we had a gala time last session of the third day. However, together. Some of us were able to collect the spinners on both sides were unable video recordings of the Test matches to capitalize on this and the match ended from the Pakistani players. in a draw. Jatin Paranjpe scored a patient 96 for us in this game. , and Sourav Ganguly were among those who The last Test at Karachi was on a seaming played in the selection games prior to track, a real green top. We batted first the tour in Mumbai. While Sachin opted scoring around 225. Pakistan’s reply was out of the tour to play for Bombay in one run less. In the second innings, we order to be considered for selection to scored around 225, with my the senior Indian team, Sourav and contribution being 58. Pakistan could Vinod couldn’t find a place in the team not stand up to our bowling and we selected to tour Pakistan! emerged victorious by 74 runs. The star performers of the match were the fast During a match I was playing for bowlers, with Sameer Mehra picking up Alwarpet CC at Chepauk immediately ten for the match and Zaidi five after the tour, I had a surprise visitor to in the second innings. the dressing room – Kapil Dev. We all thought he was looking for Kris We were obviously thrilled at the end of Srikkanth, our captain then, but he had the series. More than our victory, what actually come to congratulate the stood out during the series was the successful India Under-19 captain! I was fantastic treatment we received from the already a great fan of Kapil’s but after Pakistanis. There were ‘Welcome’ signs this episode, my respect for him grew at all the hotels we stayed in. Pakistanis many fold. were really crazy about Hindi cinema and people kept coming up to us and Fond memories of the trip still remain enquiring about the latest films. with me as I recollect the events. Gastronomically, the food was not too different from north Indian food. 29 Legends from the South Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

He was a modern-day version of Plato’s George V Chair of Mental and Moral idea of a philosopher king, though the Science in the University of Calcutta. office of President of India, which he In 1929, Radhakrishnan was invited to adorned, did not carry with it the power take the post vacated by Principal J. of a monarch. The second President of Estin Carpenter in Manchester College, the Indian Republic, Sarvepalli Oxford. Referring to one of Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) was Radhakrishnan’s lectures, an Oxford philosopher, statesman, and articulate daily said: “Though the Indian preacher interpreter of Hindu tradition to the had the marvellous power to weave a West. magic web of thought, imagination and Radhakrishnan was born at the temple language, the real greatness of his sermon town of Tiruttani, into an orthodox resides in some indefinable spiritual Brahmin family. The second of two quality which arrests attention, moves children, he was educated in Christian the heart and lifts us into an ampler air.” missionary institutions, where he was During 1936-39, Radhakrishnan was exposed to Western philosophy as well the Spalding Professor of Eastern as criticism of Hindu traditions. Inspired Religions and Ethics at Oxford by the eloquence of Swami Vivekananda University. In 1939, he was elected and Rabindranath Tagore, great Indians Fellow of the British Academy, the first he came to admire, Radhakrishnan Indian to be so honoured. He then resolved to study Indian philosophy in became the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras depth. Hindu University, which he served for Radhakrishnan did his B.A. in the next nine years. Philosophy, studied Sanskrit and Hindi Radhakrishnan’s accomplishments and took a great interest in the languages impressed Prime Minister Jawaharlal of India. He was appointed teacher at Nehru so much that he persuaded him Madras Presidency College in 1909. to accept leadership of the Indian In 1926, he represented Calcutta delegation to UNESCO during 1946- University as a delegate to the Congress 52. He was the President, General of the Universities of the British Empire Conference of UNESCO during 1952- and the International Congress of 54. In a more startling move, Nehru Philosophy at Harvard University. In the posted him as Ambassador of India to UK, he was approached by many the U.S.S.R. during 1949-52, a mission universities and societies to deliver he accomplished with great dignity, lectures. His famous Upton lectures at proactively befriending the Russian Manchester College, were subsequently people under Stalin’s regime. published as The Hindu View of Life. Radhakrishnan was Vice-President of In 1918, Radhakrishnan was appointed India from 1952 to 1962, when he was Professor of Philosophy in the University elevated to the office of President of of Mysore. Three years later, he was India. He retired as President in 1967. appointed to the most important Radhakrishnan combined scholarship philosophy chair in India, the King with a firm belief in the need for social

30 change and reform. Towards this end, was always raised in defence of the rights he reinterpreted Hindu religious forms of man and the vindication of the and texts. His translation and principles, which can assure peace. interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita for In spite of his busy schedule as a teacher instance is an attempt to move and an administrator, he wrote more traditional institutions in the direction than 150 books and numerous research of “democratic” values. In much of his papers in his lifetime. work, he stressed the more profound aspects of Hindu philosophy. His Dr S Radhakrishnan’s major writings scholarly commentaries on Vedanta are also marked by a distinctive humanism Freedom and Culture (1936) imbued with mysticism. Contemporary Indian Philosophy (1936) Religion in Transition (1937) Radhakrishnan’s master’s thesis, The Gautama, the Buddha (British Academy Lectures) (1938) Ethics of Vedanta (1908), served to clear Western misconceptions about Vedanta, Eastern Religions and Western Thought (1939) but he found much in Western Mahatma Gandhi (Essays and Reflections on his Life and Work) (1939) philosophy that was tangent to the India and China (1944) Vedantic validation of mystical intuition Education, Politics and War (A collection of addresses) (1944) and the spirituality of the universe. Is this Peace ? (1945) Radhakrishnan engaged in debates with Religion and Society (Kamala Lectures) (1947) Western theologians and philosophers The Bhagavadgita (1948) who criticized Indian forms of Great Indians (1949) spirituality. He developed his own The Dhammapada (1950) distinctive philosophy of life. His work An Anthology (Of Radhakrishnan Writings) (1952) emphasises the relation of the self to the The Religion of the Spirit and World’s Need: Fragments of a Confession (1952) sacred force from which all phenomena spring, as well as the importance of the History of Philosophy in Eastern and Western (2 Vols.) (1952) evolution of human spiritual The Principal Upanishads (1953) consciousness. He strove to dispel any East and West: Some Reflections (First series in Bently Memorial Lectures) (1955) notion that Hindu ascetic practices are Recovery of Faith (1956) an advocacy of withdrawal from reality, Occasional Speeches and Writings - Vol I (1956), Vol II (1957) and interpreted the doctrine of Karma A Source Book in Indian Philosophy (1957) thus: “Man is not a detached spectator The Brahma Sutra: The Philosophy of Spiritual Life (1960) of a progress immanent in human The Concept of Man (1960) history, but an active agent remoulding the world nearer to his ideals.” Fellowship of Faiths (Opening address to the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard) (1961) According to Radhakrishnan, the aim of Occasional Speeches (July 1959 - May 1962) (1963) yoga is to provide a disciplined President Radhakrishnan’s Speeches and Writings 1962-1964 (1965) framework which facilitates the fulfilment of worldly obligations while On Nehru (1965) continually reinforcing the universal Religion in a Changing World (1967) search for spiritual perfection. Yoga President Radhakrishnan’s Speeches and Writings 1964-1967 (1969) should make man more capable of action Radhakrishnan Reader: An Anthology (1969) in the world and service to humanity. The Creative Life (1975) The contributions of Dr Radhakrishnan Living with a Purpose (1977) as academician, diplomat, and True Knowledge (1978) philosopher, have been unique. His Indian Religions (1979) activities centered round the values of Towards a New World (1980) Truth, Beauty and Goodness. His voice

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