CII Communique July 2011

EastWorld Environment Day5 June, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, BalasorePlantation of saplings in BhubaneswarIn Jamshedpur, World Environment Day was observedin keeping with the global theme of 'Nature at yourService'. Ms Himani Pandey, Deputy Commissioner ofPolice, flagged off a walkathon. Tree planting, launch ofjute bags to kick start the ‘No Plastic’ campaign, andthe release of a booklet titled 'Facts on Environment'were other highlights of the event.CII Odisha State Council and Yi Bhubaneswar Chapterorganized a ‘Plant a Tree- Plant a Life Campaign’and planted more than 100 saplings to mark WorldEnvironment Day.Fifty fruit bearing saplings were planted in the ‘Go-GreenCampaign’ in Balasore.BiharHR Conclave16 June, PatnaThe HR Conclave, with the motto of orchestrating thebackbone of a company’s profitable improvement byaptly grooming the ‘human potential’ had Mr AnjaniAnjani Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, HRD, Bihar; Nirmallya Ghosal,Chairman, CII Bihar State Council; and Dr U K Singh, DirectorGeneral, IIBM Patna, at the HR ConclaveKumar Singh, Principal Secretary, Human ResourceDevelopment, Bihar, as the Chief Guest.Skill Development: Focus Bihar23 June, PatnaThe Roundtable on Skill Developmentdiscussed how Bihar can develop intoa major skill empowered territory. MrM V Subbhiah, Janardan Singh Sigriwal, Minister forPast President, Labour Resources, Bihar, was the ChiefCII, andChairman, Guest, while Mr M V Subbiah, PastNSDC President, CII, and Chairman, NationalSkill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Mr DilipChenoy, MD & CEO, NSDC, also spoke.ChhattisgarhManagement with a Difference14 June, RaipurA special session on ‘Management with a Difference’with Swami Anubhavanandaji highlighted the need andrelevance of value-based management in the presentcomplex and fast changing environment.JharkhandSafe Work Culture10 June, JamshedpurThe seminar on ‘Towards Optimising Safe Work Culture’focussed on Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Job Stress.Experts also gave recommendations on BehavioralSafety, Fire Safety and Road Safety.Focused Improvement Concept16 June, JamshedpurKobetsu Kaizen, or the Focused Improvement pillarof TPM, minimizes the types of losses with activitiesthat maximize the overall effectiveness of equipmentprocess and plant. A workshop was held on Bottom LineImprovement through Focused Improvement Concept.OdishaMaterial Planning10 June, BhubaneswarThe training programme on Material Planning for68 | July 2011 Communiqué