Group Happenings
Banswara: ERP GO LIVE
Lodha had played an instrumental role in new M3 ERP Project Pole Star. ERP go live on dated 4th October, 2016 at Lodha. All team members of ERP were attended during the go live and a Pooja of Shri Ganesh was organised at CPPC Department. The first invoice from new M3 was printed through new system by CPPC Department and signed by the Executive Director and then signed by Senior members of ERP and Senior core team members.
Banswara: SA 8000 4th Surveillance Audit
The Banswara unit has had an SA 8000 certificate since last 7 years. After re-certifications, a 4th Surveillance Audit by BSI team was conducted on 17th & 18th October, 2016.The Senior Auditor from BSI headed by Shri Surjit Singh audited the unit. During the audit, all the related areas were assessed and no major NC was observed. However, few observations were there which were attended by concerned team Members.
Banswara: Gift distribution to workers
All the workers who were regularly present for 10 days during Diwali festival were given a gift by the COO, Shri Sanjay Sharma. Further, Shri R. K. Dixit explained the benefits of regular attendance and put some examples with success stories of workmen who are regular in duties and congratulated those who received gifts for their regular attendance.
Banswara: Visit of Governor
Hon'ble Governor, V. P. Badnnor visited Banswara Unit on 19th October, 2016. The Senior officers of the RSWM Ltd., Lodha, Shri. N. K. Bahedia, Shri Aditya Sharma, Shri Ashok Sodani and Shri Manoj Shah greeted the Governor with garlands. Following this, a program for dignitaries of Banswara was organised in the staff club.
LNJ Denim- Garment Sale
On 20th & 21st October, 2016 a Garment sale (Denim Products) was organized at the Denim unit for both staff and workers. Many staff members & workers attended & got a big discount on garments. All were very enthusiastic and excited.
Banswara: Reward Ceremony
One time reward for extra - ordinary performance during the FY 2016 -17 was organised at Lodha unit on 14th December, 2016 to felicitate the winners. They were felicitated by Shri Prakash Maheshwari, Executive Director. He emphasised on the objective of each core team member which is ultimately linked to department and organisation goal. All the staff members and officers joined this meeting.
Following staff members were rewarded -
Shri Brajesh Verma, Sr Manager (Spinning)
Shri Mahesh Malpani Asstt. Manager ( Purchase)
Shri Deepak Mehta Asstt. Manager (Engineering)
Shri Vikram Singh, Sr. Executive (HRD)
Shri Gajendra Singh, Executive (Personnel)
Shri Ayush Nigam, Executive (Spinning)
Kharigram: ERP GO LIVE
The new ERP INFOR-M3 work started in April, 2015. After an year long exercise, implementation of new ERP started on 4th October, 2016. The IT Department along with core team members joined together to worship goddess Saraswati.
Kharigram: Customer Visit
On 2nd December, a delegation of six people from Thai Toray, Thailand visited our plant. Shri Naresh Maheshwari, COO, Shri Vinay Srivastav, Dy. COO and all Senior Officers welcomed the delegation. The visit started from plant round of unit No.1 to SJ -11 and concluded at NPD. After the visit, customers appreciated the housekeeping, technology and product range with remark “ Great India, Great Bhilwara Group ".
Rishabhdev: M-3 Go-live
The Go-live program of Phase 1-A of M3 was held at Rishabhdev on 4th October, 2016. All the staff members assembled at the accounts hall where the Liturgy was held in the leadership of the COO, Shri K. B. Khatod. On this occasion, he conveyed best wishes to all and hoped for a successful functioning of the system. He also recalled the continuous efforts and dedicated team work behind this successful implementation of the Go-live program.
Rishabhdev: Workshop on Sexual Harassment
A workshop on Sexual Harassment was held at Rishabhdev on 15th October, 2016 among HOD level and Section Head level as per company’s Sexual Harassment Policy. Shri M. S. Manilal, DGM (Pers. & HR) briefed about the Policy through Power Point Presentation and asked them all to share their experiences about what they learned in the whole workshop.
Rishabhdev: Inter Group 5S Audit
5S team from Ringas, Lodha, TPP and Kharigram visited Rishabhdev unit on 27th October, 2016 for conducting the audit of 5S at Rishabhdev. The audit of 16 zones have been conducted and the team was satisfied with the maintenance of 5S system at Rishabhdev.
Rishabhdev: Quality Life Workshop
A two days workshop on quality Life was held on 9th & 10th November, 2016 at Rishabhdev. Twenty workers of various departments with their spouses of Pipli Village participated in the workshop. Shri K. S. Yadav, Regional Director & Shri Punit Goutam from CBWE, Udaipur conducted the program which ended with the closing session on 10th November which was attended by COO and senior officers of the unit.
Rishabhdev: Blood Donation Camp
17th October, 2016 the birthday of the Chairman (Emeritus) was celebrated as Blood Donation Day at Rishabhdev. The camp was organized with the help of the Saral Blood Bank, Udaipur. Total 44 employees donated blood for the good cause. Special refreshments and certificates were also provided to the blood donors. COO along with Senior Officers were presented in the camp.
Rishabhdev: Pariwarmilan program
Pariwar Milan program was held at the residence of Shri Jeevan, Training Checker at Village Chanawada on 29th November, 2016. Senior officers, staff and their family members spent a pleasent time with their kith and kins while enjoying the delicious food together.
Rishabhdev: Consortium Meet
The Banker's Consortium Meeting was held at Rishabhdev on 26th December, 2016. Senior officials from all leading banks, specially SBBJ, ICICI, EXIM Bank attended the meeting. Shri B M Sharma, CFO, Shri R. G. Bihani & Shri Rakesh Kumar Jain were present from the Corporate Finance Department. Representing the Unit, Shri K. B. Khatod, COO and Shri Narendra Bhandari, DGM (Comml.) attended the meeting. Various financial issues related to the company were discussed. The Unit’s presentation was given by the COO and overall presentation was given by Shri Rakesh Kumar Jain. Shri B M Sharma, CFO replied to various queries raised by the bankers.
Banswara: Customer Visit from Sweden
Shri Ingmar from IKEA Head Office, Sweden along with Shri Arun Shraff & Shri P.K. Tiwari from BSL Limited visited Lodha unit on 9th November, 2016. Shri Sanjay Sharma, COO along with the team warmly welcomed them. Shri Sukesh Sharma and Sr. Officers accompanied them while on the plant visit explaining all activities of RSWM unit. The team was extremely happy and they appreciated efforts of the technical team.
LNJ Denim - Health Checkup camp
To keep fit and do more work with great energy one day health check up camp was organized on 26th December, 2016 at bachelors hostel, LNJ Nagar Colony, made in collaboration with the Sun Pathology Laboratory & Research Institute, Ahmedabad. About 106 people were examined in this camp and benefitted them all.
BMD: 5S Implementation
BMD has organized 5-S project with active participation of staff and workmen from various operational areas. Training on 5S for staff was conducted, in which 119 staff members out of 141 were covered. We have 7 customized 5S Audit sheets made for different areas. We have planned to implement 5S on all areas; Shop Floor Area, Offices, Raw Material Godowns, Warehouses, Canteens, Mess, Guest House. We believe that 5S is very effective tool that makes workplace more visual, clean & productive because 5S is not just an idea, It is a good sense!
Maral Sarovar: Annual Function
Annual Fete & Nimar Sahodaya Inter School Classical dance competition of CBSE schools conducted at Vivekanand Vidya Vihar, Maral Sarovar on 23rd December, 2016. Students from Sahodaya Group CBSE schools participated in the interschool dance competition and performed classical dances.
Chief Guest of the evening, Shri Suresh Maheshwari, President MOL and Guest of Honor Shri Jagir Singh, Jt. President of Century Yarn & Denim distributed the prizes to the winners.
As per the tradition of Vivekanand Vidya Vihar, grand event of annual fete was also organized along with interschool dance competition. Chief guest, Shri Suresh Maheshwari and guest of honor, Shri Jagir Singh lighted the camp fire.
From stalls of tasty dishes to the Inter School Dance Competition, all emphasized the aura of the Fete. Excitement of lottery opening providing big prizes also fetched the people towards the program. A Fusion of music and dance performances introduced melodious environment in the campus, over all people enjoyed a lot.
Maral Sarovar: Kathak Dance program
In pursuit of spreading Indian Classical Culture among the students, Vivekanand Vidya Vihar, Maral Sarovar hosted a Kathak dance presentation performed by the renowned Artist, Ms. Gauri Diwakar under the aegis of Spic Macay Organization. The Artists were accorded a traditional welcome with a melodious welcome song performed by school chorus and instrumentalist. She addressed all the students and interestingly compared the expressions of Kathak with real life things. She really won the hearts of the audience.
Kharigram: Customer Visit
The UK Head Office Incharge of Zara Brand and MD of FCBL (Bangladesh) based buying house visited Kharigram Plant on 7th October,2016. After a warm welcome by COO, Dr. Naresh Maheshwari and Dy. COO, Shri Vinay Srivastav visited all the units of Kharigram and NPD. They were impressed with the latest technology and large product range of the plant. They admired and ended the visit by saying “ Thanks to Shri Jhunjhunwala for this excellent contribution to the Nation & we have never seen a structure like this."
HEG: Unveiling of Safety Calendar 2017
Safety Calendar for 2017 was unveiled in HEG by our COO / CFO, Shri Raju Rastogi on 31 December, 2016. This is the 3rd consecutive year when HEG has come out with its own in-house designed Safety Calendar. Six Situations of Plant are depicted in the calendar covering various Safety aspects like Material Handling, Electrical Safety, Confined Space and Road Safety. This Calendar has also been distributed to all employees so as to promote Safety awareness to their family members.
HEG: EHS Audit
Auditors from M/s. Mahindra Sanyo, Shri Prasad Giri & Smt Ambalika Gupta conducted a comprehensive two days EHS Audit of HEG Plant at Mandideep including our Captive Power Plant. This is the second time after 2014 when M/s. Mahindra Sanyo conducted such audit at Mandideep Plant. This audit is a part of a supply chain sustainability initiative of M/s. Mahindra. They visited OHC, Main Canteen, Admin, SCM, Stores & Plant area. They appraised our EHS practices like displaying of “One Point Lessons” across the plant, Dust Suppression System, Running Bio - Strada inside the plant to maintain better housekeeping, Emergency Information System, Displaying of Work Instructions at shops, Organic Waste Controller at main Canteen, Alarming & Glowing lamps installed at EOT & Material Handling devices.
BIL: Annual Tour
In the month of November, BIL, Bengaluru conducted its annual team outing by visiting a resort near Talakudu. The trip was for 2 days and employees were able to refresh their mind with peaceful surroundings, delicious meals and fun activities. The resort provided facilities such as Boat Riding on Cauvery River, rain dance, disco nights, Indoor games, badminton, cricket, basketball and a pleasant environment to relax. The Journey of 3 hours to & forth to the resort was also filled with fun games and activities. The trip ended with loads of memories.
Mandpam: Customer Visit from Bangladesh
Mr. Akhilesh Ayrga, Sr. Sourcing Head of M/S Tex Services , Bangladesh accompanied by Sh. Jayant Khurana visited on 7th October 2016. They hold business discussion & took round of both Mandpam and Kanya Kheri Units, and were impressed by the set up.
Mandpam: Customer Visit from Korea
Mr. Steva Ha, Grubig International, Korea and Mr. Yoon, Kingtex, Korea accompanied by Sh. Jayant Shroff, visited both Mandpam & Kanya Kheri units on 12th December 2016.Visitors were welcomed by Melange team headed by COO Mr. H.M Vashisth Apart from holding business discussions they took round of both the plants and were highly impressed by the manufacturing set up.
