1. Vol. 4 Issue 3 March 2014
Editorial
With the onset of spring, the earth is adorned with varied colours of nature and we all gear up to
celebrate the beautiful festival of Holi. To be one with this festivity we have made this issue of BLOOM a
very colourful one - starting from the masthead, to the glimpses of the 148th Foundation Day
Celebrations in units/establishments across the country and the coverage of the various events.
We have received many photographs of the Foundation Day celebrations across locations and we will not
do justice if we don’t share them with you. We will shortly publish a Supplementary Bulletin, which will be
a Foundation Day Special bulletin in PDF form similar to BLOOM. This Bulletin will be a colourful one and
will cover select photographs of various cultural programs, long service award distribution and other
programs held during 1st
and 2nd
February 2014.
If you have any contribution, suggestion or feedback, do not hesitate to send an email to
mukhopadhyay.mohar@balmerlawrie.com.
BLOOM wishes you and your family a very Happy & Colourful Holi!
Mohar
148th
Foundation Day Celebrations
2. SBUs: T&T and LS participated in Defence Expo 2014 held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 6th
to 9th
February 2014. The event was a success in terms of footfalls for both LS and T&T. The BL stall was visited
by various prospective customers and the team was able to interact with foreign manufacturers as well.
BL Updates
The 148th
Foundation Day was celebrated in all units /establishments across the country. On 1st
February
the pledge was administered and C&MD’s message was read out. Employees along with their families
joined in the celebrations with much fervor on 2nd
February. Overall the functions held across locations
were a success and much appreciated.
3. SBUs: LS, G&L and ROFS participated in the NTPC
O&M Exhibition held on 14th
& 15th
February at
PMI in Noida. ROFS made a presentation on
Mechanized Tank Sludge Processing System.
G&L, Kolkata participated in IME, the 5th
international mining, exploration, mineral processing
technology, metals & machinery exhibition from 13th
to 16th
February at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.
SBU: PC participated in the “29th India International Leather Fair 2014” organised in Chennai Trade Centre,
between 31st
January and 3rd
February 2014. A stall was put up and different varieties of leather were
displayed. The BL stall attracted many visitors both from India and overseas (China, Iran, Korea and
Bangladesh).
LI, Kolkata organised a meet for Custom House Agents on 7th February at the Palladian Lounge, Bengal
Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Kolkata. The meet was attended by executive committee members of
CCHA and other key members of the CHA fraternity.
4. LI, Mumbai played host to the top officials of their
esteemed customer OOCL (India) Pvt. Ltd. on 20th
February. The Managing Director along with others
visited the Container Freight Station at Mumbai.
A Stockist Meet was organized by SBU:PC from 4th
to 6th
February at Mysore. Mr. S Ravikumar COO
[PC] inaugurated the programme by lighting the
lamp.
LS, Kolkata successfully handled an Air Charter for shipment of explosives from Italy to Kolkata airport for
their customer, Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Orissa.
The Self Booking Tool (SBT) was rolled out by SBU:T&T for ONGC, Delhi and Dehradun recently. The tool is
a software for “self-booking”, which will allow ONGC to integrate Balmer Lawrie’s web based tours & travel
services with their ERP software and process travel requirements of their employees through their intranet.
The employees can directly access the Balmer Lawrie travel portal through their company’s intranet.
5. On 28th
February C&MD and Director [Manufacturing Businesses] visited the Cikande Plant of PT Balmer
Lawrie, Indonesia for the commissioning of a new Kettle.
HR Meet was held at Mondarmoni on 21st
and 22nd
February, 2014. The team made presentations and
deliberated on various HR topics in the two day meet. In photo are members of the HR Team along with
C&MD and Directors.
6. An in-house training program on “Driving People Excellence” was conducted by D[HR&CA] on 25th
& 26th
February at Chennai for Senior Executives. The program was designed in a workshop format, and the
participants were involved in various deliberations in groups.
Two Technical Papers were presented by Mr. S Murali and Dr. Ashok Kumar Goyal of Application Research
Laboratory, G&L - Kolkata in the 16th Lubricating Grease Conference organized by NLGI- India Chapter
from 2nd to 4th February in Chandigarh. The paper titled “Lubrication in Mining Equipments” presented by
Dr. Askok Kr. Goyal was judged the “Best Technical Paper Award” and he was conferred with the P.P.C.
Gonsalves Memorial Award for Best Paper in the conference. Every year two Best Technical Papers are
selected for this award. The other paper titled “Study on the Effect of Composition of Polymeric Additives
used in Multigrade Gear Oils in correlation with their Performance” was presented by Mr. S Murali.
Glimpses of branding initiatives undertaken by G&L, Kolkata for the Balmerol brand of greases and
lubricants. (L) Photo of a LED signage at Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (R) Wall painted outside the G&L
factory at Hide Road.
7. Balmer Lawrie was a Silver Sponsor of a one
week program on “Modern Practices in Upstream
and Downstream Operations of Petroleum
Industries” organized by Department of
Chemical Engineering, National Institute of
Technology, Durgapur. The program was held
from 6th
to 10th
February. Mr. A.K. Basak, AVP
[ROFS] presented on “Sludge processing and oil
recovery from petroleum storage tanks”. Other
Institutions like OISD, IOCL, NRL, ISM Dhanbad,
PCRA etc. also participated in the program.
SAP training was given to the employees of SBU: Tours – Vacations Exotica and the SAP transactions
commenced on 1st
March, 2014.
BLESS Update
The Earth receives 174 petawatt (PW) of incoming solar radiation at the upper atmosphere. Approximately
30% is reflected back to space while the rest is absorbed by clouds, oceans and land masses. Photovoltaics
(PV) is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity
using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect. PV is best known as a method for generating
electric power by using solar cells to convert energy from the sun into a flow of electrons. The photovoltaic
effect refers to photons of light exciting electrons into a higher state of energy, allowing them to act as
charge carriers for an electric current.
In the current financial year, we have installed & commissioned a combined total capacity of 160 KWp PV
modules (130 KWp at IP, Asaoti & 30 KWp at HTP, Taloja). At its peak load the plants will be able to
generate 216 MWh units in a year, thus offsetting 200 tons of carbon dioxide generation.
HSE (Health, Safety & Environment) Corner
8. विदाई / Farewell
श्री जी एन मट्टू, वरिष्ठउपाध्यक्ष [मानवसंसाधन],सीएचआिडी–कोलकाता लगभग26वर्षों की सफलतापूववकसेवाएं
संपूर्वकि28फिविीकोसेवाननवृत्तो ोगए ।
Mr. G N Mattoo, Sr. Vice President [HR], CHRD – Kolkata retired on 28th
February after successfully
completing around 26 years of service.
श्री मंजूल खरे, सो -उपाध्यक्ष[टीटी – पूवव], टी&टी -लखनऊ36वर्षों की सफलतापूववकसेवाएंसंपूर्वकिसेवाननवृत्तो ो
गए ।उन्ो ेंएकवर्षवके लएउसीपरपिएनाएिखागयाो ।
Mr. Manjul Khare, Associate Vice President [TT-East], T&T – Lucknow retired after successfully
completing 36 years of service. He has been retained for a period of one year with the same designation.
ो म आपके भववष्यकीमंगलमयकामनाकितेो ।
We wish you all the best in your future life.
Mr. Dilip Kumar Das, Head [CSR] was awarded “50 Most Talented CSR Professionals of India” in the World
CSR Congress held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai on 18th
February 2014.
CSR Update
कार्मिक सूचना – फरिरी 2014 / Personnel Information – February 2014
9. Glimpses from the City of Joy
The Armenian Church of the Holy Nazareth is an Armenian Apostolic church that is located in the northwest corner of
Barabazar in the Greater Kolkata area, and is called "Mother Church of the Indian Armenians". It is possibly the oldest
church in the Kolkata area. It was built in 1724 by Agha Nazar after a fire destroyed the previous Armenian church
that was built on the land in 1688. To the first Armenians who settled in India, who were mostly traders, continuation
of tradition and preservation of religion were of the utmost importance. The Holy Nazareth structure is one of three
Armenian churches in Kolkata; the other two are Saint Mary's Church and the church of Saint Gregory the
Illuminator.
नए सदस्य / New Member
सुश्री नाहीद परिीन की ननयुक्तत 10 फिविी, 2014 को जी&एल, कोलकाता में उप प्रएंधक [अनुसंधान & ववकास],
अनुसंधानप्रयोगशालाके रूपमेंो ुई।
Ms. Nahid Parveen joined G&L, Kolkata as Dy. Manager [Research & Development], Application Research
Laboratory on 10th
February, 2014.
श्रीमती एकता बराररया कीननयुक्तत14फिविी,2014कोकापोिेटलेखा&ववत्तववभाग,कोलकातामेंसो ायकप्रएंधक
[वेतन&किाधान]के रूपमेंो ुई।
Ms. Ekta Bararia joined Corporate A&F Department, Kolkata as Assistant Manager [Salary & Taxation] on
14th
February, 2014.
श्रीमती अंजली अग्रिालकीननयुक्तत17फिविी,2014कोलॉक्जक्टटकसेवाएं,दरल्लीमेंसो ायकप्रएंधक[ले&वव]के
रूपमेंो ुई।
Ms. Anjali Agarwal joined L&S, Delhi as Assistant Manager [A&F] on 17th
February, 2014.
श्री राजेश खनना कीननयुक्तत19फिविी,2014कोजी&एल,दरल्लीमेंमुख्यप्रएंधक[औद्योगगकपके क्जंग]के रूपमें
ो ुई।
Mr. Rajesh Khanna joined G&L, Delhi as Chief Manager [Industrial Packaging] on 19th
February, 2014.
एामिलॉिीपरिवािमेंआपकाटवागतो एवंआपलोगककोो ादरवकशुभकामनाएं।
Welcome you to the Balmer Lawrie family and wish you all the best!
