DELIVERING OUTPERFORMANCE ANNUAL REPORT RPG Group Established in 1979, the RPG Group is a diversified conglomerate with interests in the areas of infrastructure, tyres, information technology, pharmaceuticals, energy and plantations. Founded by Dr. R P Goenka, the group’s lineage dates back to the early 19th century. Today, the group has several companies in diverse sectors predominantly CEAT, Zensar Technologies, KEC International, and RPG Life Sciences. Built on a solid foundation of trust and tradition, the RPG name is synonymous with steady growth and high standards of transparency, ethics and governance. Forward-looking statement In this Annual Report, we have disclosed forward-looking information to enable investors to comprehend our prospects and take investment decisions. This report and other statements - written and oral - that we periodically make, contain forward-looking statements that set out anticipated results based on the management’s plans and assumptions. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as ‘anticipate’, ‘estimate’, ‘expects’, ‘projects’, ‘intends’, ‘plans’, ‘believes’, and words of similar substance in connection with any discussion of future performance. We cannot guarantee that these forward-looking statements will be realised, although we believe we have been prudent in our assumptions. The achievements of results are subject to risks, uncertainties and even inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialise, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. Readers should keep this in mind. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Sometime ago we launched the RPG group’s new brand tagline – Hello Happiness. This tagline will henceforth form a part of our group’s ethos. Our Vision tenets clearly outline the path we will all collectively traverse – one that seeks to propel every RPGian to overcome their own limitations; one that will drive each of us to contribute and shape the lives of others around us positively; an organisation where dreams will not be constrained by fences. The smiley signifies ‘THAT’ Happiness which is within our grasp, which is the culmination of our Vision tenets and is now captured in our tagline. Hello Happiness is a bold statement of confidence and purpose – a statement that helps us open our doors to a world of opportunities and possibilities; a statement that signifies our intent to touch and enrich the lives of others. CONTENTS Company 03-43 Overview Delivering Outperformance 03 Corporate Information 04 400 kV Overhead Transmission Line from Barakah - Madinat Zayed, Abu Dhabi Board Of Directors 06 Sustaining Outperformance 08 Growing Global Prominence 10 Diversifying To Outperform - Our Businesses 12 Steering Operational Excellence 22 Continuous Value Creation 24 Track Laying Machine at Jhansi-Bhimsen Innovating To Deliver Excellence 25 Railway Project, Uttar Pradesh Digital Enabling Growth 26 Delivering Excellence Across Borders 27 Building A Culture Of Safety 34 Driving Culture, Capability And Communication 36 Empowering Communities 38 Awards And Recognition 40 Cement Project at Dhule, Maharashtra Events And Exhibitions 42 Statutory 44-108 Reports Directors’ Report 44 Management Discussion And Analysis 74 Business Responsibility Report 84 220 kV AIS Substation at Ghazni, Afghanistan Corporate Governance Report 92 Financial 110-249 Statements Consolidated Financial Statements 110 Standalone Financial Statements 184 Underground Cabling at Manali, Tamil Nadu For further information, log on to 450 kWp Rooftop Solar Project, Chandigarh www.kecrpg.com DELIVERING OUTPERFORMANCE We power lives, connect people; we enable growth. We thrive by pursuing Outperformance that allows us to generate value for our business and our stakeholders. Our unwavering drive and continuous process innovations differentiate us from our competitors and empower us to set benchmarks and build icons of growth globally. Over the last seven decades, we have engineering and design capabilities, global We build infrastructure for built strong capabilities that enable us to business acumen aided by well-defined deliver complex projects in every corner of growth strategies and an outperformance the world of tomorrow. the world; we scale mountains, move the embedded mindset. We power happiness. oceans, conquer deserts and snowclad mountains, we venture where nobody dares. Our determination to improve quality of lives across the globe has made us more Our Outperformance is a result of years robust, agile and a visionary organisation of shared and enhanced value creation, committed to quality and excellence. We backed by a strong value proposition have built a strong foundation that helps us and service offerings. Spanning several deliver complex projects ahead of schedule milestones, it is a culmination of our robust for our clients. Our integrated business project management, manufacturing functions build a stronger enterprise that and operational excellence, advanced enable growth in adjacencies. MISSION & VISION Building infrastructure for the world of tomorrow UNLEASHTALENT TOUCHLIVES Enabling environment for people to unleash To understand, care and make a meaningful their entrepreneurial spirit and realise their full difference to customers, employees, society potential. and all stakeholders. OUTPERFORM Sustained and clear outperformance relative To have fun by creating a high-energy to all our competitors and industry on financial environment with a keen sense of belonging and non-financial metrics that matter. and smiling faces everywhere. 4 KEC International Limited Annual Report 2017-18 CORPORATE INFORMATION REGISTERED OFFICE BANKERS USA RPG House, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. India 463, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Bank of India Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Mumbai 400 030 Ph: 022-66670200 State Bank of India Mexico Fax: 022-66670287 ICICI Bank Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer MANUFACTURING FACILITIES Export-Import Bank of India Banco Santander Transmission IDBI Bank Ltd. Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A. India Punjab National Bank Butibori Brazil B-190 Industrial Area, Butibori 441 108, Corporation Bank Banco Itau BBA S/A Maharashtra Axis Bank Ltd. Banco Bradesco S/A Jabalpur Allahabad Bank Banco do Brasil Deori, P.O. Panagarh, Jabalpur 483 220, Syndicate Bank ABC Bank Madhya Pradesh Central Bank of India China Construction Bank Jaipur Yes Bank Ltd. Banco Safra Jhotwara Industrial Area, Jaipur 302 012, Rajasthan Bank of Baroda BDMG Standard Chartered Bank Banco Intermedium Overseas Brazil Dena Bank Banco Daycoval R. Moacyr G. Costa, 15- Jd., Societe Generale Banco Semear Piemont Sul 32669-722, Betim/ MG, Brazil Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Citi Bank Mexico Arco, Vial Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo, Km. 24.1 Middle East C.P. 66050-79, Escobedo, N.L., Mexico Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Bank Muscat, Saudi Arabia Cables Mysore First Gulf Bank, Abu Dhabi Hebbal Industrial Area, Hootagalli, Belavadi Arab Banking Corporation, Bahrain Post, Mysore 571 186, Karnataka Alinma Bank, Saudi Arabia Vadodara Village – Godampura (Samlaya), Taluka – Banque Saudi Fransi, Saudi Arabia Savli, Vadodara 391 520, Gujarat Deutsche Bank, Abu Dhabi Emirates National Bank of Dubai (ENBD), Abu Dhabi National Bank of Oman, Muscat Union National Bank, Abu Dhabi Company Overview Statutory Reports Financial Statements 5 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT TEAM AUDITORS Price Waterhouse Chartered H.V. Goenka Vimal Kejriwal Accountants LLP Chairman Managing Director & CEO Chartered Accountants Vimal Kejriwal Randeep Narang Managing Director & CEO President – International REGISTRAR AND SHARE (T&D, Solar) & Cables TRANSFER AGENTS A.T. Vaswani Link Intime India Private Limited Independent Director Neeraj Nanda C 101, 247 Park, L B S Marg, Vikhroli West, President – South Asia (T&D, Solar) D.G. Piramal Mumbai – 400083 Independent Director Rakesh Gaur Ph: +91 22 49186000; Chief Executive – Railways Fax: +91 22 49186060 G.L. Mirchandani Email: [email protected] Independent Director Nagesh Veeturi Chief Executive – Civil Manisha Girotra Independent Director Gustavo Cedeno CEO – SAE Towers Nirupama Rao Independent Director Rajeev Aggarwal Chief Financial Officer R.D. Chandak Non-Executive Director Anand Kulkarni Executive Director – Business Operations S.M. Kulkarni Independent Director Vasudevan Narasimha Executive Director – Human Resources S.M. Trehan Independent Director Vinayak Chatterjee Independent Director 400 kV Mundra-Limdi Transmission Line, Gujarat 6 KEC International Limited Annual Report 2017-18 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2 11 6 5 4 8 7 9 10 1 3 1 H.V. GOENKA 2 VIMAL KEJRIWAL Chairman Managing Director & CEO Economics, University of Calcutta; MBA, IMD Chartered Accountant, ICAI; Company (Switzerland) Secretary, ICSI; Advanced Executive Programme, Kellogg School of Management, Mr. Harsh Vardhan Goenka is the Chairman of USA RPG Enterprises, one of the largest industrial 3 A.T. VASWANI groups in India, active in key business Mr. Vimal Kejriwal is the Managing Director Independent Director segments such as tyres, infrastructure, & CEO of KEC International Limited. With Chartered Accountant, ICAI; Company information technology and other diversified around 35 years of corporate experience in Secretary, ICSI segments having an annual turnover of over the areas of Power Infrastructure,