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September 2018<br />
GHCL DIGEST<br />
20th - 24th August 2018
MD's Message<br />
Know Your Leader<br />
Events @ GHCL<br />
Index<br />
Feature Story : Core Value Carnival<br />
i-FLO<br />
Ar cle - Green Building<br />
Fes vals of India – September 2018<br />
Celebra on@GHCL<br />
Awards and Recogni ons<br />
Long Service Award<br />
Book Review-The Art Of Happiness- The Handbook of Living- Dalai Lama<br />
and Howard Cutler<br />
Winner Announcement/ Photography Contest<br />
We Care<br />
Note of Thanks: Blood Dona on Poster<br />
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Editorial team<br />
Corporate communica on<br />
Inputs By:<br />
Follow Us On<br />
Mr. M Sathish kumar- Chennai<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
MD's Message<br />
Dear Friends,<br />
Culture consists of collection of complex skills & knowledge which are transferred from person to<br />
person through two core mediums - language & imitation.<br />
The concept of core values adds spirit to the workplace, aligns & uni ies people, promotes<br />
employee ownership and creates consistency and contributes to the organizational well-being as<br />
a whole from the business perspective.<br />
We have always tried to align and practice our four major core values i.e. Respect, Ownership,<br />
Trust and Integrated Team Work. Our core values help us bring positivity in our approach which in<br />
turn brings about perpetual change in people. It unites us together as a team and makes us ready<br />
to face challenges. We have people from various cultural backgrounds working in our<br />
organization. These values help bind us all together. It is essential that every individual starts with<br />
themselves and does not wait to follow others. The value systems within the organisation should<br />
not be dependent on hierarchy.<br />
The recently organized Core Values Week gave all of us an<br />
opportunity to interact and share our ideas on how and what values<br />
we should practice. I appreciate the effort made by the core values<br />
team in ef iciently planning the carnival. The highlight of the event<br />
were the Talk show sessions, which I think were especially helpful<br />
as all of us realised that our leaders are human like us and have<br />
made mistakes, learnt from them rather than letting such things<br />
weigh them down. Meeting all the employees and their families was<br />
wonderful during the celebrations.<br />
I believe and often say that if you have a dream and the<br />
passion to achieve it, nothing can stop you. I hope that<br />
every GHCLian will always take these values in the<br />
true spirit and not compromise at any point when it<br />
comes to making a choice. Inculcating these value will<br />
help us improve our performance and balance our<br />
work-life so as to achieve favourable results.<br />
R S Jalan<br />
“If you have a dream and if<br />
you have the madness<br />
You can achieve anything”<br />
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Feature Story<br />
Core Value Carnival<br />
At GHCL we always try to bring people together with various activities that re lect our core values.<br />
Core value committee organized “Core Value Carnival” from 20th August to 24th August 2018 at<br />
Noida of ice. The content of the carnival was designed for everyone to understand our core values<br />
in a better way. The activities during the 4 day carnival were:<br />
Day 1- MD's Live Talk Show<br />
Day 2- Talk with the Top<br />
Day 3-Cross the border<br />
Day 4- Family get together<br />
These events brought great exposure for all of us as individuals<br />
on how we practice our core values. On day 1, MD's live talk show<br />
gave us the opportunity to listen to the views of Mr. R S Jalan. He<br />
spoke about how the core values transformed him as a leader<br />
and became one of the most integral part of his life. He further<br />
showed us how to inculcate these values to achieve our goals. He<br />
said that as an individual we should always take ownership of<br />
our mistakes, learn from them and ind out new ways of improving to be a better person.<br />
The session was hosted by Mr. Manu Kapur, CEO & President – Home textiles and received great<br />
comments from all the participants.<br />
Day 2 of the carnival gave us the opportunity to listen to the success<br />
mantra of our top leaders from different sectors like Finance,<br />
Marketing, Communication, Sustainability, and Secretarial.<br />
The main participants of the session were Mr. Raman Chopra, Mr. Sunil Bhatnagar, Mr. Rajesh<br />
Tripathi, Mr. Lovish Ahuja, Mr. Bhuwaneshwar Mishra and Ms. Deepika Abrol. The discussion saw<br />
our leaders talk about what withholds us in coming together as a team and how to overcome these<br />
inhibitions. The session gave direction to all on what role do values play in the development of a<br />
person as a true leader.<br />
One of the most enjoyed event was on day 3 – Cross the borders. On this day all the workstations<br />
were swapped for each and every employee at Noida of ice to give a feeling that we are above all the<br />
boundaries like designation, levels, and department and we work as one team. The seniors were<br />
given a chance to sit in the open spaces and many from open spaces were given a chance to sit in the<br />
senior's cabin.<br />
This experience made people realize the importance of responsibility that each person holds in<br />
their respective roles. Also, this change made us all realize the challenges that are faced by people in<br />
their respective workspace assigned to them.<br />
On the fourth day, the carnival ended with family get together that was planned on the very last day.<br />
It was mainly to thank all the family members of the employees who act as the pillar of support and<br />
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Feature Story<br />
gives them the vision to work more ef iciently in their ield. The carnival was concluded by saying<br />
slogan “together for each other” where all the employees and their family members let the<br />
balloons go off in the open sky.<br />
With the success of the event, the team is looking forward to organizing more of such events where<br />
people can join each other and inculcate new learnings from the experiences that are shared on an<br />
open platform.<br />
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Know Your Leader<br />
1. Name: Neelabh Dalmia<br />
2. Was born in (Place): New Delhi, India<br />
3. Sun Sign: Leo<br />
4. Favourite Pass time: Spending time with family,<br />
wildlife photography and reading<br />
5. Favourite quote(s): Have<br />
many favourite quotes, couple<br />
of them below:<br />
“The irst step is to establish<br />
that something is possible;<br />
then probability will occur”<br />
- Elon Musk<br />
“Those who stop marketing to<br />
save money are like those who<br />
stop a clock to save time”<br />
- Henry Ford<br />
6. Favourite Cuisine: Simple<br />
homemade food<br />
7. Favourite Song: Nothing speci ic but love<br />
listening to Indian & Western classical music<br />
8. Can you name a person who has had a<br />
tremendous impact on you as a leader? Maybe<br />
someone who has been a mentor to you?<br />
Why and how did this person impact your life?<br />
There have been may people who have made an<br />
impact on me including our Chairman and Vice<br />
Chairman. But, one person who has had a<br />
tremendous impact on me is my grandfather - Shri<br />
V.H. Dalmia. He has shown me the importance of<br />
thinking holistically about a situation, including<br />
how a decision can impact others. He has given me<br />
various examples from his own & my greatgrandfather<br />
- Shri Jaidayal Dalmia's experiences.<br />
For example, even during the 1950's, they focused<br />
on health, safety and environment impact of any<br />
business decision.<br />
9. What is one characteristic that you believe<br />
every leader should possess?<br />
In today's changing world one of the most important<br />
characteristic a leader should have is promoting<br />
innovation. This is one sole factor which can create<br />
an UVP (unique value proposition) for the company<br />
and in return give it the edge against the competition.<br />
Patience is another very import characteristic one<br />
should possess. It helps a lot when things are not<br />
going one's way.<br />
10. What advice would you give<br />
someone going into a leadership<br />
position for the irst time?<br />
Every person is a leader. I don't believe that<br />
a person needs to hold a leadership<br />
position be a leader.<br />
But for the sake of this question, in a<br />
leadership position one needs to think and<br />
do things differently or else the results will<br />
always remain the same.<br />
11. What is that one thing you are most<br />
proud of?<br />
The GHCL team<br />
12. What's the biggest risk you've ever<br />
taken?<br />
Asking one of our large home textile<br />
customer on why they buy man-made ibre<br />
products that are not environmentally<br />
friendly.<br />
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i-FLO<br />
Reaching out<br />
through<br />
Social Media.<br />
Glimpse of our<br />
recent<br />
facebook posts..!!<br />
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Article: Sustainability<br />
Green Buildings- Buildings with intention!<br />
This month from the sustainability desk, is an article to enlighten our readers on Green Buildings. Green<br />
buildings (also known as sustainable buildings) refer to both a structure and the application of<br />
processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-ef icient throughout a building's lifecycle:<br />
from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition. This<br />
requires close cooperation of the contractor, the architects, the engineers, and the client at all project<br />
stages.<br />
Buildings have extensive direct and indirect impact on the environment. During their construction,<br />
occupancy, renovation, repurposing, and demolition, buildings use energy, water, and raw materials,<br />
generate waste, and emit potentially harmful atmospheric emissions. This prompted for mitigating the<br />
impact of buildings on the natural environment through sustainable design. The Green Building practice<br />
expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and<br />
comfort. The objective of green buildings is to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on<br />
human health and the natural environment by:<br />
Ef iciently using energy, water, and other resources<br />
Protecting occupant health and improving occupier's productivity<br />
Reducing waste, pollution and environmental degradation<br />
The push toward sustainable design increased in the 1990s with the creation of Building Research<br />
Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), the irst green building rating system in<br />
the U.K. In 2000, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) followed suit and developed and released<br />
criteria also aimed at improving the environmental performance of buildings through its Leadership in<br />
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for new construction. Since that irst release,<br />
LEED has continued to grow in prominence and to include rating systems for existing buildings. Others<br />
also responded to the growing interest and demand sustainable designs including the Green Building<br />
Initiative (GBI), which was created to assist the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) in<br />
promoting its Green Building Guidelines for Residential Structures.<br />
There is now a proliferation of standards, rating, and certi ication programs in the marketplace to help<br />
guide, demonstrate, and document efforts to deliver sustainable, high-performance buildings. There are<br />
three primary Rating systems that currently exists in India: Green Rating for Integrated Habitat<br />
Assessment (GRIHA), Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Bureau of Energy Ef iciency (BEE).<br />
The most criticized issue about constructing green buildings is the cost involved in construction or<br />
refurbishing. Modern technologies and systems tend to cost more money and may not be affordable<br />
every time. In reality most green buildings cost a premium of
Festivals of India – September 2018<br />
Govinda/Krishna Janmashtami<br />
The festival of Krishna Janmashtami , also known as<br />
Govinda, commemorates the birthday of Lord Krishna. In<br />
Mumbai, on the second day, an extremely fun part of the<br />
festival involves people climbing on each other and forming<br />
a human pyramid to try and reach and break open clay pots<br />
illed with curd, which have been strung up high from buildings.<br />
When: September 2-3, 2018.<br />
Where: Throughout India.<br />
Ganesh Chaturthi<br />
The spectacular 11 day Ganesh Chaturthi<br />
festival honors the birth of the beloved<br />
Hindu elephant-headed god, Lord<br />
Ganesha. The start of the festival sees<br />
huge, elaborately crafted statutes of<br />
Ganesha installed in homes and podiums,<br />
which have been especially constructed<br />
and beautifully decorated. At the end of<br />
the festival, the statutes are paraded<br />
through the streets, accompanied by<br />
much singing and dancing, and then<br />
submerged in the ocean.<br />
When: September 13-23, 2018.<br />
W h e re : M o s t ly i n t h e s t a tes o f<br />
M a h a ra s h t ra , G o a , Ta m i l N a d u ,<br />
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. One of<br />
the best places to experience the festival<br />
is in the city of Mumbai.<br />
28th Onam Kala Kettu<br />
Festival<br />
This unusual harvest thanksgiving<br />
festival in Kerala sees gigantic idols of<br />
bulls, made out of straw and cloth by<br />
locals, pulled on wheels to the temple.<br />
The procession is known as Kala Kettu,<br />
and there are about 100 such bulls in it<br />
from surrounding villages. They're<br />
believed to be Nandhikesha, the vehicle<br />
of the temple deity Parabrahmam (the<br />
h i g h e s t B r a h m a n ) . T h e r e ' s a<br />
competition for the biggest and best one,<br />
which can cost 50 lakh rupees ($75,000)<br />
to make! The festival takes place on the<br />
28th day after the irst day of Onam.<br />
When: September 21, 2018.<br />
Where: Parabrahma temple, Ochira,<br />
Kerala. It's about an hour north of<br />
Kollam and about an hour south of<br />
Alleppey.<br />
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Festivals of India – September 2018<br />
Muharram Festival and<br />
Taziya Procession<br />
The Muharram festival is a Muslim<br />
festival that commemorates the<br />
martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the<br />
grandson of the Holy Prophet. It takes<br />
place during the irst month of the<br />
Islamic calendar. On the tenth and last<br />
day of the festival, known as Ashura,<br />
Sunni Muslims take taziyas (cof ins of<br />
the dead, and in this case replicas of<br />
I m a m H u s s a i n' s s h r i n e ) o u t i n<br />
procession during the evening.<br />
When: Ashura, September 21, 2018.<br />
Where: Udaipur, Rajasthan. The<br />
procession ends at Lake Pichola (where<br />
the taziyas will be immersed) near the<br />
Mewar Haveli Hotel.<br />
Ladakh Festival<br />
The Ladakh Festival is a cultural<br />
extravaganza and showcase event for<br />
the region, which was created to extend<br />
the tourist season. It has plenty to offer<br />
visitors including polo-match, music<br />
concerts, mask dances from the<br />
monasteries, archery, river rafting, and<br />
folk performances. Hotel and local<br />
transport discounts are available for the<br />
duration of the festival.<br />
When: Third week of September (exact<br />
dates to be announced).<br />
Where: Leh and surrounding villages.<br />
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Events @ GHCL<br />
“One Day Training Program for Workmen” at SMCD<br />
A one-day training session was organized at SMCD, Port Victor for workmen category on 16th August<br />
2018. The topic of discussion during the session was “Collaboration”. The session was taken by Mr.<br />
Deepak Dhomse. Members present at the opening of the session were Mr. Anil Kumar Singh (Sr. GM HR &<br />
IR) and Mr. J V Joshi (GM-SMCD).<br />
The points discussed during the session were:<br />
-What is Collaboration?<br />
-Importance of Collaboration<br />
-Advantages of Collaboration<br />
-Collaboration in our professional and personal life<br />
30 workmen participated in the training session<br />
Knowledge Sharing Session @ SMCD on 'Maintenance safety and<br />
awareness'<br />
Knowledge sharing session was organized on 27th July 2018 at SMCD on the topic” Maintenance Safety<br />
and Awareness”. The session was taken by Mr. Partesh Shankarbhai Bhuva (Engineer – maintenance<br />
Department)<br />
The session started with the brief introduction of the topic that<br />
was followed by the following points of discussion:<br />
-The objective of Maintenance Safety<br />
-Types of safety methods<br />
-Importance of maintenance safety and awareness<br />
Knowledge Sharing Session- Umang<br />
Knowledge sharing session was organized on 27th July 2018 at SMCD, Port Victor on the topic “UMANG”.<br />
The speaker of the session was Mr. Mehul Parmar, Jr. Of icer – HR & Admin. Mr. Parmar explained about<br />
various areas of application of UMANG such as agriculture, education, health etc.<br />
UMANG (Uni ied Mobile Application for New-Age Governance) is one of the<br />
key initiatives under the Digital India program to develop a common, uni ied<br />
platform to facilitate a single point of access to all government services.<br />
25 colleagues were present during the session.<br />
Training Program on “Collaboration Part-II” held at Soda Ash Plant,<br />
Sutrapada<br />
As part of employee Training & Development program, Soda Ash Division conducted a training program<br />
nd<br />
rd<br />
on the topic “Collaboration part II” on 2 and 3 August 2018. The session was taken by seasoned<br />
learning and HR practioner Mr. Gurpreet Singh.<br />
The training program gave great insights on:<br />
-Personality traits<br />
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Events @ GHCL<br />
-leadership quality<br />
-Team work<br />
-Listening and learning<br />
-Time management<br />
-Self-analysis and group work<br />
Many related games to engage the participants were the highlight of the session.<br />
MILAP Meet at Ahmedabad<br />
MILAP meet was organized at Ahmedabad location on 14th Aug 2018. Mr. V Chandramauli /Sr. VP-<br />
Finance chaired the meeting.<br />
The meeting started with the discussion on the initiatives taken after the<br />
previous MILAP meeting. Post that the forum welcomed various ideas to<br />
strengthen the recreation activities. Mr. Chandramauli concluded the meeting<br />
with the major points discussed during the session on:<br />
-Increasing activities under the core value<br />
-Advancement of IT<br />
Knowledge Sharing Session at Ahmedabad<br />
Knowledge sharing session was organised at Ahmadabad location on 27th July 2018. The session was<br />
presented by Mr. K K Pokhariyal, GM – Commercial. The topic of discussion for the session was<br />
'SHIPPING' - How shipping made world smaller and world economy bigger”.<br />
Main points covered during the session were:<br />
-History of shipping<br />
-Modern shipping<br />
-Why requirement of modern shipping is related to world economy<br />
-Ship nomenclature based on :<br />
*Ship identi ication, types of cargo, load carrying capacity, importance of various canals in shipping<br />
-Ship hiring (chartering) basics<br />
-Ship registration and its protection through various world body organizations<br />
-Ship freights, bunker etc.<br />
45 colleagues were present for the session.<br />
Consortium Meeting held at Madurai<br />
Consortium Meeting was conducted at Hotel GRT, Madurai for interaction with representatives from<br />
various banking sectors like SBI, IDBI Bank, Canara Bank, Union Bank of India, Dena Bank and Exim<br />
Bank.<br />
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Vinod Kumar, DGM- SBI CAG Branch Ahmedabad.<br />
Mr. V Chandrmouli, Sr. VP (Finance, Ahmedabad), welcomed the participants and<br />
presented the latest developments and the inancials of all the three divisions of<br />
GHCL. Along with it, he also explained the progress of Phase-II of Soda Ash<br />
expansion at Sutrapada, Veraval.<br />
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Events @ GHCL<br />
Mr. Sivabalasubramanian, Sr. VP (Operations) Yarn Division, Madurai also presented the progress and<br />
developments in Paravai and Madurai units of Yarn division.<br />
Residential Workshop on Art and Practice of Leading with Passion<br />
GHCL's Yarn Division organized 2-day residential workshop on "Art and Practice of Leading with<br />
Passion" from 27th to 29th July 2018. The workshop was organised at Hill country, Kodaikanal and<br />
the session was taken by Mr. G.Udhayakumar, CEO, CORE MIND, Chennai.<br />
28 irst line and second line executives participated in the session.<br />
Mr. Uday has conducted various sessions and training programs across more than 600 organizations.<br />
Highlights of the session were:<br />
- Set tone and context for understanding roots of Passion<br />
- Living your destiny<br />
- Passion Assessment Test<br />
- 7 ways to live life with aligned passion.<br />
- Measuring your passion<br />
- Conduit to passion<br />
- Discipline conduit to passion<br />
- Engage employees with Passion<br />
- Employee engagement matrix<br />
- Lead Changes that are transformational<br />
- Tap synergy of work teams to challenges and attain higher goals<br />
- Develop role model traits and skills<br />
- Inspire team members and other stakeholders<br />
Knowledge Sharing Session @ Yarn Division, Madurai<br />
rd<br />
GHCL Yarn division, Madurai organized the knowledge sharing session on “Human safety” on 23 July<br />
2018. The session was taken by Mr.V.Sridharan, Dy. Manager (Production).<br />
Highlights of the session<br />
- Home safety<br />
- Road safety<br />
- Work Environment safety<br />
- Human Attributes<br />
- Near Misses<br />
- Characteristics of a Positive Safety Culture<br />
21 colleagues were present for the session.<br />
Blood Donation Camp @ Madurai<br />
As a part of our Corporate Social Responsibility, GHCL & Rotary Club of<br />
Madurai North jointly organized blood donation camp in association with<br />
Jeevanithai trust and Madurai Rajaji Hospital, Madurai. The camp was<br />
organized at the Yarn division Madurai on 17th Aug 2018.<br />
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Events @ GHCL<br />
44 colleagues came forward and donated blood. Many among them were the<br />
irst time donors and were very happy to contribute from their end.<br />
Refreshments were provided to the donors The organizing team with their<br />
great effort made the event successful.<br />
Awareness session was also organized for the employees on 16th August<br />
2018 where bene its of blood donation were discussed. The session was taken<br />
by the Mr.Ganesh, from Jeevanithi Trust.<br />
Guest Lecture By M. Rajkumar<br />
Mr. M. Rajkumar (Dy. Manager - HR) from our Yarn division delivered the guest lecture on “Right person<br />
at Right Place guidelines” at Madurai Institute of social sciences on 3rd August 2018 and S.Vellaisamy<br />
Nadar College on 20th August 2018. The lecture was presented to the students of MBA & MSW (HR). The<br />
session mainly focused on GHCL's expectation from:<br />
The candidates<br />
Core values<br />
Candidate feedback system and<br />
Pre-joining & Post joining procedures<br />
Guest Lecture by R.Rameshkumar<br />
Mr. R.Rameshkumar, Manager (Marketing) from Yarn division gave the guest lecture on “Marketing<br />
Strategy” at S.Vellaisamy Nadar College on 20th August 2018 to the MBA students.<br />
Highlights of the session<br />
- Segment of marketing<br />
- Bene its of segment<br />
- GHCL Marketing strategy<br />
- Customer feedback online survey<br />
- Different between Customer satisfaction, Customer delight, and Customer Engagement<br />
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Celebrations @GHCL<br />
Celebration of World Biofuel Day and World<br />
th<br />
Lion day on 10 August 2018<br />
World Biofuel Day is observed every year on August<br />
10 to create awareness about the importance of nonfossil<br />
fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil<br />
fuels.<br />
Residents of the township of Soda<br />
ash division joined this celebration.<br />
100 mango saplings were planted<br />
with the motto of 'Clean & Green<br />
GHCL'. Chief Operating Of icer,<br />
Mr. N N Radia addressed the<br />
gathering with his speech on<br />
different environmental<br />
issues with emphasis on<br />
biodiesel.<br />
Children of DPS, Soda ash<br />
division took out a rally wearing lion masks in the<br />
residential colony to mark the occasion of World Lion<br />
Day which was also celebrated on the same day. These<br />
celebrations helped motivate & encourage people for<br />
creating a cleaner & greener GHCL.<br />
Independence Day celebration at<br />
Soda Ash Division<br />
72nd Independence Day<br />
was celebrated at Soda<br />
Ash division with joy &<br />
p r i d e u n d e r t h e<br />
leadership of Mr. N. N.<br />
Radia, COO – Soda Ash<br />
Division. Many cultural<br />
programs and sports<br />
event were organized on the occasion.<br />
Mr. N. N. Radia graced the function as Chief Guest for<br />
Independence Day celebration at Sanjay Nagar colony.<br />
In his speech, he said that discrimination and<br />
communalism from the country shall be eradicated<br />
and he added that we should all join hands and come<br />
together to achieve the common goal of our business<br />
pro itability. Updated on the plants and the goals and<br />
objectives for the year were also shared via his speech.<br />
The presence of the employees and their families made<br />
the event successful.<br />
72nd Independence Day<br />
Celebrated at Khadsaliya<br />
Lignite Mine, Bhavnagar<br />
Lignite Division at Khadsaliya<br />
Lignite Mine celebrated the<br />
72nd Independence Day with<br />
a patriotic spirit. The National<br />
Flag was hoisted and tribute<br />
was paid to the freedom<br />
ighters who laid their lives for<br />
safeguarding our country.<br />
Mr. Kumar, through his speech<br />
shared information about<br />
“Sarva Jan Sambhav” (All<br />
Humans are equal) and<br />
i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f o u r<br />
c o m p a ny C o re Va l u e to<br />
a c h i e v e o u r b u s i n e s s<br />
g o a l s . P l e a s e c h e c k t h i s<br />
information<br />
Khadsaliya Sarpanch and<br />
o t h e r m e m b e r s o f T h e<br />
P a n c h a y a t B o d y<br />
enthusiastically participated<br />
in the function.<br />
As a goodwill gesture, the<br />
entire team of Lignite Division<br />
visited nearby schools of<br />
K h a d s a l iya v i l l a g e a n d<br />
distributed snack packets to<br />
the students.<br />
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Awards and Recognitions<br />
Star Kaizen Award awards given to:<br />
Quality Control felicitated by Mr. N. N. Radia (COO) in<br />
fortnightly meeting on 26.07.2018.<br />
Award recieved by: Mr. S. G. Goria<br />
Lime & CO2 section felicitated by Mr. N. N. Radia (COO) in<br />
fortnightly meeting on 26.07.2018.<br />
Award recieved by: Mr. S. G. Goria, Mr. Naresh Dhandhukia,<br />
Mr. Hitesh Suvagiya, Mr. Ronak Kamani<br />
Utility Mechanical Maintenance felicitated by Mr. N. N. Radia<br />
(COO) in fortnightly meeting on 14.08.2018.<br />
Award recieved by: Mr. Mansukh Dodiya, Mr. M. Yadav<br />
September 2018 16
Long Service Award<br />
3 Members have completed 10 Years of their tenure in GHCL at Ahmedabad Location Details are given<br />
below.<br />
Name: Mr. Amit Ahiniya<br />
Employee Code: G00360<br />
Designation: Sr. Manager<br />
Department: IT<br />
Location Ahmedabad<br />
st<br />
Date of Joining: 1 August 2008<br />
Name: Mr. Tarun Bhavasar<br />
Employee Code: G00376<br />
Designation: Sr. Manager<br />
Department: IT<br />
Location: Ahmedabad<br />
st<br />
Date of Joining: 1 August 2008<br />
Name: Mr. Anuj Raina<br />
Employee Code: G00361<br />
Designation: Dy. Manager<br />
Department: IT<br />
Location: Ahmedabad<br />
th<br />
Date of Joining: 4 August 2008.<br />
September 2018 17
Book Review:<br />
The Art Of Happiness - The Handbook of Living<br />
Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler<br />
The Art Of Happiness is the result of a psychiatrist interviewing the Dalai<br />
Lama on how he personally achieved inner peace, calmness, and happiness<br />
Yesterday morning, at 7:00 AM, my uncle died. He went to the toilet, back to<br />
bed, fell asleep, and just never woke up again. He was 52 years old. Last year<br />
he had lost 60 lbs, and was in the best shape of his life.<br />
Seneca said “Life is long, if you know how to use it.” But sometimes life truly<br />
is short. I think he used his life well. Nevertheless, if you've ever faced such<br />
pain in your own life, you know that you instantly start to search meaning in<br />
it.<br />
My search led me to “The Art Of Happiness”, a book based on psychiatrist<br />
Howard C. Cutler interviewing the 14th Dalai Lama about happiness.<br />
Here are the 3 things I learned:<br />
- You don't have to be religious, to be spiritual.<br />
- The only constant thing is change.<br />
- Know your limits.<br />
Let's examine them a bit further.<br />
Lesson 1: You don't have to be religious, to be spiritual.<br />
My uncle's body will be cremated. Do you know how long the Wikipedia<br />
article for cremation is? It's a widely spread, religious practice, used in<br />
many cultures, Western or Eastern.<br />
I don't know much about it. No one in my family is very religious, some of us<br />
are even atheists. But that doesn't mean we can't be spiritual.<br />
The Dalai Lama says it doesn't matter which religion you belong to, or<br />
whether you belong to any, for that matter. He believes in basic spirituality,<br />
being compassionate, a good person, and caring for one another. I spent a<br />
lot of time thinking yesterday. I took a long walk with my roommate, and we<br />
talked about life. My Mum called, and I spoke to my cousin as well. We each<br />
have our own way of dealing with suffering, and none of them are right or<br />
wrong.<br />
To me, being spiritual means seeing the bigger picture, understanding that<br />
there is a meaning behind everything, and learning from both good and<br />
bad events. Only then can I take what I learned and use it for both my own<br />
and the greater good. Ask yourself: What does being spiritual mean to you?<br />
And then don't let anyone tell you you're wrong.<br />
Lesson 2: The only constant thing is change.<br />
When asked about suffering, the Dalai Lama shares a big mistake we<br />
“Westerners” make: thinking it's unnatural. Suffering is a part of life, he<br />
says, but by rejecting that we make ourselves into victims and start<br />
assigning blame, when there really is none to be assigned. The only constant<br />
Before talking about the<br />
book let's talk about the<br />
person behind writing this<br />
wonderful book, Dalai Lama<br />
and Howard Cutler. This<br />
b o o k i s w r i t t e n b y a<br />
psychologist/psychotherap<br />
ist known as Howard cutler<br />
w h o s p e n t f e w d a y s<br />
interviewing Dalai Lama,<br />
Cutler has asked questions<br />
to Dalai Lama and also<br />
added his own re lections<br />
on issues raised. This book<br />
is based on How Dalai Lama<br />
personally able to achieve<br />
inner peace, calmness and<br />
h a p p i n e s s . T h i s b o o k<br />
focuses on the foundational<br />
c o n c e p t s o f T i b e t a n<br />
B u d d h i s t p h i l o s o p h y<br />
towards life, the main focus<br />
of this book was on the idea<br />
of happiness as a state of<br />
mind, in this book Tibetan<br />
Buddhist teaches readers<br />
how they can surrender<br />
their feelings of attachment<br />
towards ideas and objects.<br />
This attachment allows<br />
external objects or situation<br />
to dictate our internal<br />
emotional state.<br />
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Book Review<br />
thing is change. As contradictory as it may sound, it means we have to learn to let go. Resistance to change<br />
leads to suffering. As a matter of fact, it is the root cause of suffering.<br />
Once you accept the change, you can openly address it, ind the meaning in it, and learn from it.<br />
You can bitch and moan about slamming your car door and hurting your hand, yell at the cashier for being<br />
too slow, or cry for hours after a loved one dies. But the second you accept the change, that's when<br />
progress happens. It's when you calm down and turn the situation around. And that's the path to<br />
happiness.<br />
Lesson 3: Know your limits.<br />
There are a lot of different approaches to building con idence, most of them based on challenging yourself<br />
(including mine).The Dalai Lama has a great alternative point of view here. He says to know your limits.<br />
Be honest with yourself and others about what you can and cannot do. If you're okay with not knowing<br />
everything, then you can openly admit it, and won't feel like a fraud. So rather than building con idence<br />
from the outside, build con idence from the inside, by allowing yourself to be honest. And if you don't<br />
understand something, try this. Say “I don't understand.” People will explain again. Being okay with your<br />
limits, however, means knowing what they are in advance, and that requires self-awareness.<br />
So do an audit on yourself. What are you really good at? What do you suck at? Go all in on those strengths,<br />
and be honest with yourself and the world around you.<br />
My personal take-away<br />
It takes a while to process when a loved one dies. I know I haven't fully grasped it yet. But I'm not going to<br />
ight it. Instead, I'm taking 2 major lessons from my uncle's premature death:<br />
- Stop doing shit you hate. There is no reason to do work you don't like. None.<br />
- Spend time with family and friends, because you never know how much you're gonna get.<br />
I don't think it's a coincidence that he stopped by our house the day before he died and talked with my<br />
Mum about not doing things we don't like. If anything, it's a con irmation for me to keep writing, coaching,<br />
freelancing, and doing work I enjoy, until everything comes<br />
together in the big picture. I'm really grateful for this lesson, and<br />
for the Dalai Lama's wisdom. But I will still miss my uncle. R.I.P.<br />
September 2018 19
Winners - Photography Contest<br />
st<br />
1 Mr. Harshil Gondia<br />
nd<br />
2 Mr. Parth Shah<br />
rd<br />
3 Mr. Sathish Kumar M<br />
Special Mention: Mrs. Neelu Verma<br />
for most creative entry<br />
September 2018 20
Entries for Photography Contest<br />
“Capture The Spirit Of Freedom”<br />
Balamurugan M Piyush Halani Bhoolok Dave Asheesh Chaturvedi<br />
Vipul Pandya A Nagarajpandian Dattatray Pathak Vikash Kumar<br />
Abhiroop Saurav Nanda Anuj Raina Sandeep Kadam<br />
Paresh Ataliwala<br />
Divyesh Chavda's<br />
Sathish Mythuswamy<br />
Nitesh Ankola<br />
Haranarayan Padhi Subhasheesh Baneerjee Sachin Kachalia Sagar Soni<br />
September 2018 21
@ GHCL, We Care<br />
We are Glad baby Naavya is doing great!!<br />
We<br />
Care<br />
Mr. Ashvin Patel has been working with GHCL Textile division in HR<br />
and IR department since 2015. Ashvin's daughter Naavya was born on<br />
30th May 2018. When she was just 58 days old, baby Naavya was<br />
diagnosed with a heart problem that needed urgent surgery in order to<br />
keep her safe.<br />
As a parent, it was very dif icult for him to face the fact and so he shared<br />
his story with his team at Vapi. Treating the case as top priority, the<br />
team at Vapi, decided to extend their support to Ashvin in every way<br />
possible.<br />
At GHCL people are always irst and so, began the search for the best<br />
treatment options for the baby. After some research, the case was referred to Dr. Suresh Joshi,<br />
Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon in Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai. On 23rd July 2018, an open heart<br />
surgery was performed for baby Naavya which lasted for 11 hours. Post-surgery the baby was shifted<br />
to the ICCU where she was under observation for 19 days and then shifted to the ward where she was<br />
monitored for the next 6 days.<br />
The GHCL team with special permission from Mr. R S Jalan helped Ashvin in every possible way. On<br />
14th August 2018 baby Naavya was discharged from the hospital in a stable condition. In a note of<br />
thanks which Ashvin Patel shared, he conveyed,<br />
“My entire family would like to express sincere thanks to the GHCL Management who stood<br />
irmly behind us during our very dif icult time. I specially thank, BRD Sir, Jayesh Shah Sir and<br />
Sachin Kulkarni Sir for their continuous moral support and help. I am also grateful to Vijay<br />
Sharma ji for taking urgent call and arranging every possible medical help.”<br />
Today, we are really happy that we were able to extend all support to Ashwin and his family. It is<br />
great to associate with the fact that @ GHCL, We Care.<br />
September 2018 22
Blood Donation<br />
September 2018 23
“If you have a dream<br />
and if you have the madness<br />
You can achieve anything”<br />
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