Issue 4

Year 2

Corporate Office Inauguration

The most auspicious moment in the history of Abhi Impact Logistics Solutions Pvt.
Ltd. was to have its own office and to add to its delight Maharashtra Deputy Chief
Minister Hon. Shri. Ajitdada Pawar inaugurated Corporate Office at Baner Road.
He also published the new Company Video CD on this ocassion. He was presented
with a Souvenir by Shri. Jitendra Joshi (MD & CEO, AILSPL)
Smt. Chanchalatai Kodre (Mayor, Pune), Shri Govind Joshi (Chairman, Abhi Impact
Logistics), Shri.Jitendra Joshi, Smt. Ranjanatai Murkute (Corporator, Pune), Smt.
Aparnatai Doke (Ex-Mayor, PCMC), Company Management Team, Employees,
Other Dignitaries were present for this function.
New Corporate office has been a milestone in growth path of AILSPL. This brings
in pride to employees of AILSPL and wish to achieve more in coming future.


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New Customers for Abhi Impact

EXIM Team
Innovative Automation
Pvt. Ltd.
Air & Ocean Imports
Engineering goods
Hager Electro
Air & Ocean Imports
Electronic equipments
Patodia Glass Industries
Ltd.
Ocean Imports
Automobile lamps
Ampacet
Ocean Imports
Titanium Dioxide
Industrial Packers
Ocean Imports
Packing material

Summer Internship Program:

Below are the students who joined the company as
Summer Interns. They are having their projects in
various fields related to Operations & Business
Development.
Name
Kuldeep Deshmukh
Kaustubh Dave
Pritam Sarkar
Ena Sarkar
Smita Tandle
Sayali Notani
Jayendra Deshpande
Diksha Negi
Jaya Srivastava
Nikhil Kumar
Chandan Kumar
Akanksha Dubey
Prachee Singh
Pritesh Patil
Sagar S Palkar

College
IBS(pune)
IBS(pune)
IBS(pune)
IBS(pune)
IBS(pune)
IBS(pune)
IBS(pune)
SIMS
SIMS
SIMS
SCMHRD
SICSR
BIIB
BIIB
BIIB

Indian Logistics
The road network of a country is vital for its economic
development and for social integration.
According to data available from the Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways the total road length of the country increased
significantly from 3.99 lakh kms in 1951 to 48.65 lakh kms in 2012
(as on March 31), growing at a compound annual growth rate
(CAGR) of 4.2 percent.
Today, o er
per e t of the ou try s freight is ei g
transported on trucks, which strongly confirms the modal shift of
cargo transportation from rail to road.
A se o dary dri er to tru ki g gro th is the go er e t of I dia s
regular plans for infrastructure development across the country.
This has involved a push for heavy investment in roads,
warehousing areas such as FTZs and FTWZs, SEZs and a movement
advancing towards more public private partnerships.

Mundra becomes 1st Indian port to cross 100 MT cargo

marks

The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of

India (DFCCI), which is executing one of the most
ambitious infrastructure project in the country of
setting up Eastern and Western Freight Corridors,
is likely to acquire a significant chunk of land for
establishing logistics parks alongwith the
upcoming corridors.
Meanwhile, the 3318 km long freight corridor
project (combining both eastern and western
parts) is expected to become fully commissioned
by March end, 2017 giving a new dynamism to the
railway freight movement in the country. The
eastern and western corridors broadly comprise
the high density railway route in the country
which presently carries 52 percent of total freight
transported by railways.

Mundra port in Gujarat has handled 100 million tonnes (mt) of

cargo in the year to 31 March, joining an elite club of global ports
that have reached this mark. Mu dra also e a e I dia s biggest
port by cargo handled. The port is owned by the Gujarat
government, but given to Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone
Ltd (APSEZ) for development and operation on a 30-year
contract.

Strategic alliance with Port of Antwerp

Essar Ports, one of the largest private sector port companies of
India, has announced the creation of a long-term strategic
alliance with Port of Antwerp International (PAI) and an
investment of approx. Rs 175 crore by PAI in Essar Ports.

Mumbai Airport to enhance cargo handling capacity

The Mumbai airport is slated to go through a major addition in its cargo handling capacity in the coming years. As per
preliminary details available on this proposed cargo capacity expansion, the proposed complex would have an annual
capacity of handling one-million tons of cargo which would be a little less than 100 percent jump in the cargo volumes
presently transported through the airport. In the last financial year, Mumbai airport had handled a total air cargo
volume of 5,25,335 tonnes.

Management lessons from the Battle of Panipat

Throughout history, wars have left an indelible mark on human psyche. Serious
debates have been held on the morality of and the strategic necessity for war. And
yet, like every dark cloud that has a silver lining, wars too at times leave a society
wiser.
India too is no stranger to wars. And there are many lessons to be learnt from each of
those battles -- management lessons, to be precise.
This one picks out management gems from the Third Battle of Panipat (1761 AD).

After the death of Aurangzeb, the Mughal Empire was on the decline. The Marathas had captured most of the
territories in the south. Slowly, they captured most of central and north India too. The confident Marathas were led
by Sadashivrao Bhau. They had a large army, but very few allies.
Most of the kings from the Jat, Sikh and Rajput kingdoms did not support the Marathas as they resented the heavy
tax imposed on them during the Maratha capture of north India. A few of them even struck favorable agreements
with Abdali.
Lesson: One needs allies; the need is even stronger when one is operating in a new
territory/segment.
Whether the company is doing an acquisition or is entering into a partnership, the agreement should try to be a
'win-win' one where the minority stakeholder should feel respected and heard.
This will help the partnership flourish. Similarly, if a manager takes care of his team, his team rally for him in his hour
of need.
There were tensions in the Maratha army due to Abidali's strategy. In the next two months, the skirmishes between
the two left many, including Najib Khan's soliders, dead. Abdali sensed a deadlock and decided to sign a peace
treaty with the Marathas.
The Marathas were keen as well, but Najib Khan advised against the treaty and prevailed upon Abdali to delay his
decision.
Lesson: Empower and trust your team members.
One should have complementary skills among the senior
management so that the leader can tap into a breadth
of expertise.
Finally, decisions are taken by the leader but an
environment that encourages different voices and
dissenting opinions is more effective than the 'do as I tell
you to do' attitude. This is what encouraged Najib to
convince Abdali.

NEWS
90,000 per seat: Young India could swing Elections 2014
The elections will see over 1.79 lakh new voters on average in each
constituency. Of them, about 24 per cent, or around 43,000, will be
first-time voters, in the 18-19 age group. That s a sig ifi a t figure, as
the winning margin was less than this in 226 Lok Sabha constituencies
in the 2009 elections.

As of January 1 this
year, over 42,000 voters
between the ages of 18
and 19 were registered
on an average in each
Lok Sabha constituency

Around 81.5 crore people are eligible to vote in the 2014 elections,
up from the 71.7 crore voters registered in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls,
a jump of about 13.6 per cent. In overall number terms, around 2.32
crore voters this time will be between 18 and 19, accounting for 24
per cent of the increase.

GDP growth in FY14 Q3 likely near a decade-low: Poll

The poll of 36 economists, conducted Feb 19-25, predicted Asia's third-largest
economy grew 4.9 per cent over a year ago in the three months to December,
similar to the 4.8 per cent rate in the previous quarter.
The poll predicted India's economy
grew 4.9% over a year ago in the three
months to December, similar to the
4.8% rate in the previous quarter.

"High borrowing costs necessitated by elevated inflation, coupled with subdued

demand, have kept manufacturing and investment interest on the back foot,"
said Radhika Rao, economist at DBS .

India was offi ially de lared Polio Free y the World Health
Organization. India is one of the 11 countries in the South
East Asian region which have been certified as being free of
the wild polio virus.
The Union Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad received the
official certificate at a function from President of India.

The 86th Academy Awards ceremony took place March 2,

2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Gravity
won the most awards with seven including Best Director for
Alfonso Cuarn. 12 Years a Slave won three awards including
Best Picture. Other winners included Dallas Buyers Club also
with three awards, Frozen and The Great Gatsby with two. and
Blue Jasmine, The Great Beauty, Helium, Her, The Lady in
Number 6, Mr Hublot, and 20 Feet from Stardom with one

The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was the fifth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international

The Maersk Triple E class is a family of large, fuel-efficient container March to 6 April 2014,a
ships, designed as
Twenty20 cricket tournament, that took place in Bangladesh[2] from 16
successor to the Maersk E-class.was won by "Triple E" was played in three cities Dhaka, design principles: The
The name Sri Lanka.It is derived from the class's three Chittagong and Sylhet.
which
International Cricket Council announced Bangladesh as host in 2010.It was the second consecutive
time that an Asian country is hosting this event, as Sri Lanka hosted the previous tournament in
2012. Sri Lanka won the tournament, defeating India by 6 wickets in the final at Mirpur

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WORLDS LARGEST SHIP

Maersk Line is hard at work building the worlds largest container vessel
the Triple-E class - with a capacity of 18,000 twenty-foot containers (TEU).
Four-hundred metres long, 59 metres wide and 73 metres high, the 20 new vessels will be deployed on the
vital Asia to Europe trade.
The name "Triple E" is derived from the class's three design principles: "Economy of scale, Energy efficient
and environmentally improved". These ships are expected to be not only the world's longest ships in service,
but also the most efficient container ships per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of cargo.

WORLDS BIGGEST AIRCRAFT

For over 25 years, the AN-225 has held the title of the biggest commercially used freighter in the world.
Powered by six turbofan engines, it is the biggest heavier-than-air aircraft in terms of length (85.3m) and
wingspan (88m) in operational service. It is able of carrying up to 250 tons of cargo, which is equivalent to
the average weight of 52 mature elephants. There is only one operational AN-225 in the world.
The An-225 loads and unloads through its nosethe rear ramp and cargo door were removed to save
weightand actually kneels using its retractable nosegear, allowing deliveries to drive directly into the cargo
bay and more easily position loads. The AN-225 has set over 200 world records, including airlifting the
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AILSPL acknowledges products/names that

are used in this newsletter are trademarks /
registered of their respective holders. Every
effort has been made to ensure the accuracy
of all information contained herein. Product
and manufacturer names are used only for the
purpose of identification.

Please join me to congratulate

Mr. Baburao Patil who is blessed
with a son
Also it gives me pleasure to
inform Mr. Santosh Khade is
blessed with a daughter.

Editor In Chief Ratnadal Sharma

Creative Advisor - Bhakti Pathak

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