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Statutory Reports • Board’s Report<br />
Annual Report 2014 - 15<br />
ANNEXURE – VII<br />
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE<br />
EARNINGS AND OUTGO<br />
(A) Conservation of energy -<br />
During the year, the Company has implemented energy conservation projects across its various business units and accrued savings of<br />
approximately ` 187.70 million.<br />
Major categories of such investments are:<br />
1. Installation of Energy efficient equipment: Major projects in this category include replacement of water ring vacuum pumps<br />
with oil ring vacuum pumps, adopting energy efficient technologies in HVAC systems, replacing single equipment for filtration<br />
and drying operations instead of separate equipment, replacement of old inefficient pumps, air compressors, HVAC blowers etc.<br />
with new ones which are energy economical.<br />
2. Optimization of processes consuming energy: Major initiatives in the category include setting up side stream filtration systems<br />
for cooling towers (which would avoid scaling & corrosion of equipment thereby increasing the life and energy of cooling towers),<br />
brine utility optimization, bag house for boiler efficiency, optimizing steam and water distribution, installation of VFDs, optimizing<br />
furnace oil usage, reusing ETP water for gardening, better usage of day light, and introducing dynamic parameter controls<br />
through instrumentation.<br />
3. Identifying cheaper power sources both in-house and external: Major initiatives include investing in dedicated feeder lines<br />
for purchasing open access power in place of DG sets during power holidays, building in-house Co-Gen plant to meet steam and<br />
power requirements, switching to Tata Power, introducing voltage stabilizers etc.<br />
4. Utilizing the alternate sources of energy: Company has signed long term power supply contracts with solar power developers<br />
for supply of 22 MW solar power, out of which 11 MW is already operational and supplied with 14 million units during FY2015,<br />
which is 4.7% of total FY2015 power consumption. Additional 11 MW will add on during FY2016 and the total solar power supply<br />
will become 33 million units, which is 10% of total power consumption.<br />
5. Steps in progress for increasing the utilization of alternate sources of energy: Work in progress to set up 15 MW captive<br />
solar power plants with joint venture partners. Further, the Company is planning to sign additional 23 MW long term power<br />
supply contracts with solar power developers. Overall the utilization of alternate sources of energy to become 25% of total power<br />
consumption.<br />
(B) Technology absorption<br />
i. Efforts made towards technology absorption The Company has a full-fledged R&D division continuously engaged in research on<br />
new products and process improvement on existing products as part of continuous<br />
improvement. As a part of technology absorption and adoption, once technology<br />
is developed for a product, it is tested in a Pilot Plant and thereafter commercial<br />
production is performed. Innovation is embarked on by an incremental approach<br />
towards cost, time, quality and complex product development by adopting cutting<br />
edge technology and our philosophy is to continuously upgrade the technology.<br />
ii.<br />
iii.<br />
Benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product<br />
development or import substitution.<br />
In case of imported technology (imported during the last three years<br />
reckoned from the beginning of the financial year) -<br />
a) Details of technology imported<br />
b) Year of import<br />
c) Whether the technology been fully absorbed<br />
d) If not fully absorbed, areas where absorption has not<br />
taken place, and the reasons thereof; and<br />
Successful development of complex generics products accomplished through<br />
Innovation and science. Improved quality by adopting Quality by Design concept.<br />
Technology adoption yielded improvement in robustness, and cost.<br />
No imported technology.<br />
iv. the expenditure incurred on R&D FY2015 FY2014<br />
a) Capital (` million) 689 724<br />
b) Recurring (` million) 11,230 9,982<br />
c) Total (` million) 11,919 10,706<br />
Total R&D expenditure as a percentage of total turnover 12.00% 11.10%<br />
(C) Foreign exchange earnings and outgo<br />
Please refer information given in the note nos. 2.33 and 2.34 – Notes to the accounts.<br />
K Satish Reddy<br />
Chairman<br />
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