PROJECT FINANCE INTERNATIONAL 2015 AWARD

FOR AFRICAN POWER DEAL OF THE YEAR

NEWS INSIDE…..

Awards

Projects - Domestic

Projects - Overseas

Training

• Our Pleasure

• Management Systems

• Celebrations

• Social Development

Volume No.21, No.4 January – March, 2016

• Swachh Bharat

• Education

• Think it Over

• Laughing Corner

• Farewell

VISION NAVA BHARAT

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150 MW Power Plant of NBEIL

Modifications were carried out at the fly ash unloading area, by constructing a dedicated control room to enable the operator to directly oversee the unloading of fly ash from silos and avoid spillage. This eliminated manual intervention and resulted in reduction of manpower costs.

Mechanized

screening,

packing and

loading of

SiMn in

progress

Awards

Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL), Zambia, a step-down subsidiary of NBVL, received “Power Deal of the Year 2015” Award for its project finance transaction involving an estimated outlay of US$ 843 Million from Project Finance International (PFI) of Thomson-Reuters. The Award forms part of Roll of Honour announced by PFI. PFI Awards are the most prestigious annual awards, spread over a wide spectrum of industries and across continents. Mr.Ashwin Devineni, Resident Director, MCL and Mr.P.J.V.Sarma, Director, NBPL received the Award in London, in March. The National Safety Council, Hyderabad, on the occasion of 45th National Safety Day Celebrations, on 4th March, presented a Certificate of Appreciation & a Shield to NBVL and NBEIL, Paloncha, in recognition of being awarded the OHSAS 18001:2007 accreditation. The certificates and the shields were given away by Sri Naini Narasimha Reddy, Hon’ble Minister for Home, Prisons, Fire Services, Sainik Welfare, Labour & Employment.

Continuous Casting in Progress at

Furnace IV of FAP (T)

Projects – Domestic

FAP (T)

A new Continuous Casting Machine (CCM) was commissioned for casting of ferro alloy at furnace-IV, on 22nd February, enabling improvement in quality of the alloy produced and ease of handling the finished product. This also helped in reducing the handling costs and generation of fines. Mechanization was done for screening, packing and loading of finished product (SiMn) at the new shed constructed for this purpose. This resulted in reducing manpower costs.

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Fuel Oil Tanks

and

High-Lift Pumps at Kariba Water

Pumping System

Pre-fab houses constructed for O&M

staff at Maamba

Training

A training programme on “Stress Management in Modern Times” was conducted by Dr. Badri Narayan, Senior Trainer, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, for senior management staff at Paloncha, on 9th August. Our Pleasure

The House Committee on Environment (Sub Committee IV) of Odisha Legislative Assembly visited Odisha Works on 27th January. Shri. Y. Pattanaik, VP (OW) welcomed the House Committee members. Later he gave a presentation on Company’s operations & measures taken for environment protection. He also gave an account of the awards received & CSR activities of the Company.

The members of the House Committee were impressed with the achievements of the Company.

The members of the House

Committee at Odisha Works

Projects – Overseas

The testing and commissioning activities of 300 MW Power Plant at Maamba, Zambia, are in full swing.

The major milestones achieved during the quarter comprise completion of 330 kV Transmission Line,

installation of Electro Static Precipitator of Unit-1 & Fuel Oil System, commissioning of Kariba Water

Pumping System, DM Plant, Distributed Control System and Electrical System, and, construction of pre-

fab houses for O&M staff.

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A delegation consisting of Mr. Yamakawa Junji, Nippon Steels, Japan, Mr. Yukio Takase, Asia Minerals Limited, Japan, Mr. Gautam Kumar, Asia Minerals Limited, Kolkata along with Mr. C.V. Durga Prasad, Director (Business Development) of our Company, visited our Works at Paloncha, on 9th February. Another delegation consisting of Ms.Nisawa and Mr. M. Fujii of Marubeni, Tokyo, Japan and Mr.A.K. Ghoshal of Marubeni, Kolkata, visited our Works at Paloncha, on 9th March.

Both the teams were impressed with the production procedures, housekeeping, CSR activities and the greenery developed in and around the factory.

Celebrations

The “45th National Safety Week” was celebrated at all our units, from 4th to 9th March. On this occasion, safety oath was administered to employees and contract workers. Various competitions, mock drills and training programmes were conducted for propagating safety awareness.

At Sugar Division, Mr.J. Siva Shankar Reddy, Dy. Chief Inspector of Factories, Kakinada and Mr. K.B. Prasad, Inspector of Factories were invited to give their valuable suggestions on Safety at Workplace.

Delegation from

Nippon Steels &

Asia Minerals

and

Marubeni,

Japan &

Kolkata along

with NBVL Staff

Management Systems

1. External audits of QMS (ISO 9001), EMS (ISO 14001) and OHSMS (OHSAS 18001) at our Units at Paloncha and Samalkot were conducted, in February and March.

Convinced with the effective implementation of the above systems, the Auditors recommended

continuation of the respective accreditations.

Mr. J. Siva Shankar Reddy, Dy. Chief

Inspector of Factories giving away

prizes to the winners of Safety

Competition at Sugar Division

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Annual Cultural Programme at Odisha

Works

Odisha Works Staff taking Safety Oath

At Odisha Works, Smt. Lopamudra, Tahasildar, Odapada, Mr. Hrudaya Chandra Sahu, Dy. Director of Factories & Boilers, Dhenkanal & Angul Division, Mr. Bibhu Prasad, Asst. Director of Factories & Boilers, Dhenkanal Zone and Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bal, Asst. General Manager – HR & ESR, Power Grid, Govt. of Odisha participated in the closing ceremony. Prizes were given away to the winners of various competitions at Odisha Works and Sugar Division by the Guests.

Annual Cultural Programme was organised at Odisha Works, on 6th February for the employees and their family members. The students of Brahmani Public School, Kharagprasad, participated in the function and enthralled the audience through various programmes. Mr. Sudhir Kumar Samal, Ex-MLA, Dhenkanal, was the Chief Guest and inaugurated the cultural programme.

Social Development The Paloncha Unit constructed toilet blocks at Zilla Parishad High Schools situated at Bollarugudem, Jagannadhapuram, Netaji

Ramavaram and Tekulapalli.

Annual Cultural Programme at Odisha

Works

These toilet blocks were handed over, through formal letters, by Mrs.B.Venkatanarasamma, Dy. District Educational Officer, Kothagudem to the Headmasters of the schools at Bollarugudem and Jagannadhapuram and by Mr. M. Venkataramaiah & Mr. T. Ramsingh, Mandal Educational Officers to the Headmasters of the schools at Netaji Ramavaram and Tekulapalli respectively, in March.

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Inauguration of RO Water Plant at

Papakollu

Women undergoing training in making

sanitary napkins

One of the women of tailoring group

receiving her share of the proceeds

under self-employment opportunity

given away to

To provide safe drinking water at affordable cost

to villagers, the Company installed three RO

water plants around the Paloncha Unit. These

plants were inaugurated in March: at Indiranagar

by Mr. R. Bhaskaran, IPS, Asst. Supdt. Of Police,

Bhadrachalam; at Paapakollu by Mr. B. Surender

Rao, Sub Divisional Police Officer, Kothagudem

and at Machinapeta by Mr. B. Ravi Kumar,

Tahsildar, Julurupadu. The authorities

appreciated the efforts made by the Company

for improving the health and hygiene in the area.

Toilet Blocks at Bollarugudem

Under the aegis of Nava Bharat Vocational Institute (NBVI), a sanitary napkin manufacturing unit has been established. The local poor women were given training in making sanitary napkins in this unit and provided self-employment by allowing them to use the equipment for manufacture of sanitary napkins. The product is marketed by themselves to earn their livelihood.

The Women (numbering 32) who underwent

training in tailoring & embroidery course at NBVI

formed a group. NBVI created self-employment

opportunity for this group by obtaining work

orders, for stitching of uniforms for students of

Government Schools.

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Dance

Performances

by students

of Nava Bharat

Schools

The proceeds received through this self-

employment opportunity were distributed among

the 32 women at a function organized, in

January. Mr. G. Pullaiah, Chief Monitoring

Officer, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Khammam, gave

away the amounts to the women.

A free Diabetes Camp was organized in Odisha

for the inhabitants of Meramandali, in February.

The follow up camp was organized in March for

these villagers. Medicines were distributed free

to the patients examined during the camp.

The camp was conducted by Dr.J.Kishore, MD,

Diabetologist, Bhubaneswar and his team

consisting of Dietician and paramedical staff. A

total of 203 villagers got benefitted by this

programme.

Free Diabetes Camp at Meramandali

Staff of Odisha Works participating in

Swachh Bharat at Charadgadia UPS

Swachh Bharat

The staff of Odisha Works participated in

‘Swachh Bharat’ exercise at Charadgadia Upper

Primary School. The villagers appreciated the

efforts put in by the staff for making the school

premises neat and tidy.

Education

Nava Bharat Schools, Paloncha celebrated the “37th Annual Day” on 27th & 28th January. Dr. N. Anji Reddy, Director, JNTU-Hyderabad graced the inaugural function as Chief Guest and gave away the prizes. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy, Retd. Chief Justice of Patna High Court attended the Valedictory function as Chief Guest. The students presented Cultural shows on both the days.

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On the occasion of National Science Day i.e., 28th February, the students of Class IV & V of Nava Bharat Public School (NBPS) arranged a Science Exhibition on the theme “Agriculture”. Mr. B. Surender Rao, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Kothagudem inaugurated the exhibition and appreciated very much the efforts of the students.

The teachers and students of NBPS organized “Annual Charity Fair”, on the same day. Funds were raised by selling the hand-made handicrafts and eatables. The funds raised were used to procure & supply the materials needed by Sneha Old Age Home and Orphanage.

Exhibits on Agriculture at Science

Exhibition by students of NBPS

“Confidence and Hard-work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you a successful person.” – Dr. Abdul Kalam

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“He who knows best knows how little he knows.” -Thomas Jefferson

“Yesterday a thief got into my house and was beaten up badly by my wife,” said Kunal. “So, your wife is a courageous lady,” his friend praised. “No, actually in the darkness, she thought it was I who was coming home late,” Kunal smiled.-

---------- A well-known criminal was pleading for mercy. Judge: “Just tell me what good you have done for the state.”

Criminal: “I have kept the Police Department busy all these years because of me.”

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Farewell

The following employees retired from the Company’s services during the quarter January –

March:

Name Designation Date of

Retirement

Length of

Service Unit

R. Mallesam Senior Tapper 31.01.2016 35 years FAP (T)

B. Ramulu Lab Attender 31.01.2016 35 years FAP (T)

NRK Murthy Driver – Senior Special Grade

31.01.2016 35 years FAP (T)

Ch. V. Rama Rao Store Attender 31.01.2016 35 years FAP (T)

D. Vishnu Murthy Seasonal Staff 07.01.2016 38 years Sugar Division

K. Babu Rao Seasonal Worker 16.02.2016 25 years Sugar Division

D. Nooka Raju Junior Officer – Cane 14.03.2016 8 years 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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