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Issue 93, February edition<br />

February <strong>2018</strong> edition


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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CONTENTS<br />

MD Message 3<br />

Business Updates<br />

GHCL rated as 16th Great Place to Work in<br />

the manufacturing sector 4<br />

Highest Producon & Sales at SA 5<br />

Effecve Cost Management 6-7<br />

Know Your Products<br />

Universal Fit Sheet 8<br />

New Singeing and PTR machine 8<br />

Technology and Automa$on<br />

Blockchain: An expert view 9-10<br />

Mission & Vision<br />

Convergence of Swachh Bharat and GHCL<br />

CSR Intervenon 11-12<br />

GHCL Hall of Fame<br />

Mr. R S Jalan declared as 29th Best CEO of<br />

India by Business Today magazine 13<br />

Mr. Rajesh Tripathi- CHRO of the year 13<br />

Golden Peacock Award for CSR 14<br />

Yarn QC team selected for Internaonal<br />

level QC compeon 14<br />

On the Spot award & Star Kaizen 15<br />

Coffee with HR<br />

Organizaon Culture 16<br />

Right people at Right Place 17<br />

Insight<br />

Negave Empathy 18<br />

Book Review 19<br />

GHCL Social<br />

Moments of the Month 20<br />

Exercise your Brain 20<br />

________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

Editor in Chief: Mr. Rajesh Tripathi, Vice President-HR<br />

Content Writer: Ms. Neha Chopra, Deputy Manager-HR<br />

FOLLOW US ON:<br />

Inputs By:<br />

Mr. N I Parekh– Sutrapada<br />

Mr. Prabhat Sinh Mori– Sutrapada<br />

Mr. M Sathishkumar– Chennai<br />

Mr. Abhishek Chaturvedi– Noida<br />

Ms. Priyum Upadhyay– Bhilad<br />

Mr. Rajkumar M– Madurai<br />

Ms. Siddhi Mehta– Sutrapada<br />

Ms. Mita Vyas-Bhavnagar<br />

Ms. Geeta Jaiswani– Ahmedabad<br />

___________________________________________________________________________________


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Dear Friends,<br />

We are in the middle of a modern industrial revoluon – a<br />

new age of human exploraon. In the coming years, advances<br />

in Arficial Intelligence and Internet of Things are<br />

likely to revoluonize business models in many industries,<br />

which is likely to have a posive impact on the world<br />

economy.<br />

Historically we have also seen that many industrial advancements have wiped out enre industries that<br />

were not prepared for it. Out of my experience, I have come to believe that Operaonal agility is most<br />

essenal in order to keep up with the speed of change and need to pivot across all areas of business. At<br />

GHCL, as you are already aware, we are going forward with the right speed in this regard. And our leading<br />

pace has always been accredited to our culture, with a deep understanding that in order keep up<br />

with the volale environment we must reflect on our internal working culture.<br />

We are constantly working towards enhancing our culture so that it becomes our USP in the market<br />

through our unique HR policies and pracces. Herein, I would like to menon the recent amendments<br />

and addions in our leave policy like the Annual rejuvenaon leave for a minimum of 10 days, Parent<br />

caring leave, Child Vaccinaon leave, etc, which gives employees ample opportunies to take care of<br />

their family and professional responsibilies in a balanced way and help in building a culture of mutual<br />

Trust and Respect.<br />

Coming back to the operaonal issues, we have some more me leB to make up for any lapses and end<br />

the financial year on a truly sasfying note. The core acvies of producon and sales are going on<br />

smoothly. Projects which are underway are also being given full aCenon to avoid me and cost overruns.<br />

All other supporng funcons are also delivering in a very effecve manner facilitang achievements<br />

in the core operaons. Role of people in all these acons is the most important and I can feel the<br />

energy and enthusiasm across our rank and file. We are hoping for more stability in external environment<br />

from now on.<br />

Moving forward, the new challenge in front of us is to build the company's next generaon of earning<br />

drivers. And for that we need to invest me and may be some other resources on deploying new ideas,<br />

processes and pracces in our leadership style, operaonal issues and people management so that the<br />

correct ambience is created and maintained to move ahead of others in each of our business areas.<br />

Success there will ensure that GHCL connues to create sustainable corporate value by simultaneously<br />

generang economic, societal, and environmental value.<br />

My best wishes to everyone on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri. May the Divine Blessings stay<br />

with you forever.<br />

Warm Regards<br />

RS Jalan


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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GHCL ranked as 16th Great Place to Work in<br />

Manufacturing Sector<br />

GHCL has been rated as the 16th Great Place to Work in the manufacturing sector .<br />

In a 2017 country-wide workplace culture study conducted by Great Place to Work<br />

Instute, India, 106 organisaons qualified for an assessment to idenfy the best<br />

workplaces in the Manufacturing sector. Out of these, 25 organisaons were conferred<br />

the honour of being the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and GHCL has<br />

been recognized as one of them at 16th place.<br />

“At GHCL, we believe that living by our values and treating our<br />

stakeholder’s well makes absolute business sense because success is<br />

not coincidental; it is a by-product of continuous sustained efforts,<br />

coupled with an ability to innovate by nurturing entrepreneurship”<br />

- R S Jalan, Managing Director<br />

The news was also published in Mint e-paper on the 22nd January <strong>2018</strong> as shown below:<br />

Read full arcle at : hCp://www.livemint.com/Industry/cGxG6Y4TGZnsJMyZG9kZSP/Best-workplaces<br />

-in-manufacturing-look-to-aCract-younger-tal.html


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Record Production and Sales at Soda Ash Division<br />

December 2017 has been a wonderful month for GHCL Soda Ash division in not one but two ways.<br />

Our Soda Ash plant at Sutrapada has produced 85227 MT of Soda ash, which is ever highest recorded<br />

monthly producon.<br />

The details of Soda Ash producon in 2017-18 (ll date) is as follows:<br />

Soda Ash Produc$on in 2017-18<br />

Month Total Produc$on (MT)<br />

APR'17 74976<br />

MAY'17 75549<br />

JUN'17 74224<br />

JUL'17 76087<br />

AUG'17 77089<br />

SEP'17 72414<br />

OCT'17 80772<br />

NOV'17 77275<br />

DEC'17 85227<br />

Similarly, ever highest monthly Domes$c Sale in Soda Ash division was recorded at 80520 MT in December<br />

17. The previously highest recorded Sale was 76176 MT in March 17. In comparison, for the<br />

previous year corresponding month, the Sale was 61924 MT.<br />

..inputs by Mr. A N Prasad, AGM -Process Engg & Energy and Mr. Mayank Bapna, GM-Markeng, SA


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Effective Cost Management<br />

-By Mr. S. Somasundaram,<br />

Dy. Manager-Costing, Yarn division<br />

Cost management is concerned with the process of planning and controlling the budget of a project<br />

or business. It includes acvies such as planning, esmang, budgeng, financing, funding, managing,<br />

and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget. Effecve<br />

cost management is the central measure of accountability for business leadership.<br />

Steps involved in Cost management Process:<br />

Step 1: Resource planning<br />

In the inial phase of a project the required resources to complete the project acvies need to be<br />

defined. Planning phase involves the esmaon of the required me, material, labor, equipment,<br />

etc., needed to complete the work. Once the resource types and quanes are known the associated<br />

costs can be determined.<br />

Step 2: Cost es$ma$ng<br />

Several cost esmang methods can be applied to predict how much it will cost to perform the project<br />

acvies. The choice for the esmaon method depends on the level of informaon available.<br />

Analogous esmang using the actual cost of previous, similar projects can serve as a basis for esmang<br />

the current project. Another opon is to use parametric models in which the project characteriscs<br />

are mathemacally represented. Esmates can be refined when more informaon becomes<br />

available during the course of a project. Eventually this results in a detailed unit cost esmate with a<br />

high accuracy.<br />

Step 3: Cost budge$ng<br />

The cost esmate forms together with a project schedule the input for cost budgeng. The budget<br />

gives an overview of the periodic and total costs of the project. The cost esmates define the cost of<br />

each work package or acvity, whereas the budget allocates the costs over the me period when the<br />

cost will be incurred. A cost baseline is an approved me-phased budget that is used as a starng<br />

point to measure actual performance progress.<br />

Step 4: Cost control<br />

Cost control is concerned with measuring variances from the cost baseline and taking effecve correcve<br />

acon to achieve minimum costs. Procedures are applied to monitor expenditures and performance<br />

against the progress of a project. All changes to the cost baseline need to be recorded and the<br />

expected final total costs are connuously forecasted. When actual cost informaon becomes available<br />

an important part of cost control is to explain what is causing the variance from the cost baseline.<br />

Based on this analysis, correcve acon might be required to avoid cost overruns.


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Effective Cost Management<br />

-By Mr. S. Somasundaram, Dy. Manager-Costing, Yarn division<br />

Costs involved with cost management:<br />

Direct cost: A direct cost is related to producing a good or service. A<br />

direct cost is the material, labor, expense or distribuon cost associated<br />

with producing a product. It can be accurately and easily traced to a<br />

product, department or project. Example: Wages paid to labors, cost<br />

of products required to build the final outcome.<br />

Indirect cost: On the other hand, an indirect cost is an expense unrelated to producing a good or service.<br />

An indirect cost cannot be easily traced to a product, department, acvity or project. For example,<br />

Electricity used to power the enre building is considered an indirect cost.<br />

Fixed cost: A fixed cost is also associated with cost accounng. A fixed cost does not vary with the number<br />

of goods or services a company produces. For example, suppose a company leases a machine for<br />

producon for two years. The company has to pay $2,000 per month to cover the cost of the lease. The<br />

lease payment the company pays per month is considered a fixed cost.<br />

Variable cost: Contrary to a fixed cost, a variable cost fluctuates as the level of producon output<br />

changes. This type of cost varies depending on the number of products a company produces. A variable<br />

cost increases as the producon volume increases, and it falls as the producon volume decreases. For<br />

example, a toy manufacturer must package its toys before shipping products out to stores. This is considered<br />

a type of variable cost because, as the manufacturer produces more toys, its packaging costs<br />

increase. However, if the toy manufacturer's producon level is decreasing, the variable cost associated<br />

with the packaging decreases.<br />

Operang cost: An operang cost is an expense associated with day-to-day business acvies and may<br />

be variable or fixed. An example of an operang cost is a company's inventory. Suppose a company<br />

produces and sells clothes. The clothes must be stored and maintained, which is an operaonal cost to<br />

the company<br />

Benefits of Effecve Cost Management<br />

1. Improve pricing decisions<br />

2. Idenfy the source of costs<br />

3. Link corporate strategies<br />

4. Evaluate the effecveness of acvies for investment


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Universal Fit Fitted Sheet<br />

-By Mr. Sunil G Ghalsasi, VP-Marketing,<br />

Home Textile division<br />

One of our Home texle product, Universal Fit FiCed Sheet is a perfect example of innovaon and customer<br />

centricity<br />

Universal Fit fiCed sheet, a GHCL product, can fit on Twin or Twin XL bed. Apart from being useful for<br />

the end users, this sheet has also proven to be helpful to the retailors as well.<br />

During back to college season all retailors have to keep both Twin and Twin XL size sheet set in their<br />

assortment and aBer the season is over they need to mark down Twin XL to liquidate inventory<br />

We came up with a soluon wherein we have made one fiCed sheet for both Twin and Twin XL bed<br />

thereby reducing the number of SKU in the assortment and there is no need to mark down the inventory<br />

at the end of season. This has resolved the issue faced by the retailers. We have patent for this technology<br />

offered in market.<br />

Inauguration of New Singeing and PTR machine at Process<br />

The Connuous Singeing and Pre treatment Range machine has been inaugurated on 17th January<br />

<strong>2018</strong> at Process House.<br />

To meet the requirement of our Process House with the increased capacity from 1 lakhs meter to 1.50<br />

lakhs meter, the World Best Class Osthoff Singeing and PTR Goller German made machine was installed.<br />

It’s a high Speed Connuous machine .<br />

Singeing machine removes the fuzzy or hairy appearance from fabric surface and gives a smooth appearance.<br />

In connues Bleaching range it combines the pre-treatment processes of texles like desizing,<br />

scouring and bleaching in this machine itself. This minimises energy consumpon and reduces<br />

number of operaons.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Blockchain Technology: Expert View<br />

-Dr. Venugopal, GM-MRG<br />

Blockchain is a distributed database whereby transacons are securely encrypted<br />

and replicated across many computers in mulple copies of a<br />

“ledger”. Once data is wriCen to the chain it is commiCed into “blocks” and<br />

these blocks are in turn commiCed to the “chain”. Owing to the architecture, once data is wriCen it<br />

becomes nearly impossible to change, making it a very secure system for storing digital assets (value).<br />

Blockchain: A series of encrypted databases connected by the Internet that ensure the integrity and<br />

security of data, such as financial transacons. The blockchain is an undeniably ingenious invenon –<br />

the brainchild of a person or group of people known by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. But since<br />

then, it has evolved into something greater. By allowing digital informaon to be distributed but not<br />

copied, blockchain technology created the backbone of a new type of internet. Originally devised for<br />

the digital currency, Bitcoin, the tech community is now finding other potenal uses for technology.<br />

The blockchain potenally cuts out the middleman for these types of transacons. Personal compu-<br />

ng became accessible to the general public with the invenon of the Graphical User Interface (GUI),<br />

which took the form of a “desktop”. Similarly, the most common GUI devised for the blockchain are<br />

the so-called “wallet” applicaons, which people use to buy things with Bitcoin, and store it along with<br />

other cryptocurrencies.<br />

Transacons online are closely connected to the processes of identy verificaon. It is easy to imagine<br />

that wallet apps will transform in the coming years to include other types of identy management.<br />

Blockchain has the potenal to establish trust along the supply chain, which would reduce the risks and<br />

the costs associated with them. There are many useful applicaons for blockchain.<br />

The Blockchain a New Web 3.0?<br />

The blockchain gives internet users the ability to create value and authencates digital informaon.<br />

What will new business applicaons result?<br />

Transparent and incorrupble<br />

The blockchain network lives in a state of consensus, one that automacally checks in with itself every<br />

ten minutes. A kind of self-auding ecosystem of a digital value, the network reconciles every transac-<br />

on that happens in ten-minute intervals. Each group of these transacons is referred to as a “block”.<br />

Two important properes result from this:<br />

1. Transparency data is embedded within the network as a whole, by definion it is public.<br />

2. It cannot be corrupted altering any unit of informaon on the blockchain would mean using a huge<br />

amount of compung power to override the enre network.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Blockchain Technology: Expert View<br />

-By Dr. Venugopal J, General Manager-MRG<br />

The idea of decentraliza$on<br />

By design, the blockchain is a decentralized technology. Anything that happens on it is a funcon of the<br />

network as a whole. Some important implicaons stem from this. By creang a new way to verify transacons<br />

aspects of tradional commerce could become unnecessary.<br />

BLOCKCHAIN IN A MANUFACTURING SYSTEM?<br />

Within manufacturing it might sll be hard to see where blockchain technology might create the most<br />

value. In the short term we might see cryptocurrencies, crowdfunding and simple trading applicaons<br />

emerging that have limited impact. None of these are likely to be immediately transformave to manufacturing,<br />

but they might start to impact the macro and regulatory environment. Over me we can expect<br />

to see blockchain used in manufacturing for process transformaon, supply chain tracking, asset<br />

sharing, track and trace, warranty management and more.<br />

Ulmately the end game will be when the technology itself recedes into the fabric of the overall manufacturing<br />

operaon and we could move into a situaon where “supply chains” become “demand<br />

chains” and the manufacturing process itself becomes distributed in line with the Industrie 4.0 vision.<br />

While no one would recommend moving to block chain overnight, it’s essenal to begin experimenng<br />

now by funding targeted proofs of concept to explore where and how block chain thinking and technology<br />

could deliver transformave benefits. Key quesons to help focus preliminary efforts include:<br />

• Where in the value chain – both internally and externally – is my organizaon paying the highest<br />

“trust tax” in terms of excess cost, effort or lack of agility?<br />

• Which types of partners, in what geographies and experse areas, could my company benefit from<br />

working with, if only the transaconal costs and efforts were lower?<br />

• Which informaon assets (such as manufacturing, maintenance, usage informaon, warranty, etc.)<br />

about my organizaon’s products could we moneze if there were a secure way to do so?<br />

Block chains are a “wisdom of the crowd” technology that will no doubt find other applicaons in the<br />

years to come.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Convergence of Swachh Bharat and GHCL CSR Intervention<br />

-Ms. Sugandha Rastogi, Asst. Manager-Sustainability, Noida<br />

As an extension of series of arcles in GHCL <strong>Digest</strong> under the umbrella of Sustainability,<br />

we would like to provide some background on Prime Minister Modi’s flagship<br />

project of ‘Swachh Bharat’ and its convergence with our one key CSR intervenon<br />

in Gujarat. Swacch Bharat being one of the key project has direct linkage<br />

with United Naon Sustainable Development Goal No-6 (Ensure Access to Water<br />

and Sanitaon to All). CSR, as communicated in previous arcles related to<br />

sustainability, is a major component of sustainability which contributes towards<br />

Social Dimension and is necessary for maintenance of ‘Social License to Operate’.<br />

Coming back to Swachh Bhart programme, as a part of the First Five Year Plan of the Government of<br />

India, rural sanitaon Programme was launched in 1954 for the first me. In the year 1986, Government<br />

of India launched Central Rural Sanitaon Programme (CRSP) primarily with the objecve of improving<br />

the quality of life of the rural people and also to provide privacy and dignity to women. Total<br />

Sanitaon Campaign (TSC) was launched in 1999, which had a “demand driven” approach and it emphasised<br />

more on Informaon, Educaon and Communicaon (IEC), Human Resource Development<br />

(HRD), Capacity Development acvies to increase awareness among the rural people and generaon<br />

of demand for sanitary facilies. Under the scheme, financial incenves were given to Below Poverty<br />

Line (BPL) households for construcon and usage of individual household latrines (IHHL) in recognion<br />

of their achievements. Subsequently, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) followed TSC and was launched in<br />

the year 2012 with the main objecve to accelerate sanitaon coverage in rural areas. Under NBA, the<br />

Incenves for IHHLs were enhanced and further focussed support was obtained from MNREGA.<br />

To put focus on Sanitaon, accelerate the overall efforts and achieve complete sanitaon coverage the<br />

Prime Minister Modi, launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014 which aims to<br />

achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, as a fiWng tribute to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.<br />

In rural areas it aims at making Gram Panchayats Open Defecaon Free (ODF) and improve cleanliness<br />

levels through Solid and Liquid Waste Management acvies specific to each Gram Panchayat. Community<br />

led sanitaon approach is being followed to bring behaviour change in communies which was<br />

lacking in all the sanitaon programmes earlier.<br />

GHCL through its CSR arm GHCL foundaon caters to the holisc development of the surrounding community.<br />

One such iniave has been taken to upli the infrastructure for health, sanitaon and<br />

hygiene in rural areas across the naon. GHCL started its Sanitaon related acvies in 2012. At present,<br />

GHCL’s sanitaon related acvies are going on in six blocks in four districts in the state of<br />

Gujarat. GHCL now converging with the Swachh Bharat Mission, strives to create a significant impact<br />

on human health and hygiene pracces through behavior change of community members. Building<br />

toilet units in village level and enabling them to change their aWtude and pracces on use is the key<br />

element of the approach. So far, GHCL has contracted 8721 toilet units at the village level through the


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Convergence of Swachh Bharat and GHCL CSR Intervention<br />

- Ms. Sugandha Rastogi, Asst. Manager-Sustainability, Noida<br />

regular facilitaon of mass awareness generaon drives, street plays, student rallies and many more<br />

IEC acvies. GHCL has gone beyond movaon incenve and have integrated regular mobilizaon<br />

through the meeng, training, workshop, exposure, and mass awareness acvity etc. aiming at overall<br />

coverage of without toilet families in the village.<br />

Since 2012 GHCL Foundaon has expanded their outreach from Gir-Somnath to Bhavnagar, Valsad and<br />

Amreli district. The details can be seen below:<br />

District No. of villages Total Coverage from 2012 to 2017<br />

Gir-Somnath 53 6494<br />

Amreli 18 1576<br />

Bhavnagar 2 514<br />

Valsad 3 137<br />

Total 76 8721<br />

Many challenges such as lack of priority of toilet among the community, lack of space for toilet construcon,<br />

hard rock soil for pit digging, financial crisis for construcon etc. has been overcome to<br />

achieve the coverage. For example, as a soluon to the hard rock problem, GHCL introduced Breaker<br />

machines. Many IEC intervenons has also been carried out to support the sanitaon acvies. GHCL<br />

has spread community awareness by BCC (Behaviour change Communicaon) process. The Programme<br />

focuses on community mobilizaon efforts to induce behavior change. The success of the communica-<br />

on depends upon acceptability and adopon of improved hygiene and sanitaon pracces.<br />

GHCL through all its intervenons intends to bridge the gap between the community and development.<br />

Through such convergence we aim to remove all the boClenecks that were hindering the progress of<br />

achieving the long desired aim of complete sanitaon coverage in India. I advise you all to explore<br />

more details on GHCL intervenons especially contribung to Swachh Bharat and endeavour to make<br />

your contribuon in promong this noble iniave via GHCL foundaon efforts in making our country a<br />

beCer place to live.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Awards & Recognitions<br />

Mr. R S Jalan selected as 29th Best CEO of India<br />

As per the Business Today-PWC list of India’s top 100 CEOs from non BFSI<br />

sectors, our MD, Mr. R S Jalan has been Selected 29th Best CEO of India in<br />

their Survey. The results of this survey have been published in Business Today<br />

magazine published on 28th January <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

As per the BT magazine, “despite disrupons of the past few years, these top<br />

corporate leaders have showed remarkable performance over the period<br />

under review.”<br />

“I am proud to share good news with all of you that I have been Selected 29 th<br />

Best CEO of India by Business Today magazine in their Survey which has been<br />

published in their issue dated 28 th Jan <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

This has happened only due to hard work of each and every member of GHCL .<br />

I humbly dedicate this achievement to all of you and commit that I will do my<br />

best to keep GHCL Flag high “- RS Jalan<br />

Mr. Rajesh Tripathi felicitated with the Best CHRO of the Year award <strong>2018</strong><br />

Our Head HR, Mr. Rajesh Tripathi has been awarded the Best CHRO of the Year award <strong>2018</strong> by Human<br />

Resource Associaon of India (HRAI), a naonal level associaon represenng human resource and<br />

people management professionals through their network of 22,000 members from India and across the<br />

globe.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Awards & Recognitions<br />

GHCL declared as the WINNER of Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility -<br />

2017<br />

It is a great moment for all of us to know that our company has been declared as the WINNER of Golden<br />

Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility – 2017, for the year 2017, by the Awards Jury under<br />

the Chairmanship of Jusce (Dr.) Arijit Pasayat, former Judge, Supreme Court of India.<br />

The Golden Peacock Award Trophy and Cerficate is scheduled to be presented to our organizaon, at<br />

a specially organized 'Golden Peacock Awards Presentaon Ceremony', being held on Friday, 9th February<br />

<strong>2018</strong> at Hotel Lalit Ashok in Bengaluru (India), in the presence of a disnguished gathering of<br />

business leaders and parcipants during IOD, India's "12th Internaonal Conference on Corporate<br />

Social Responsibility".<br />

This is a great achievement and will set the milestones for GHCL to move forward into direcon of<br />

“overall business excellence”. And this has been possible due to the hard work of our core CSR Team<br />

who are working at ground level in a focused manner. We all congratulate our GHCL CSR Team for their<br />

hardwork.<br />

Teams from Yarn division selected for Interna$onal Level Quality Circle compe$$on<br />

Quality Circle Forum of India had organized the 31 st Naonal Convenon on Quality Concepts from 1 st –<br />

4 th December, 2017 at JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka. As a part of it, the Naonal level Quality circle<br />

compeons were held, where 750 industries from various Texles/FMCG/Automobiles/Chemicals/<br />

Electricals/ across India had parcipated.<br />

In this context, 2 QC teams from our Yarn division, Madurai had parcipated in this QC compeon. All<br />

the teams were guided by Senior GM, Mr. Elangovan and coordinated by Mr. Sridharan and Mr. Balamurugan.<br />

Two teams ware facilitated by Mr. Sureshkumar and Mr. Syed Jailani. The enre visit coordinaon<br />

was done by Mr.Janaki Sankar, Sr. Manager (HR).<br />

The Juries appreciated the teams from GHCL for their awesome performance, energy level, professional<br />

presenta$ons and communica$on skills. One team “HIT” was awarded Par Excellence and the other<br />

team “EDISON” was awarded Excellence for their wonderful performances.<br />

It is a maCer of pride for GHCL as both the teams have been selected for the Internaonal level compe-<br />

on to be held in <strong>2018</strong> at Singapore. Further to this, an appreciaon ceremony for the award winners<br />

was held at our yarn division on 6 th December 2017 which was presided by Mr.A.Elangovan, Sr.GM -<br />

Producon. Mementos were distributed to the winners.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Awards & Recognitions<br />

At Home Tex$le Division<br />

On the Spot Award<br />

• Mr. Makhanlal Jadav from PPC department received the award for his proacve approach to<br />

make Casper’s pillow bag eyelet by developing a frame using scrap of fabric roll pipe. The contribuon<br />

has helped in making eyelet as accurate posion<br />

• Mr. Amar Mishra from Commercial, Mr. Vijaysinh Chudasama, and Mr. Rameshkumar Dabhi<br />

from Warehouse department were rewarded for the efforts in handing over the containers of<br />

one of our prominent buyers HBC & Homestead on me, which led to a huge cost saving.<br />

• Mr. Manoj Kumar Mondal and Mr. Kalpesh Rathod from TQM department received the award<br />

for their efforts to achieve desired level of compliance in day to day acvies.<br />

• Mr. Ranjan Thakur from PD department was rewarded for his efforts to pack 100% of KOHLs<br />

product. Inially we were facing challenges to pack the products because of shade variaon so<br />

he took the ownership and adjusted the shade variaons at washing machine.<br />

At Consumer Products Division:<br />

• Mr. P. Sundarraj from Operaons department received the award<br />

for clearing up long pending pension orders for the Ex-Employees who<br />

rered six years back.<br />

At Noida office:<br />

• Mr. Vivek Sharma from IT department was rewarded for puWng the case of Wi-Fi access point<br />

malfuncon to the vendor on high level and geWng it replacement with a new generaon model<br />

• Mr. Mukesh Kumar from IT department received the award for showing presence of mind and<br />

puWng in best efforts to arrange an alternave to audio service during “Value ki Baat, MD ke<br />

Saath” session.<br />

STAR Kaizen award at Soda Ash plant<br />

• At Secon 400-Process (A liquor and carbonaon): Mr. PN Patel, Mr. PL Pandya, Mr. Bhavesh<br />

BhaJ and Mr. K M Vyas received the award for their recovery efforts in A liquor area that<br />

helped in prevenng corrosion of level transmiCer.<br />

• At Secon 500/600-Process (Calcinaon & Densificaon): Mr. A J Jadeja, Mr. D J Anandpara, Mr.<br />

R K Gohil and Mr. D P Madaviya got the award for providing auto control in K 605 A sucon<br />

damper for controlling hydrator discharge temperature and facilitang auto controlling of CCR<br />

panel.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Organization Culture: Ways of developing Culture<br />

-Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Sr. GM- HR, Sutrapada<br />

To develop an enthusiasc culture, each and every point concerned with the<br />

topic should be thoroughly emphasized, discussed and then, it should be<br />

implemented. ABer the implementaon, it should be checked on a regular basis<br />

without any deviaon and should further be improved according to the needs.<br />

These points have been described as follows-<br />

Define It<br />

There must be hard discussion amongst the key decision makers to reach a consensus. PuWng the vision,<br />

mission & values in wring is an essenal element of making it successful. When the dialogue<br />

stays verbal only, it’s inevitable that everyone will leave the room with a different version of what was<br />

agreed upon. Documenng it is far more beneficial.<br />

Teach It<br />

Leadership style of the superiors should be teaching oriented. The things should be taught in such a<br />

way that it automacally enforces the people to learn in a blooming environment.<br />

One of the best ways to teach the culture is to tell stories. There’s something solid that resonates when<br />

people hear nice tales of how things were handled in a difficult situaon, or how the organizaon has<br />

successfully progressed to where it is. There’s a substanve wisdom that comes from these stories, an<br />

experienal element of teaching that goes beyond the intellectual theories.<br />

Live It<br />

The policies finalized and discussed over a wide range should be implemented in an enthusiasc manner<br />

taking into account the contribuon of all the people associated with it.<br />

Measure It<br />

Once the key elements of desired culture have been idenfied and wriCen down, success in making<br />

them a reality should be measured. If a results-oriented organizaon is desired, one is more likely to<br />

succeed if he/she measures the success at puWng the culture into place.<br />

Reward It<br />

People who put in their efforts in this development of culture and its implementaon should be recognized<br />

and should be rewarded for their remarkable contribuon.<br />

Money alone will never do the work. Mulple methods should be used in various seWngs. Posive cultures<br />

are built over me and take a wide range of rewards and recognion.<br />

Ulmately, developing the organizaon’s culture is the best possible way to create a good working atmosphere<br />

and achieve excellence in the diversified aspects that seem to be necessary, in this rapidly<br />

transforming era specifically based on technological improvements with the development of Human<br />

Resources.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Right People at Right Place– Ability Test<br />

With<br />

-what does that mean???<br />

Hello Hari Ram. I<br />

have heard we<br />

have started using<br />

some ability test<br />

for recruitment.<br />

For right person and right<br />

place, we need to define<br />

a role which helps person<br />

use his abilities to best of<br />

its requirements<br />

Yes, so do we<br />

check a candidates<br />

ability<br />

through this<br />

test?<br />

Absolutely! We<br />

test three different<br />

types of abilities<br />

through this<br />

test.<br />

That is, Numerical<br />

ability,<br />

Verbal Ability<br />

and Inductive<br />

Reasoning<br />

Numerical ability<br />

would be his comfort<br />

with analysing<br />

& presenting numerical<br />

data & verbal<br />

would be for<br />

comprehending<br />

written data<br />

That’s right. And<br />

inductive reasoning<br />

implies making<br />

drawing inferences<br />

from observations in<br />

order to make generalisations.<br />

I guess we do an<br />

SHL test for all<br />

these. What are the<br />

passing scores?<br />

A minimum 30 out<br />

of 100 on all the<br />

namely, Numerical,<br />

Verbal and Inductive<br />

reasoning<br />

That’ s great!!<br />

Thanks for explaining<br />

this to me. Now<br />

I will be able to interpret<br />

the reports in<br />

a better way.<br />

….. To be continued in next edition


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Negative Empathy<br />

– feeling too much or too less<br />

Is it possible to have too much empathy? If we ‘feel with’ other people, is it possible for us to become<br />

swamped by their feelings, especially if they are experiencing nega$ve states. This ar$cle will help you in overcoming<br />

this feeling of Nega$ve Empathy….<br />

Negave empathy is a state of being so sensive to other people’s experiences that we become overwhelmed<br />

by their suffering, to the point where we begin to suffer ourselves. This is a very real problem,<br />

which many of us experience from me to me. Because of the risk of negave empathy, some people<br />

close themselves off from other people’s suffering, build an armour around themselves, to minimise<br />

the risk of further emoonal damage. But as empathy is one of human beings’ most precious and noble<br />

capacies, so it would be absurd for us to suppress it. And there should be no need for us to suppress<br />

it, if we take the right approach. It is not inevitable that other people’s suffering should disturb<br />

us. It is possible for us to be deeply empathic, without suffering any potenal negave effects.<br />

The most important thing is not to ‘latch on’ to other people’s suffering, or to idenfy with it. We<br />

should allow other people’s suffering to flow through us like a river, without clinging to it, and creang<br />

stories relang to it. We can be affected by it at the moment we experience it, and respond to it in the<br />

appropriate way but then allow it to pass through.<br />

This is quite difficult to do, but it’s not dissimilar to how we should ideally respond to our own experience.<br />

When we experience emoonal pain as individuals, we oBen make the mistake of latching on to<br />

it. For example, if we have an experience which is embarrassing or disappoinng, we oBen ruminate<br />

over it for a long me aBerwards. And as we ruminate, the experience wounds us more deeply, and we<br />

build up more resentment and anger. But usually, if we don't latch on to the experience, the emoonal<br />

damage heals quite quickly. It is latching on to and idenfying with the experience which brings most of<br />

the pain.<br />

And this applies to other people’s sufferings too. It’s important for us to maintain a place of stability,<br />

where we can ‘feel with’ other people, without being disturbed by their suffering. This doesn’t mean<br />

being detached or aloof. It means being inmately involved in other people’s lives, but at the same<br />

me not immersed in them.<br />

And significantly, this actually makes us much more capable of responding effecvely to other people’s<br />

suffering. Ideally, empathy leads to altruism - benevolent acts which help to alleviate the suffering of<br />

others. But negave empathy can create such a state of discord and confusion that we may not be able<br />

to act in this way.<br />

So remember, to ‘feel with’ does not necessarily mean to ‘suffer with’ others. In fact the less we<br />

suffer ourselves, the beJer we are able to respond to suffering.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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Book Review on Practising Spiritual Intelligence:<br />

For Innovation, Leadership and Happiness<br />

-By Mr. N.M. Omprakash, DGM – Forex & Treasury, Ahd<br />

Spiritual Intelligence refers to the intuive knowledge of the self, others, situaons<br />

and techniques to achieve the desired objecves. Hence it can be called the soul of<br />

all intelligences.<br />

Spiritual Intelligence enhances our power to inspire others by transforming their<br />

souls in such a way that their desires and aspiraons are aligned in a single direc-<br />

on. Soul is beyond all reason and intellect. It is, in fact, the source of mind and<br />

intellect. One who knows his soul knows the universe, since soul is nothing but the<br />

microcosm of the universe.<br />

This book explains this body-soul connuum and suggests praccal steps to evolve through the bodysenses-mind-intellect<br />

to reach our soul.<br />

We all wish to aCain success and happiness in our lives. However, only a few people are able to live<br />

life the way they want and get what they desire in their lives. Our ability to get what we want is commonly<br />

known as intelligence. Yet the IQ Tests are not the proper measure for true intelligence as we<br />

know that many people with high IQ lead miserable lives as they fail to develop the true intelligence,<br />

which must include:<br />

• Knowledge of the self<br />

• Knowledge of others- your allies and your opponents<br />

• Knowledge of the ground situaon<br />

• Knowledge of the various techniques that need to be employed<br />

• Intuive ability to select the best technique<br />

This book explains the concept of Spiritual Intelligence and provides praccal<br />

methods to develop and pracce it for developing innovaon, leadership and<br />

happiness. The author believes that Intelligence is subjecve and everybody<br />

has intelligence, but how to ulise your intelligence in a way that would lead<br />

to professional success, is what is highlighted in this book.<br />

All in all, I really found this book to be very interesng, if you wish to move on in life, you should read<br />

this book. It is fun, interesng book from which one can learn a lot of amazing informaon.<br />

A small note About the author: Dr Awdhesh Singh, an engineer by training, a senior officer of the Indian<br />

Revenue Service by profession, is a seeker at heart. His wrings synthesize science, religion and<br />

philosophy to provide a comprehensive view of life which appeals to all secons of society.


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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GHCL SOCIAL<br />

Best Moments of the Month<br />

CSR acvity to support educaon by CP division, Mr. Ravi Solanki from Salt Division PA Victor delivered a talk<br />

on CSR at MSW dept of colleges, Mass plantaon program in the RMH material gate secon of our SA plant,<br />

Insight on Hindu spiritual and service fair by GHCL Foundaon Trust, New Year celebraon at Yarn, Awareness<br />

session on Stress Management at Work at Ahmedabad, Core Value Film Fesval at Noida<br />

A king wishing to get rid of his prime minister, puts two<br />

pieces of paper in a hat. He tells a judge present that if the<br />

prime minister draws out the scrap market “Stay” he may<br />

remain in kingdom, but if he draws out “Go” he mist<br />

leave. The hitch is the king wrote “go” on both the scraps.<br />

But when the prime minister showed the judge one piece,<br />

the judge decided in his favour. How did the prime minister<br />

outwit the king?<br />

Correct Answer for last quiz:<br />

• Meat<br />

• It is just an imagination<br />

• The only couple in the plane survived<br />

• Peacocks don’t lay eggs<br />

Correct Entries by:<br />

1 Ms. Priya Gupta<br />

2. Mr. Santosh Singh<br />

3. Mr. Dheeraj Palewar


Issue 93, February edition<br />

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GHCL MISSION, VISION AND VALUES<br />

MISSION: Our Core values at the forefront; we shall strive to engage with all our business associates for<br />

continuous product and process innovation, enabling ourselves in achieving customer delight through<br />

serviceability and quality<br />

VISION: We aim to achieve leadership in profit margin in all our businesses independently by the year<br />

<strong>2018</strong> through nurturing entrepreneurship among our people, harnessing natural resources, maximizing<br />

value to all stakeholders and protecting the environment, we operate in<br />

CORE VALUES: We believe – Respect, Trust, Ownership and Integrated Team Work lead to Business<br />

Success.<br />

GHCL CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATIONS<br />

GHCL Limited<br />

Corporate Office:<br />

GHCL House<br />

B-38, Sector 1, Noida<br />

Website:<br />

www.ghcl.co.in

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