Pyramid formation by the Pre-primary students of Nava Bharat Public

School during the Annual Sports Day on 9th December

VISION NAVA BHARAT

VOLUME 24 | ISSUE NO.3 | OCTOBER – DECEMBER, 2018

TOPICS INSIDE …..

Awards

Projects - Domestic

Our Pleasure

District Crisis Group

Training

Management Systems

Celebrations

Social Development

Education

Sports

New Year Celebrations

Laughing Corner

Think About It

Lighting of Sports Flame

Ribbon Dance by Primary Class

Students

Haritha Haram Dance

Chief Guest with some of the

medal winners

Nava Bharat Schools 40 th Annual Sports Day

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AWARDS…..

PROJECTS - DOMESTIC…..

The Company received “Star Performer – Large Enterprise (Ferro

Alloys)” award in the form of a Shield and a Certificate for Export

Excellence for the year 2016-17, from EEPCINDIA, Chennai. The

Shield and Certificate were received by Mr. Vivek Seth, Head

(Marketing & Commercial) and Mr. K. Divakar, Assistant General

Manager (Sales) of Corporate Office, from His Excellency Shri.

Banwarilal Purohit, Hon’ble Governor of Tamilnadu, at the 41st

Southern Region Export Awards presentation ceremony, held in

Chennai on 28th December. The Company received this award

for the 14th time.

The Management congratulates the staff of the Paloncha Works

and the Corporate Marketing team for their achievement.

“The Company received the ‘Star Performer

– Large Enterprise (Ferro Alloys)” award for

the 14th time, a testimony of its excellence in

ferro alloys export”

RELINING OF FURNACE – 3, FAP(T)

The relining (replacement of refractory

brickwork) of Furnace - 3 of FAP(T), was

carried out during October to November,

2018, for the second time. The previous

relining work was done in the year 1997. The

furnace – 3 was recommissioned on 18th

November after relining. With this there is

improvement in thermal efficiency resulting in

increased furnace load and throughput.

Lining work

at

Furnace–3,

FAP (T)

FIXTURE FOR IN SITU GRINDING, FAP(O)

Mr. Jamaluddin Ahmed, Assistant Foreman

(Mechanical) of FAP (O) developed a holding

fixture for in situ grinding of briquetting die. This

has helped in reduction of grinding time and

enhancement of life of the die. This has also

reduced the downtime on account of

replacement of a die.

In recognition of Mr. Jamaluddin’s

contribution, the management gave a cash

award of Rs.5,000/-.

In recognition of Mr. Jamaluddin’s

contribution, he was given a cash award of

Rs.5,000/-

Mr. Vivek Seth, Head (Marketing

& Commercial) and Mr. K.

Divakar, Asst. General Manager

(Sales) receiving the Award

Mr. Jamaluddin

Ahmed receiving

the cash award

from VP (OW)

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OUR PLEASURE …..

DISTRICT CRISIS GROUP,

DHENKANAL …..

A two-member delegation comprising

Mr.M.Terasaki, Marubeni Tetsugen Co., Osaka,

Japan and Mr. Shoubhik Majumdar,

Marubeni, Kolkata visited Paloncha Works, on

22nd November.

They were impressed with the production

processes, housekeeping, measures taken for

protection of environment and CSR activities

at Paloncha Works.

A team from National Bank for Agriculture and

Rural Development (NABARD), Hyderabad,

visited Women Empowerment Centre (WEC),

Paloncha, on 31st October. The team

consisted of Mr. Vijay Kumar, Chief General

Manager, Mr. K.I. Shareef, General Manager

and Mr. K. Venkateswara Rao, Assistant

General Manager.

The team interacted with the trainees at WEC,

Paloncha and was pleased with the facilities

and the curriculum of the various training

programmes.

Keeping in view the track record of NBVL,

Odisha (Unit) in Safety and the many awards

won by it for its consistent performance in

Safety, the Unit has been chosen to be part of

the “District Crisis Group, Dhenkanal” and was

invited to participate in the meeting

convened at Dhenkanal, on 10th October.

This is an achievement for the Unit,

considering the presence of many large

industries in the District.

The District Crisis Group meeting was chaired

by the Collector & District Magistrate, Deputy

Director of Factories & Boilers, Angul Division

and Assistant Director of Factories & Boilers,

Dhenkanal Zone. The Group reviewed the

On-Site Emergency Response Plan and

Accident Prevention strategies of hazardous

& Major Accident Hazard industries along with

Off-site Emergency Plan of Dhenkanal District.

Mr. Y. Pattanaik, VP (OW) and Mr. D.K. Baral,

Chief Manager (Safety) attending the “District

Crisis Group” meeting

An honour for NBVL, Odisha, for being

chosen as part of the “District Crisis Group”

on Safety, considering the presence of

many large industries in Dhenkanal District

Team from

Marubeni

along with

Operations

team of

FAP (T)

Team from

NABARD

interacting with

the Trainer of

Palm Leaf

Products at

WEC, Paloncha

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Name of the Programme Name of the

Trainer

Name of the

Training Institute

Month in which

programme

conducted

Personality Development workshops for the

permanent workmen of Paloncha Works

and the supervisors deployed by contractors

Mr. P. Jagadish

Upadhyay

Independent

Consultant December

Training on “Fall Protection” (Working at

heights – Specific to Chimney & EOT Crane

Maintenance works) for the Staff of Odisha

Works

Mr. Alok Rath

M/s Udyogi

Plastic Private

Limited, Cuttack

November

Awareness program on ‘Working at Heights’

for the Officers and Workmen of Sugar

Division

Mr. M.V. Ravindra Senior Manager

(SHEQ), FAP (T) October

Awareness program on ‘Hazard

Identification and Risk Assessment’ for Staff

of Sugar Division

Mr. M.V. Ravindra Senior Manager

(SHEQ), FAP (T) October

TRAINING …..

OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES CONDUCTED DURING THE QUARTER …..

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS …..

Training programmes on “Human Relations &

Attitude Management” and “Stress

Management & Communications” were

conducted by Mr. R. Rajesh Murthy, Coach &

Performance Specialist, LEAD Institute of

Personal Development, Hyderabad, for the

Staff of Paloncha Works, in November.

The 9th Edition of “Odisha State Safety

Conclave” was organized by Institute of

Quality & Environment Management Services

(IQEMS) and Institute of Public Enterprises (IPE),

Hyderabad at Bhubaneswar on 2nd & 3rd

November. On behalf of Odisha Works, Mr.

Suvendu Kumar Das, Safety Officer, attended

the conclave.

Training Programme on “Stress Management &

Communications” in progress at Paloncha

Works

At Odisha Works, half yearly continual

assessment audit of EnMS (ISO 50001:2011)

was conducted by BSI, Kolkata, on 6th

November. The audit was concluded with a

recommendation to continue the

certification.

Closing

Meeting of

EnMS audit

in progress

at Odisha

Works

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CELEBRATIONS …..

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT …..

“National Pollution Prevention Day” and

“Chemical Disaster Prevention Day” were

celebrated at Odisha Works, on 2nd & 4th

December, respectively.

Awareness was created among employees,

on prevention and management of

accidents caused by chemicals, through

display of banners, administration of oath and

presentation on “safe use & handling of

different chemicals, its hazards & control

measures”. On this occasion an “Internal

Safety Audit” was also conducted at

Chemical handling area of QA & DM Plant of

FAP(O) & PP(O).

Demonstration

of “Honey Bee

Keeping” by

officials of

KVIC,

Hyderabad

A short term training programme on

Apiculture (Honey Beekeeping) was

organized with the help of M/s Khadi & Village

Industries Commission (KVIC), Hyderabad, at

the WEC, Paloncha, from 23-27, October. A

total of 20 aspirants belonging to farming

community, in and around the Paloncha

Works, participated in the programme.

Training Session on “Safe use & handling of

different chemicals, its hazards & control

measures” in Progress at Odisha works

“National Energy Conservation Week” was

observed from 8th to 14th December, at

Odisha Works. On this occasion, drawing, quiz,

slogan writing & debate competitions were

conducted for employees, workers, colony

children and students of nearby schools in

order to raise their awareness on energy

conservation. Further, prizes were distributed

to the winners of these competitions. On this

occasion, LED Lamps were distributed to

nearby Schools & Hospital.

Awareness

training to

workers on

“Energy

Conservation”

in progress at

Odisha Works

The trainees of 11th batch of Tally Course, who

completed their training, were awarded

certificates, at a ceremony organized in

Women Empower Center (WEC), Paloncha,

on 20th November, 2018. The certificates were

given away by Mr. K. Mykal Bose, District Co-

operative Officer, the Chief Guest on the

occasion. He appreciated the efforts of the

company in empowering the local poor

women.

Certificate being

awarded to a

trainee on

completion of “Tally

Course”

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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT …..

Certificate being awarded to a trainee on

completion of “Tailoring Course”

A certificate awarding ceremony was

organized for the trainees of 11th batch of DTP

Course, 17th batch of Tailoring Course and 16th

batch of Beautician Course on completion of

their training at the WEC, Paloncha, on 21st

December. Mr. K. Venkateswarulu, Joint

Collector, Kothagudem, the Chief Guest, on

the occasion, gave away the certificates.

The Chief Guest applauded the contribution

of the Company in creating employment

opportunities for the rural poor.

A Blood Donation Camp, with the assistance

of Red Cross Society, Dhenkanal, was

organized at Odisha Works, on 30th October.

The Sarpanch of Kharagprasad Gram

Panchayat inaugurated the Camp. About 80

people voluntarily donated blood at this

Camp. The team from Red Cross Society

appreciated the Management of NBVL for

organising the blood donation camp.

“Under the Social Development Initiative,

the Company has, so far, conducted

Tally Course for 11 batches, DTP Course

for 11 batches, Tailoring Course for 17

batches and Beautician Course for 16

batches”

At the behest of Local District Administration,

a Kitchen & Dining Hall were constructed at

the “Biswa Kuntala Children Home”,

Baladiabandh, Dhenkanal, by Odisha Works.

The Home houses 44 destitute children. The

Kitchen & Dining Hall were formally

inaugurated by Sj. Nikhil Pavan Kalyan (IAS),

Collector & District Magistrate, Dhenkanal, on

2nd January. The District Child Protection

Officer, the office bearers of the Children

Home and senior officials of Odisha Works

were also present at the inauguration

function. The District Collector & Magistrate

appreciated the Company for taking up this

project and completing it to their satisfaction.

Staff actively

participating

in the Blood

Donation

Camp at

Odisha Works

Kitchen & Dining Hall Constructed by Odisha

Works at the Biswa Kuntala Children Home

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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT …..

EDUCATION …..

SPORTS …..

The “40th Annual Sports Day” was celebrated

by NBPS on 9th December. Mr. S.

Chandrasekar, Director (Operations),

Singareni Collieries Company Limited, graced

the function as Chief Guest and Miss A.

Tarangini, International Sepak Takraw Player,

was the Guest of Honor.

The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honor

presented trophies to the victorious house

and individual winners of games and athletic

events.

A few employees of MCL & NEZL, Maamba,

Zambia, joined hands and distributed T-Shirts

to the students (differently abled children) of

Maamba Special Primary School, Maamba,

on 28th November. The Staff of the School

expressed their happiness at this gesture.

Students who won prizes at the VVIT, Guntur

and Madhira Balotsavs

Distribution of

T-Shirts to the

Students of

Maamba

Special Primary

School

The students of Nava Bharat Public School

(NBPS), bagged several prizes in various

categories of events at the Balotsavs

organized in Bhadachalam, Guntur,

Hyderabad and Madhira, in November. A

total of 13 prizes were bagged at the

Bhadrachalam Balotsav and 18 prizes at the

VVIT, Guntur Balotsav. Students also won

prizes at the Hyderabad and Madhira

Balotsavs.

“Children’s Day” was celebrated by NBPS, on

14th November with enthusiasm. Mock games

were conducted as part of the celebrations.

Fancy Dress Parade by the Pre-Primary

Students was the special attraction during the

celebrations.

Students who

won prizes at the

Bhadrachalam

Balotsav

The Chief Guest taking salute of the 4 houses of

the NBPS during the march past by them

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SPORTS …..

The students of NBPS participated in the CBSE

Cluster, Zonal and National Level Athletic

meets. Ms. K. Anusha won Silver medal in 400

meters at the National Level Athletic Meet

and gold medals in 400 meters & 800 meters

events at the Cluster Level Athletic Meet.

Master B. Akhil won gold medal in 800 meters

event in the Cluster Level Athletic Meet. The

Boys and Girls 4x100 meters relay teams won

Bronze medals at the Cluster Level Athletic

Meet.

Silver Medal in 400m at

National Level Athletic Meet

Gold Medal in 800m & 400m

at Cluster Level Athletic Meet

Bronze Medal in 4x100m

Relay at Cluster Level

Athletic Meet

Gold Medal in 800m at

Cluster Level Athletic Meet

Bronze Medal in 4x100m

Relay at Cluster Level

Athletic Meet

Miss K. Anusha

Master B. Akhil

Other three Bronze Medalists in 4x100m Relay

Boys at the Cluster Level Athletic Meet. Left to

Right - Master G. Murali Krishna, Master B. Shivaji

Ganesh & Master G.V. Uday Kumar

Other three Bronze Medalists in 4x100m Relay

Girls at the Cluster Level Athletic Meet. Left to

Right – Miss B. Vinathi, Miss Ch. Venu Varshitha

& Miss M. Mukunda Reddy

The Employees of Paloncha Works

participated in Ball badminton tournament

conducted by M/s. Sponge Iron India Limited

(a Unit of NMDC) on the occasion of their

Diamond Jubilee celebrations, on 28th & 29th

December. Out of the seven teams which

participated in the tournament, Paloncha

Works team won the Third prize. The paloncha

team comprised of 8 members and was led

by Mr. B. Rama Rao, Dy. General Manager

(150MW PP). The other members included, Mr.

A.G. Shankar, Mr. V. Srinivasu,

Mr.C.V.Nagaraju, Mr. K. Srinivas, Mr. Vijay

Prakash, Mr. D.B.V.V. Srinivas and Mr. V.

Sravan. Mr. B. Rama Rao, also won the Best

Player of the tournament award.

Mr. B. Rama

Rao receiving

the trophy for

Best Player of

the

Tournament

Ball Badminton

team of

Paloncha

Works

receiving the

trophy for third

prize

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CO Staff at the Leonia Holistic Destination Tug-of-war

Cricket Match Volley Ball Match

A splash in the pool Employees taking up the challenging Rope Course

NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS BY CORPORATE OFFICE STAFF…..

As part of the New Year celebrations at Corporate Office, an outing was organised for the Staff at

Leonia Holistic Destination (Resort), on 27th December. This was a welcome change for all the staff

from their routine life. All the staff actively participated in the event and also had a splash in the pool.

Prizes were given to teams and individuals for games and activities organised during the outing. It

was a rejuvenating experience for all the staff and they are eagerly looking forward to the next year

celebrations.

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Boy: “What’s your age…?”

Girl: “We don’t reveal our age to boys…!”

Boy: “What is your e-mail address…?”

Girl: “pooja_1998@gmail.com”

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Chintu: “Let’s go for a movie.”

Mintu: “Oh no! I have a Doctor’s appointment.”

Chintu: “Just cancel it. Tell him you are sick.”

“It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to has power

over you.” ― Leon Brown

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue

that counts” – Winston Churchill

Vision Nava Bharat Wishes its Readers a

Happy Republic Day

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