Vol. 13, No.

4 October - December, 2005

Employee Communication Journal of Larsen & Toubro Limited - ECC Division

 From The Desk Of KVR
CONTENTS
Dear ECC-ites,
Awards 3
As the year 2005 was
Corporate News 6 drawing to a close, a
Program LAKSHYA 8 senior and much-
respected colleague of
Site Insight 10 ours, Mr. P.K.
Kaleidoscope 24 Ve n k a t a k r i s h n a n ,
Vice-President &
Safety News 28 H e a d - P o w e r
Exhibitions 31 Transmission &
Distribution Sector,
Conference 32
passed away. Over
Innovations 33 and above his acknowledged expected to continue in 2006-07 as
contribution to the phenomenal growth well. Fresh investments continue to rise.
Technical Presentations 34
of PT&D Sector, Mr. Venkatakrishnan A survey shows a 39 per cent rise in
PRAYAS News 36 leaves behind a legacy of commitment outstanding investments under various
to work, unalloyed loyalty to the stages of consideration and
Pals Corner 37
organisation and adherence to values. implementation, and the volumes are
HRD News 38 A self-effacing person, he was very high reflecting the growth
universally loved by all those who have potential for the country. With the
Staff News 43
come in contact with him and has left industry growing at 7%-8%,
Long Service Awards 45 a void that would be difficult to fill. infrastructure getting a boost to attract
On my own behalf and on behalf of FDI and the all-round focus on
Editor all ECC-ites I convey our heartfelt development, the construction industry,
sympathies to the family of Mr. L&T in particular, can look forward
V.S. Ramana to excellent business prospects.
Venkatakrishnan and pray the
Almighty to give them the strength to
Editorial Team I am happy to inform you that in line
bear the loss.
K. Sridharan Alex Benjamin with our strategic plans, we are
V.D.S. Prasad V. Ramesh Kumar The year 2005-06 is noteworthy as all opening Regional Centres of our
Ashwin Chand V. Eswar the parameters are likely to be achieved Construction Skills Training Institute
Subha Anand or even exceeded. The latest mid-term at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi and
review shows that we are well set to Kolkata. These new centres, to be
Photography exceed the order booking budget of expanded soon, together with the
Rs.11,260 cr. and sales budget of existing units at Chennai and
V.S. Natanavelu
Rs.7,750 cr. The growth in order Mumbai, will produce 3,000 to 4000
booking will be in the range of trained craftsmen every year by
Printed at Quadra Press Ltd., Unit II,
40%-50% yoy while sales is expected 2008-09.
338, Nehrunagar Indl. Estate,
Kottivakkam, Chennai 600096. Edited
to grow at 18%-22% yoy.
Program LAKSHYA and Kohinoor
by V.S. Ramana for Larsen & Toubro
The center of gravity of world business 2010 are progressing well and the
Limited, ECC Division from ECC
Headquarters, Manapakkam, Chennai is slowly shifting from North America results and benefits will start accruing
600089. Designed by Pace Systems & to Asia – especially China, South East from 2006-07 onwards.
Graphic Communications, Chennai Asia and India. The world economy I wish you and your families a happy,
600018. grew at 3.2%-3.8% in 2005 and this healthy and prosperous New Year.
The views expressed in this magazine are augurs well for our business,
not necessarily those of the particularly for our international
Management. The contents of this growth plans. On the domestic front K.V. Rangaswami
magazine may not be reproduced
GDP has grown at a strong rate in Member of the Board &
without the written permission of the
Editor. Not for sale. Only for circulation
both Q1 and Q2 of 2005-06 and the Senior Executive Vice President
among employees of L&T – ECC momentum of 7% GDP growth is (Operations)
Division.

2 October - December 2005

 )9)4,5

Mr. A.M. Naik Honoured With

Outstanding Chief Executive Award
Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman & Managing
Director, has been recognized again for
professional eminence and inspiring
leadership by winning the ‘Outstanding
Chief Executive Award’ given by the
Indian Institution of Industrial
Engineering (IIIE). Mr. Naik received the
award at the hands of Mr. Prithviraj
Chavan, Union Minister of State, at the
inaugural function of the 47th National
Convention of IIIE held in Pune on
November 11, 2005. IIIE, established in
1957, is a professional body of Industrial
Engineers in India, engaged in the
promotion of industrial engineering
profession in the country.
Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman & Managing Director, L&T, receiving the award from
This is the latest addition to a number of
Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, Union Minister of State, at the inaugural function of the
encomiums received by Mr. Naik. Other 47th National Convention of IIIE held in Pune on November 11, 2005
honours won by him in the recent past
include: ‘Management Man of the Year’ Award of the foremost Medical Research Foundation in eye care
Bombay Management Association (BMA); JRD Tata services; and Lifetime Achievement Excellence Award
Corporate Leadership Award from the All India for ‘Best Corporate Man of the Decade’ from the New
Management Association (AIMA) in New Delhi; Sankara Delhi based Foundation of Indian Industry &
Ratna Award 2004 of Sankara Nethralaya, India’s Economists.

Construction World-NICMAR Award 2005

The National Institute of Construction Management &
Research (NICMAR) and ASAPP Media Information
Group presented the Construction World Awards 2005
on November 30, 2005 at a grand gala function held at
Hotel Taj West End, Bangalore. Mr. K.V. Rangaswami,
Member of the Board & Senior Vice President
(Operations), L&T received the award for Most Admired
Company in 2005 including the award for Construction
Company with highest turnover and profit.

The function was attended by over 600

invitees, which included ministers,
corporates, captains of the industry,
architects, builders, bureaucrats and visitors
from international companies. Mr. T.N.
Chaturvedi, Governor of Karnataka,
Mr. Dharam Singh, Chief Minister of
Karnataka, and Mr. K.H. Muniappa,
Mininster of State for Shipping, Roads and
Transport released the Construction World
Annual Number 2005.

Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, Member of the Board &

Senior Vice President (Operations), L&T receiving
the award from His Excellency
Mr. T.N. Chaturvedi, Governor of Karnataka and
Mr. K.H. Muniappa, Mininster of State for Shipping,
Roads and Transport

October - December 2005 3

 L&T Wins ‘Learning Culture’ Award
L&T continues to win professional recognition for its
unique ethos and a culture that encourages the process
of continuous learning. The Company has been chosen
for The Economic Times-Indira Group of Institutes
Award for ‘Organizations that Create a Learning Culture’.
Mr. Y.M. Deosthalee, Member of the Board and Chief
Financial Officer, received the award from Mr. Dilip Valse
Patil (Minister of State for Education, Energy and
Power), at a function in Mumbai on November
21, 2005.
The award presentation was part of a ‘Strategy
Summit’ organized by the Indira Group. The award
citation noted that L&T ’s approach to
organizational development has been benchmarked
by the industry and would help create an
organization that encourages personal mastery in
competence building.

Mr. Y.M. Deosthalee, Member of the Board and Chief

Financial Officer, receiving the award from Mr. Dilip Valse
Patil, Minister of State for Education, Energy and Power, at
a function in Mumbai on November 21, 2005. Dr. Peter
Senge (founding Chairperson of the Society for
Organizational Learning) is seen at right.

Greentech’s Gold Award For

Environmental Excellence
Greentech Foundation, the well-known New Delhi- International Conference & Exhibition on Environment
based non-profit organisation, has conferred on L&T Management organised by the Foundation. Mr. Henry
its prestigious A. Karkada,
Environment L&T, received it
Excellence Gold on behalf of the
Award 2004-05 company from
in the category Mr. Francisco
of ‘Engineering Xavier Pacheco,
Sector’. The Minister for
a w a r d Agriculture &
recognises the A n i m a l
policies and H u s b a n d r y,
operations of Government of
companies that Goa.
emphasise
environment This is the sec-
protection at ond time that
every step. L&T has re-
ceived this
The award was award. In 2003-
presented at a 04, the Founda-
ceremony held tion had picked
in Goa on L&T for the
October 22, Mr. Henry A. Karkada, L&T, receiving the award on behalf of the company from Award in ‘Sil-
2005, during Mr. Francisco Xavier Pacheco, Minister for Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, ver’ category.
the 6 th Annual Government of Goa on October 22, 2005

4 October - December 2005

 L&T’s Corporate Communications Department
Bags 9 ABCI Awards
L&T ’s Corporate
Communications Category L&T’s Award Winning Entries
Departments at Mumbai Digital Communication (External) Engineering Excellence
and Chennai have together
won nine awards at the Prestige Publication 60 Landmark Years (ECC)
45 th Annual Awards
Competition organised by Table Calendar 1. Winged Wonder
the Association of 2. L&T Medical Desk Calendar 2004
Business Communicators
of India (ABCI), Tabloids 1. The Edge (EBG)
competing against 2. Powai Pegeant
every major
corporate in the Wallpaper Build-India Scholarship wallpaper (ECC)
country. Digital Communication (Internal) Voice Magazine (L&T Infotech)
Of the nine
Photography Photo of Nellore-Sriperumbudur
awards, CCD-
Transmission Line in Tamil Nadu (ECC)
ECC bagged
three in the
categories of Prestige Publication (60 Landmark Years), groups: Print Magazines, Annual Reports, Calendars,
Wallpaper (Build-India Scholarship) and Photography Brochures, Content, Design, Graphics and Digital
(Nellore-Sriperumbudur Transmission Line). The awards Communications,
were presented at Mumbai on October 28, 2005 at a
gathering of the country’s leading professional ABCI, based in Mumbai, is an apex body of business
communicators and dignitaries. communications professionals. Founded in 1956, its main
objectives are to secure recognition for the profession of
For this year’s contest, ABCI received a total of 435 business communications and contribute to improving
entries in 34 categories of awards under eight main business communicator’s professional skills.

Mr. V.S. Natanavelu, Photographer, Corporate Communications Department, ECC receiving the ABCI awards

October - December 2005 5

 CORPORATE NEWS

CII – Exim Bank Commendation L&T Ranked

Certificate for ECC 36 Among
ECC Division has been awarded the CII-Exim Bank
Asian BusinessWeek’s
Commendation Certificate 2005 for “significant achievement” Top 150 In Asia
of satisfying various stakeholders on its journey towards Business
Excellence. The ‘Award for Business Excellence’, instituted by the L&T stands at No.36 in a list drawn
Confederation of Indian Industry and Export Import Bank in the up by the Asian BusinessWeek (ABW)
year 1994, is the most prestigious award in India for Business of the Top 150 of Asia’s publicly listed
Excellence that an Indian Company can aspire to receive. companies in its issue dated October
24, 2005. In its first such annual
Tata Motors’ Commercial Vehicles Business Unit (CVBU) bagged ranking of Asia’s corporates, ABW
the Award for Business Excellence - 2005. Fifty two companies arrived at the results on the basis of
from various sectors were short listed for the award in different Standard & Poor’s/Citigroup Pan Asia
categories. ECC was one of the six organisations out of the 52, Index as of September 30, 2005.
which won the “Commendation for Significant Achievement”
certificate by securing 501-600 marks out of 1000. The award, The Pan Asia Index consists of
modeled on the lines of the European Forum for Quality companies in the Primary Market
Management (EFQM) and administered by CII with technical Indexes for the developed and
support from EFQM, is based on a comprehensive model, emerging markets of Asia. The
focussing on the organisation’s practices and performance under primary gauge of performance is
nine different criteria that include Business Results, Leadership, growth in sales and earnings for the
Policy & Strategy, People Management, Customer Results, etc. latest available fiscal year as well as
three-year growth in order to reward
This marks an improvement over 2004 when we received the companies that keep on producing
commendation for “strong commitment to excel”. This is a matter superior growth and profits over a
of great pride for every ECC-ite and serves as a stepping-stone for longer term. Apart from L&T fifteen
scaling greater heights in Total Quality Management (TQM) and other Indian companies have found a
in our journey towards business excellence. place in the list.

ECC-Built WIPRO Development Centre Wins

“LEED Platinum” Rating
The US Green Building Council has awarded WIPRO’s columns was introduced. Wherever possible, scrap
Development Centre at Gurgaon, Haryana the LEED materials like steel, broken bricks, timber, etc., generated
Platinum Rating. The Centre, built by ECC, “has during construction were re-cycled and used at the
successfully met the sustainable building design and WIPRO site or diverted to other
performance standards required for the LEED-NC v2 locations.
Platinum level of certification under the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green
Building Rating System.”

The rating was in recognition of the various measures

jointly taken by WIPRO and ECC during construction
to implement and popularise the concept of green
buildings. These include removal of fertile soil of 200
mm thickness and re-use elsewhere, use of concrete debris
from the old demolished building to lay the approach
road to stock yard, and construction of temporary site
office using doors and windows from the demolished
building. No existing trees were felled. To prevent
collapse of soil during excavation, the “nailing process”
of inserting steel bars of designed length in rows and

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 ‘New Life’ To Rural Poor –
Tamil Nadu Government And CSTI Join Hands
The standing of L&T Construction Skills Training the trainees in Tamil Mr. Vijayaraghavan explained the
Institute (CSTI), a pioneer in construction workers’ objectives of the Pudhu Vazhvu Project and exhorted
training, has now been re-affirmed by the Government them to take advantage of the training offered and
of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) who have initiated a welfare become skilled craftsmen.
programme called Tamil Nadu Pudhu Vazhvu Project
As a prelude to the Project Launch, officials of the World
(TNPVP). Launched by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Bank and Tamil Nadu Pudhu Vazhvu Project visited CSTI
Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa, with funding by the World
on November 20, interacted with the inductees and
Bank, the Project aims at the economic uplift of rural
toured the facilities.
poor in the State. TNPVP and CSTI have come together
to provide skills training in various trades to rural youth The visitors were appreciative of L&T’s efforts for the
in the age group of 18 to 24 in a phased manner. The economic development of the country’s rural youth
first part of this joint effort was inaugurated on through imparting construction skills training and
November 23, 2005 by Mr. L.N. Vijayaraghavan, IAS, complimented the organisation on their keenness to co-
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of operate with the Government in this vital area.
Tamil Nadu. The first batch of twenty youths (from the
districts of Theni, Coimbatore, Vellore, Kancheepuram,
Cuddalore and Villupuram) selected under the Project
was formally inducted into a three-month course in
masonry trade. Present on the occasion were Mr. N.
Muruganandam, Project Director, Tamil Nadu Pudhu
Vazhvu Project, Mr. K. Pardhasaradhi, Business
Development Specialist, TNPVP, and senior executives
of L&T – Mr. G.D. Sharma, Vice President (HR), Mr.
S. Natarajan, Head-FCCE and CSTI, and Mr. V.S.
Ramana, Head-Corporate Communications. Addressing

Mr. L.N. Vijayaraghavan,

IAS, Secretary, Department
of Social Welfare,
Government of Tamil Nadu
presenting the tools to a
student of the first batch of
Tamil Nadu Pudhu Vazhvu
Project during inaugural
function on November 23,
2005 at CSTI, Chennai
(inset) World Bank officials
interacting with the CSTI
students

CSTI – Spreading Wings

L&T Construction Skills Training Institute has established four more centers at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi
and Kolkata. Situated in the respective regional depots, these units offer training in formwork, barbending and
masonry trades. The opening of these regional centers augurs well for the youth from rural India as they throw
up opportunities for remunerative employment and would help CSTI achieve its strategic objective of creating
a world class construction work force.

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LAKSHYA
Program LAKSHYA
Following the launch of Program LAKSHYA by
Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman & Managing Director, on
30.05.05 at Chennai, a Program Management Office
for ECC Division (OD-PMO) was set up to
l communicate the plans to all employees,
l implement the strategies in a structured way
(through roadmaps / circulars)
l monitor and report status periodically
l conduct reviews at various levels
Communication
To carry forward the message of Program LAKSHYA,
OD-PMO conducted a communication module at all
the Regional Offices and select overseas locations. For
each Region, a senior executive was nominated as
sponsor. The communication module was a full day
program covering management directions and
aspirations, presentations, a Question & Answer session,
individual and group exercises that culminated in
identifying key initiatives for each Region. The
communication module aimed at involving all the
employees in the future plan of the organization and
exhorting them to take up or participate in the initiatives
in line with strategies being implemented.
The communication module commenced with excerpts
of AMN’s speech during the launch on 30.05.05 which
highlights the goals to be achieved through Program
LAKSHYA. The Sponsors then explained the directions
and aspirations of management. Thereafter, Mr. S.N.
Mr. V.B. Gadgil, Executive Vice President, addressing the participants of the
Program LAKSHYA communication module held at Delhi Region
8 October - December 2005
Babugovindaraj (OD-
PMO) made presentations on
Program LAKSHYA, which included detailed
plans, strategies, implementation process and review
mechanism. This was followed by presentations by Mr.
M. Somakumaran and his team on KOHINOOR 2010,
which has three modules, viz.
l Procurement excellence
l Project Management excellence
l Asset, Working Capital & Subcontract
Management with IT enablement across the
Division.
The presentations included past data analysis,
recommendations and implementation of pilot projects.
The presentations were followed by question & answer
sessions for further clarification of issues relating to
LAKSHYA and KOHINOOR 2010.
Thereafter the participants individually were required to
list out the action points for each of the three select
topics, which have an impact on the goal of increased
Market Capitalization, i.e. Sales, PBIT, Funds employed.
These ideas were collected, compiled and sent to the
Regions for inclusion in the implementation of the
initiatives.
The Regional Manager identified five important topics
for group discussion at each table on operational
improvements and preparing an action plan for
implementation. A representative of each table
made a presentation which was followed by a
question & answer session for further
refinement.
At the end of the session, the RM announced
the top five key initiatives for their region and
identified a team leader for road mapping and
implementing the initiatives. The Sponsor urged
all the participants to work with the teams for
implementation of initiatives that will enable
us to achieve our LAKSHYA and to participate
in bi-monthly review meetings.
Roadmapping the Strategies
Roadmapping is a tool which helps in
systematic implementation of strategies
identified during the strategic plan process.
Based on the role and location, each SBU at
HQ identified two key initiatives for
implementing the strategies that largely
pertain to Business Development and
Technology Development. Some key
enablers too - like HR, Risk Management,
Setting up of Skill Training Schools,
Contract Management, etc. - were identified
for implementation across the OD. For each
of the initiatives a team was formed with
a leader to drive it.
The selected initiatives have been
roadmapped, which include identification
of periodic targets and action plans with
specific responsibility and a schedule for
completion of activities. The roadmaps have
been uploaded in a special software of BCG
for ease of monitoring and updating.
LAKSHYA Communication Module at Muscat
40 personnel from L&T (Oman) LLC and L&T-Electromech LLC
participated in the communication module held at Muscat on
17.12.2005 where NBG made a presentation on Plans, Strategies
and Implementation process under Program LAKSHYA including
KOHINOOR 2010 initiatives.
Mr. P.K. Venkatakrishnan addressed the gathering on the
Management’s Expectations from Program LAKSHYA and also
responded to queries from the participants. He also emphasized that
LAKSHYA is applicable not only to L&T but also to Subsidiary
companies as their improvement in net worth increases the overall
valuation of L&T.
Mr. M.V. Satish thanked PKVK for his support and guidance on
Program LAKSHYA.

Review Mechanism
Each initiative is reviewed periodically in the meetings
of various teams, SBU heads and Sector Management
Committee. Mr. K.V. Rangaswami has reviewed 10
initiatives with the teams, team leaders and SBU heads
in the last two months. These in turn were reviewed by
AMN with KVR on 13.12.05.
Regional initiatives are reviewed every month in the
Regional Management Committee meetings while the
sponsors review the initiatives bi-monthly.

A view of the participants of the module at Kolkata Region

Team Leaders’ Views

Mr. Rajan Venkateswaran, Team Leader for the initiative “Focus on Design-&-Build jobs” in
I&CB SBU
“The initiative helped us in customer focus and enhancing our competencies to meet their expectations.”
“The Roadmap helped us to strategize our goals.”
“The review mechanism helped us get a third party (BCG) view on our initiative. And also understand
senior management’s expectations.”

Mr. N. Ramasethu, Team Leader for the initiative “Bridging Process Technology Gap to Meet
Market Demand” – Water & Utilities SBU
“By having the initiative, we are focused and systematic in achieving the targets.”
“Roadmaps aid us to understand where we stand and predict the future.”
“Roadblocks, if any, are removed through discussions at various levels.”

Mr. K. Rajaram, Team Leader for the initiative “Improving Domain knowledge in Technologies
related to Substation business” – EI&C SBU
“Our initiative is a step towards improvising individual’s as well as EDRC’s skill matrix.”
“It helps to enhance in-house strength in Basic System Engineering.”
“A process through which global consultancy will become a reality.”

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 SITE INSIGHT

L&T Plays A Pivotal Role In . . .

IOCL’s Mega Expansion Project
Panipat Refinery is the seventh refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Limited
(IOCL), a Global Fortune 500 company with a vision to become a
major, diversified, transnational, integrated energy company. Backed by
state-of-the-art technologies from global majors, Panipat Refinery is considered a
technically advanced refinery. Built in an area of around 2,200 acres of land at a project cost of Rs.3,868 cr.
(including marketing and pipeline installations), the Refinery has an installed capacity of 6 million metric tones per
annum (MMTPA). Designed for processing both indigenous and imported crude oil, since its commissioning in
1998, the Refinery has processed about twenty-five types of imported crude oil from different countries.

The Refinery is capable of producing about 8 lakh tonnes of petrol, 3 lakh tonnes of jet fuel, 12 lakh tonnes of
kerosene and 26 lakh tonnes of diesel annually. Other products include naphtha, mineral turpentine oil, bitumen,
sulphur, etc. Besides, about 2.4 lakh tonnes of cooking gas per annum is being supplied from the Refinery.

Currently the Refinery’s capacity is being expanded to 12 MMTPA. ECC has been involved in five major packages
of construction at IOCL-Panipat:

• Diesel Hydro Treater Unit (DHDT) &
Hydrogen Generation Unit (HGU)
• Reformer Packages within Hydrogen
Generation Plant
While the RWTP was awarded as EPC Project directly
to ECC, the other four packages were bagged by L&T
as EPC projects, with ECC taking
responsibility for the construction part.
For ECC’s Project Manager Mr. S.K.
Sampath (since posted as Chief
Manager, Larsen & Toubro [Qatar]
LLC) his Panipat assignment was both
highly satisfying and challenging as all
the packages had tight completion schedules and the
progress was monitored by IOCL at the highest levels
with their Director (Projects) attending all the monthly
review meetings and reporting to the Chairman. That
• Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Plant
• Coke Drum System Package (CDSP)
• Raw Water Treatment Plant (RWTP).
the project was equally important to L&T was
highlighted by the visit of Chairman & Managing
Director Mr. A.M. Naik to the site three times during
a little over two years. In the initial stages the clients
had serious reservations about timely completion of
the various packages but in course of time we were
able to remove all their apprehensions. IOCL
developed so much confidence that they even
contemplated offloading to L&T some CDU/VDU
works which were entrusted to other contractors.
Mr. Sampath says that the interaction with IOCL’s
consultants Kvaerner Powergas helped us to address
constructability issues at the design stage itself.

DHDT and HGU Plants

IOCL awarded the DHDT/HGU package to E&C
Division on 27 th Aug’2002 through International
Competitive Bidding. The scope of work was residual
process design, detailed engineering, procurement, supply,
transportation, fabrication, storage, construction,
installation, testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning
and performance guarantee test run of DHDT &
Hydrogen Generation Unit. The completion time for
the package, valued at Rs.581 cr., was pegged at 27
months. IOCL subsequently awarded to M/s Haldor
Topsoe A/S and L&T 2 x 70,000 TPA Reformer
packages, to be constructed within the Hydrogen
Generation Plant.
Asia’s biggest Reformer

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 ECC played a major
role in the
construction of the
world’s largest
DHDT Unit of
3.50 MMTPA
capacity and two
units of hydrogen
plants of capacity 2
x 70,000 MTPA
(Asia’s largest),
valued at Rs.109 cr.
and Rs.18.3 cr. well
ahead of the given
schedule of 35
months and 24
months.
The DHDT/HGU
project at Panipat, a
first of its kind in
the world, proved
DHDT Reactor and Heater weighing 520 t to be a challenging
task. ECC
commenced the construction work, initially valued at
Rs.75 cr., on 23rd September 2002 with soil
investigation. Piling was taken up on December 4, 2002
and mechanical completion achieved on July 28, 2005.
The scope included piling, civil works, fabrication &
erection of structures, underground and aboveground
piping, erection of static/rotary equipment, grit blasting
& painting, design/engineering, procurement and
construction of fire fighting system, installation, testing
& commissioning of electrical & instrumentation work
for the entire DHDT/HGU and Reformer Package. This
involved fabrication and erection of complex and heavy
structures using state-of-the-art P&M. Some of the
significant measures adopted at site were:
Tower crane for mechanical plants erection
Since the two hydrogen plants, where ECC had to work,
were situated in a restricted area of 153 m x 125 m with
intricate structures already in place, it was not feasible
to use cranes for erection work as originally envisaged.
After a lot of brainstorming, a mobile tower crane of 45
metre height was placed in the passage between the
hydrogen plants to lift and lower various mechanical
parts/elements as part of the mechanical erection work.
The crane was used round the clock for civil and
mechanical erection and electrical work as well and
substantially quickened the progress of construction.
Automatic welding machine
For welding of heavy wall piping joints, a fully automatic
welding machine was imported from Luberdi Diametric
of USA because of its cutting edge technology and high
productivity. The machine was used to weld about 100
October - December 2005
joints of diameter ranging from 12" to 24" and thickness
varying between 16 mm and 40 mm. It is capable of
welding 16" dia and 32 mm thick joints in a matter of
thirty minutes whereas, if done conventionally, the same
work would take one full day. The machine has greatly
helped in completing critical heavy wall piping in reaction
area with a high level of quality and accuracy and in
saving considerable execution time.
Modular fabrication of radiant chamber
The reformer fabricated for IOCL-Panipat has two
streams and is Asia’s biggest in terms of size and
capacity. Radiant chambers for reformers are normally
fabricated in panel form. However, due to excessive heat
generated during welding it was very difficult to achieve
the stipulated tolerances. Further, this method was found
to be time-consuming and posed safety and quality
problems. In view of this and the tight construction
schedule, ECC adopted the modular concept for the
radiant chamber. In all 40 modules of size 13.10 m x 3
m x 3 m, weighing 18 tonnes, were fabricated in a
record time of 106 days and pre-assembled in the
fabrication shop and later erected at site. By this method
the site could achieve the required tolerances and save
on time and cost.
Bobcats
Bobcats are compact lifting machines, made of longer
wheelbase and skid-steer, used for various activities during
construction where working space is a constraint. At
Panipat, these compact and agile machines were used
for multi-tier working due to limited workspace amidst
heavy structures thereby ensuring that the movement of
men and materials is made easy and kept to the minimum
and also meeting standards.
Safety Record
Challenging as the task on hand was, the site team did
not lose sight of the equally important aspects of quality
and safety and achieved 24 million safe man-hours
World’s largest feed pump of DHDT Unit
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 Mr. R.
without any lost time or accident. In recognition of this matter-of- Mr. V. Kathirvel
Thirumalai
performance L&T won the following awards: fact way
Samy
he says he
• Silver Award for Occupational Safety from and his
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents team of Mr. Rakesh
(RoSPA) for the period 2003-2004. eighteen Mr. Shibesh Ummat
• Best Safety Conscious Project Award (Above colleagues Bhoumik
Rs.500 crore Contract Category) from IOCL have been
Panipat Refinery – February 2005. achieving Mr. G.E.
• Safest Major Job site in ECC for the period e v e r y Vasantha
Mr. Kamlesh
April 2004 to March 2005. m a j o r Kumar
Prasad
goal. This
• ISO 9001:2000 Certificate for Quality
apart, he
Management System in IPU Sector.
says he
Mr. Debasish
Mr. Sharad Kumar (SK), Project Manager, attributes h a s Mr. Anupam Das Roy
the success of the DHDT/HGU project to certain ensured Chakraborty
measures introduced at site for better results. In place of the well-
the conventional management style, participative style being of
of management was brought in. By this everyone is the staff and kept them well-knit as a single family by
allocated a job and is empowered to carry out his organising some get-togethers, events and special
assignment without waiting for programmes for their families and children.
instructions from the seniors. He asserts,
The Hydrogen Generation Unit was commissioned on
“Our engineers were given the freedom
18th November 2005 and DHDT Plant went on stream
to interact directly with the clients
on 21st December 2005 smoothly and flawlessly much
whenever required. This brought down
to the delight of all associated with this mega project.
considerably the time for any
Significantly, IOCL’s commissioning team members
communication or instructions to
commented “ …. this has never happened before…”
percolate down the line.”

Mr. Vikas Bhatia (VB), Planning Manager, was the

first person to reach site and mobilize things for the
work to be taken up. It had been continuous team effort
that led to successful execution of the DHDT/HGU
projects. The work was split into execution, planning
and safety with individual in-charges
heading the functions. The total focus
of the execution team was on quality
and safety. To achieve international
standards in these vital areas, training
programmes were held for staff and
workers. Commending the effective use
of tower cranes, Mr. K. Venkataramanan, President
(Operations), E&C, said that all such mega projects of
L&T should have tower cranes and that our performance
here has given us the confidence to execute such projects
in future with even more efficiency.
Mr. P. Jeyakrishnan, Manager (Accounts &
Administration), operates from DHDT/HGU site with
the additional responsibility of other projects at IOCL-
Panipat – PTA, CDSP and RWTP.
Though he has his hands full, with taking
care of the needs of 10,000 workers and
240 staff members at peak time, he goes
about his job effortlessly as though he
were handling just one site and says there
has been no major labour problem. In a
PTA Plant
The PTA Plant of 5,53,000 MTPA capacity constructed
by L&T for IOCL at Panipat is Asia’s biggest. It is
the largest turnkey project awarded in India and
also the biggest EPC contract for L&T so far, valued
at Rs.1,242 cr. This project marked IOCL’s entry into
petrochemical sector and is also L&T’s largest EPC
contract to date. The success of the project is due to the
synergy and seamless working brought in by E&C and
ECC. Mr. S.N. Roy, Project Manager, E&C, echoes the
sentiment and says that for the first time in projects
involving E&C and ECC, it was jointly decided to have
the Resident Construction Manager (RCM) from ECC
instead of E&C as in the past, and the change has yielded
good results. He believes this arrangement should
continue in future as well. This coming together had
also helped in bringing down the staff requirement by
100. There was “no supervision over supervision” and
the two Divisions worked hand in hand as one unified
L&T team so much so that Mr. P.R. Das, Executive
Director (Projects), IOCL, had this to say to Mr. A.M.
Naik: “The PTA team is a totally dedicated and seamless
team.”
Though the contractual commencement date was
31.03.2003, site mobilisation was started in February

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A view of the second Process Plant of PTA
2003. Actual construction activities stabilised in October
2003 and were completed on 16.11.2005. Construction
of such a Plant was not an easy task considering the
magnitude as well as the intricacies involved. Moreover,
the harsh climatic conditions at Panipat also proved a
hurdle to speedy completion of the project. Summer
temperature was as high as 49oC and winter drops were
as low as 10oC. Mobilisation of 3,800 workmen and
extended working hours in such weather itself is a great
achievement. This was achieved with pro-active support
from site management such as free warm clothing to
workmen in winter, rest sheds during summer, free
refreshments during peak period.
PTA Plant comprised construction of Plant buildings,
Process Plant and Warehouse. Every building has some
unique features not seen in other conventional process
plants. Major parameters are as below:
Plant Buildings
Though buildings such as control room, substation, D.G.
room and operators cabin are common in any process
plant, at IOCL-Panipat they had special requirements.
The control room had blast-proof concrete outer walls
while the console room was made to be soundproof
using lightweight concrete blocks and the doors were
made of fireproof steel. The control room, with its world-
class architectural finishes and electrical fixtures & fittings
and clad with superior quality marble, granite, tiles and
Burma teak for doors, is bound to become a benchmark
for process plants in the future. One has to see it to
believe it for, it is a different world by itself. Here are
some compliments from top officials of IOCL:
“I am happy to see a very high level of motivation in
October - December 2005
the entire PTA team. Considering our maiden
venture, we have done very well in project
execution. I look forward to a very successful
commissioning of the plant.” - Mr. S. Behuria,
Chairman
“Visiting the control room of PTA Plant and
the plant itself today was a fantastic experience,
the quality of construction as seen today is of
highest order. The three teams of L&T, IOCL
& EIL have worked shoulder to shoulder for
the last over two years to bring the plant to
a stage of near readiness for commissioning
without a single lost time, accident (LTA).
This is a marvelous achievement. I wish the
three teams all the best in remaining activities
of construction and of course in smooth
commissioning of the plant.” - Mr Jaspal
Singh, Director (Refineries)
Process Plant
PTA is a product derived from paraxylene passing
through various oxidation processes. As the spillages
and effluents arising out of the processes are highly
corrosive in nature, special technologies and materials
were used to make the floors and drains highly anti-
corrosive. All chemical trenches and effluent tanks were
constructed with stainless steel (SS304) lining. This was
highly demanding work since even a minor defect would
mean dismantling the trench and doing the work all
over again. However, the task was accomplished with
good quality by ECC’s highly skilled workmen and well-
motivated supervisors.
The heavy-duty pavements in the plant above the process
area pavement (31,000 sq.m.) were made of steel fibre
reinforced concrete with a 50 mm thick carpet to make
the floor and pavement abrasion-resistant. It was a totally
mechanised operation - cleaning the broomed surface,
application of bonding agent, immediate spreading of
concrete by a spreader and final trowelling – involving
time-bound activities which, if delayed, could have
impacted the carpet quality. In line with the
recommendation of the process licenser DuPont, specific
areas were covered with acid resistant tiles and UCRETE,
a patented product of MBT / DEGUSSA regarded
worldwide as the ideal anti-corrosive lining material.
Asia’s Largest Warehouse
The PTA Warehouse at IOCL-Panipat is Asia’s largest
warehouse with an area of 44,363 sq.m. (109 m x
407 m) and has four rows of 22.43 m high concrete
columns and a steel structured roof of precoated
galvolume sheets. The steel structured roof weighs 2,750
tonnes. To withstand the corrosive nature of PTA, the
floor was made of 250 mm thick VDF (Vacuum
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 Interior view of PTA’s warehouse, which is the largest in Asia having an area of 44,363 sq.m. (109 m x 407 m)
Dewatering Floor) concrete over 200 mm thick sand
layer used as sub-base floor. VDF offers the advantage
of minimal moisture content and lends very high
compressive strength to concrete. Over the VDF, 30
mm thick Bitumastic flooring (Prodorfalt Pyrocrete) was
applied to make it acid- and corrosion-resistant. The
Bitumastic flooring of 44,500 sq.m was done in a record
time of five months, deploying five boilers for bitumen
cake melting.
After completion of civil & structural works, the fire
fighting system design was changed to accommodate
large quantities of spray nozzles including header lines.
All purlins were strengthened in erected condition and
support structures were provided on civil columns
through anchor fasteners. It was a unique experience to
accommodate 176 nos. of 20 mm dia anchor fasteners
in an area of 1.5 sq.m. per column without touching
rebar. High precision rebar detectors were used to detect
the rebar and a specilalist agency from Chennai was
requisitioned to fix the anchor fasteners.
For Mr. P.L.N. Murthy (PLNM), Resident
Construction Manager, whose earlier assignments have
been mostly on projects for private sector corporates,
the Panipat job is a new and challenging
experience as the clients were two public
sector companies – IOCL and EIL. As it
turned out, it was a highly satisfying
experience too and gave him an exposure
to piping in various metallurgical
structures and critical equipment erection
using heavy lift cranes and compressor erection with
strand jack system. Happy to have had the total IPU
cluster experience after having worked in Puttaparthi,
ITC Badrachalam Paper boards, TISCO Jamshedpur,
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CHP at NTPC Simhadri project, he feels that this project
is unique in nature with most of the equipment imported
from various parts of the world. Mr. Murthy believes a
major contributory factor for success of the project has
been the teamwork and seamless working arrangement
established between ECC and E&C. On the safety front,
the site achieved 23 million safe manhours at the end of
December, 2005.
According to Mr. P.K. Deb (PKD), Planning Manager,
planning for PTA Site was entirely a different job as it
was a pressure situation right from the initial stage. The
on-site conditions required materials and
resources to be mobilised at short notice
and this meant frequent interaction with
planning and client approvals. Steel prices
had almost doubled but contractual prices
were fixed. However, the site team made
it possible to maintain the ACE margin
through implementation of good systems and practices,
sourcing new competitive vendors, procuring alternative
equivalent materials, deployment of specialist agencies
for certain works, documenting all extra works for
approval by the client, reducing wastages, etc. Adherence
to systems and able guidance of the RCM had been
instrumental in the project achieving success in execution,
quality and profitability. Another noticeable achievement
was the successful ISO Surveillance Audits by LRQA in
2004, Air Liquide and Llloyd International (for GLO
Italy) in 2005. He was also in civil activities apart from
planning and system implementation and is immensely
satisfied with his assignment as the planning in-charge
of such a huge project.
Mr. Y.R. Bhardwaj (YRB), posted in the month of
March 2004 as E&I head, says that actual work started
October - December 2005
in the month of September 2004 and was to be
completed in May 2005. The real challenge lay in
completing the vast scope of work - laying of cable trays
for 120 KM, fabrication and erection of
300 tonnes structural steel, 900 KM of
cable laying, erection of 450 HT & LT
panels, calibration & erection of 1,500
items of equipment including impulse
piping with Argon welding which made
the job challenging. Anticipating the
huge requirements, he prepared a micro plan to keep
track of things right from consumables to manpower
for the job and specialist agencies. Mechanized operations
were employed for man lift for putting lighting fixtures
and trays at a height of 24 metres in the warehouse. For
cable trays a cutting machine was used instead of the
manual hacksaw while pre-fabricated accessories replaced
site fabrication. Perfect teamwork combined with
meticulous planning ensured that all pre-commissioning
tests were completed and the plant made ready for
commissioning.
Mr. P. Haridas (PH), Stores in-charge for all the
packages at IOCL-Panipat, feels that the major advantage
in such a composite project is the optimum utilisation
of resources available in different sites.
He says, “We have done stores
management for about Rs.1,000 cr.
worth of materials (including clients’
supply). At PTA alone the stores team
efficiently handled about 45,000 tonnes
of materials apart from sand and metal.
Though space was a severe constraint, various items were
stored in a systematic way with proper identification
and preservation methods, aiding easy location. Ensuring
that materials reach at the right time was our major task
and we achieved this through close interaction with
DLRO Materials Dept. We conducted a market survey
for various materials and obtained competitive offers
for fast moving items involving local purchase. Our
inventory level was optimum as we adopted the JIT
method of procurement. QA/QC and site engineers
checked the materials and satisfied themselves before
they were taken up for use.”
PTA project was really a thrilling experience as it involved
major civil works, says Mr. A. Nashikkar (AN),
Construction Manager (Civil). The plant
work comprised many large and tall
equipment foundations, 14 kilometers of
RCC trench; nine large deep pits
including three stainless steel-lined pits.
The project work involved construction
of three large buildings - Product
Warehouse of 44,363 sq.m (Asia’s largest Warehouse),
Main Control Room (3,000 sq.m) and Substation
Building (2,000 sq.m.). The Control Room building
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has been built to world-class standards and has been
highly appreciated by the top management of EIL, IOCL
and other dignitaries.
Mr. Manjit Singh (MS), P&M Manager, says that
working at PTA has given him good exposure to piling
works and erection of solvent
dehydration column using American
crane in ringer mode and Demag 300 t
crane. Other equipment deployed at the
site were 8 piling rigs in the beginning
and a wide range of own and hired P&M
like batching plants, 10 transit mixers,
220 t Gottwald crane, American 9320 crane, 6 nos. of
75 t cranes, 8 hydraulic cranes, TATA 320 cranes, tower
crane, gantry cranes, 8 trailers, DG sets of varying
capacities,12 hydra cranes and 450 welding machines.
The American crane was also used in the ringer mode
for carrying out a few heavy lifts. The structural mats of
ISMB 600 were fabricated and used as hard stand for the
ringer crane which was assembled in a short period of
one week by working round the clock. A few critical lifts
were carried out by using luffing jib on the Demag crane.
Mr. R. Ramakrishnan (RRK), Piping
In-charge, is a veteran in the field of
Piping and Equipment across various
industries. He says that perfect planning
combined with innovative approaches
ensured that the piping works for PTA
assignment were completed well within
schedule.
Mr. P.S. Ghosh, Accounts and Administration In-charge,
has been at IOCL Panipat from early 2003. He says that
a project of such magnitude could function only when
there are cordial relations with the clients
and the locals. Having understood the
nuances, he developed very good rapport
with clients, statutory bodies and the
locals and this ensured that the project
execution was smooth. He is justifiably
proud that as a result of this the PTA
plant works were completed without any labour problems
or local disturbances.
Coke Drum System Package
The Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) at Panipat Refinery is
designed to process 2.4 million tonnes per annum of
Vacuum Residue (VR) and other residual products/
materials from various units of the Refinery. The products
are Green Petroleum Coke, Coker Fuel Oil (produced
optionally), Heavy and Light Gas Oils, Light and Heavy
Naphtha, mixed C3-C4 LPG and Fuel Gas, etc. It works
normally on a 48-hour cycle i.e. 24 hours of on-line
Coke Drum filling and 24 hours of off-line Decoking.
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 The contract for the Coke Drum System Package ranging from 0.5" to 42") erection at a height of 77 m
(CDSP), considered to be the heart of DCU, was from ground level. The highest hydro test pressure in
awarded to ECC on September 18, 2003 at Rs.22.41 the project was 444 kg/sq.cm.
cr. (later revised to Rs.31.15 cr.). Coke drum systems of
similar capacity have so far been completed in thirty- The CDSP project has another first to its credit - the
three months. However, true to its reputation ECC highest capacity bridge crane ever used in India,
completed the job in the month of June 2005 (i.e. in with a self weight of 250 tonnes, a travel speed of 95
twenty-two months), pending incorporation of free issue metres per minute and a loading capacity of 44 tonnes,
materials from the client. was erected at this site. The crane has a span of 23 M
excluding a cantilever portion of 10 M span with level
A major highlight in this package is the coke drum difference of 8 M between both ends supporting carriage.
foundation structure with 2.4 M thick foundation slab,
which is the tallest foundation in India at a height of The heavy lift operation was done with the help of
27.353 M from ground level. A total of 1,419 tonnes FMC Link Belt Crane having a lifting capacity of 750
of reinforcement went into the work. Using three tonnes, mounted on ringer foundation. It was for the
concrete pumps, a massive quantity of 1,360 cu.m. of first time in India that we used full boom length of the
M25 concrete was poured into the dense reinforcement FMC. All modules and four Coke Drums were lifted in
(weighing 315 MT) of 4 layers of 36 mm Torsteel each a single operation. One Fractionator Column, an elevator
at top and bottom, with 16 mm Torsteel as stirrups at structure of 67 M (in 2 parts) and the Bridge Crane
a height of 27 M. Heavy Duty L&T Towers and 5,000 were also lifted at one go. Altogether the FMC crane
tonnes of heavy duty L&T formwork were used was used for lifting and erection of 2,822 tonnes of
extensively for the top foundation slab alone. This type structures/equipment.
of mass concrete foundation slab was carried out for the
The site won the “Best Safety Performance Award” for
first time in India. The timely completion of the structure the year 2005 from IOCL after clocking 4 Million safe
was possible with the tower crane, which was used to manhours with ‘zero’ Accident. It also received Certificate
lift heavy-duty towers of 24 M length. The entire load
of Merit for achieving Two Million Lost Time Injury
of reinforcement and wet concrete of the foundation Free Manhours, Certificate of Merit for achieving Three
slab was transferred to the H-Beam placed over ISMC Million Lost Time Injury Free Manhours and Certificate
125, which in turn was transferred to the HD Tower.
of Merit for Zero Accident rate.
For the coke drum structures, weighing 2,800 tonnes, Automated Heading and Unheading system is a fully
the modular concept was adopted for the first time automatic hydraulic system for opening and closing of
in India. Universal columns and beams were used to
C o k e
raise the structures from the ground level to a height of D r u m .
Coke Drum System Package
103 m around four coke drums over the 2.4 M thick This is an
slab at 27 M level. The Coke Drum Structures consisted
imported
of eight modules of 2 Nos weighing 160, 190, 80 and system and
84 tonnes respectively. All eight modules were fabricated has been
and assembled at ground level and were lifted by FMC
installed
Link Belt crane of 750 t capacity (On Ringer). The
for the first
modules were placed one over the other to a height of time in
103 m from ground level within 15 days. The critical
India. The
part of the structure was the slope of 5.24 degrees,
hydraulic
which gradually tapers from 64 M to 103 M towards s y s t e m
top. The modular concept helped in overcoming the
consists of
criticality of working at heights, increased the quality of
pneumatic
workmanship and saved considerable time. The site used SS tubes
CO2 welding machine and achieved a productivity of 24
varying
kg per day compared to 6 kg per day that is possible
from 0.5"
with SMAW.
to 1.5"
Total piping scope was 50,000 inch-dia out of which (total 8
23,500 inch-dia piping was of high alloy steel (P5 and K M )
P9). High alloy steel pipe welding needs preheating, connected
post-heating, post-weld heat treatment and 100% w i t h
radiography. The work was completed with a high degree d o u b l e
of accuracy and quality, requiring only 1.3% re-work. compressed
The critical part of the work was vertical pipe (diameter fitting.

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Mr. V. Ravichandran, Project In-Charge for CDSP from
E&C Division, says that the modular concept we used
for fabrication of structural items in this package greatly
helped in timely completion of the project. This would
pave the way for our securing similar packages in IOCL’s
future projects at other locations. For design/engineering
of structural items L&T-Chiyoda, EDRC and an external
agency were engaged.

Mr. Anil Kumar Bansal (AKB), Construction Manager,

says that almost 70% of the work involved working at
heights, maximum being 103 m, and this required even
greater attention to safety aspects. However, by Four numbers reactivator clarifier of 34 m dia for 120 mld RWTP
fabricating and assembling the entire coke drum at IOCL-Panipat Refinery Expansion Project, Haryana
structures in modular form, the quantum of work at
heights was kept to the minimum and construction cost work as well as water supplied from the plant.
brought down by almost 30%. The site Mr. Banerjee adds that with the successful execution of
achieved 3 million lost time injury free this project, ECC will be well placed to secure similar
manhours and won Best Safety project orders in future.
Performance Award for the year 2005
The raw water treatment plant treats water upto
from IOCL. Thanks to good
5,000 cu.m./hr capacity and has special equipment like
construction planning, 1,080 tonnes of
sludge thickener and belt filter press. One of the special
fabricated steel structures in modular
features of the plant is that it has zero discharge of
form were erected in a matter of 15 days. AKB adds
waste liquid. All the sludge from clarified water/dirty
that in terms of quality as well, the clients were highly
back wash water is extracted by means of belt filter
satisfied with our work, particularly in piping joints
press and dry sludge cakes are transported to a designated
where welding repair percentage was as low as 1.3%.
dumping place. The water thus re-cycled is used in
various refinery processes, thereby conserving water.

120 MLD Raw Water Treatment Plant Corporate Social Responsibility

The package included project management, design/
engineering, procurement, manufacture, supply,
transportation, storage, fabrication, construction,
installation, testing, pre-commissioning and
commissioning of RWTP. This is the first 120 MLD
raw water treatment plant ever executed by ECC. The
work was awarded on September 15, 2003 and the plant
was commissioned on May 5, 2005 while the mechanical
completion was achieved on September 30, 2005.
IOCL awarded the site the best safety performance
trophy for achieving 4 million lost time, injury-free
manhours.
Mr. S.K. Banerjee, Construction Manager, says that
one major problem faced during execution was the
complete submergence of filter water sump and pump
house area during rainy season. However, additional
resources – equipment, men and materials
- were immediately deployed to
successfully overcome the situation and
we could hand over the pump house for
Phase-I commissioning of the plant in
time as required by the client. The clients
were very happy with the quality of our
As part of corporate social responsibility ECC-Panipat
Site Management has been reaching out to the society at
large in various ways. During November 2005 it
mobilised Rs.1.45 lakh through contributions from staff
members to assist M.D.D. Bal Bhavan at Karnal, near
Panipat. The money was donated to M.D.D. Bal Bhavan
on 18.11.05 in the form of clothing, linen, furniture,
cooking accessories, stationery, etc. and Rs.41,500 in cash.
The Bal Bhavan has been rendering yeoman service since
1992 to orphans and underprivileged children in the area.
It has 64
inmates in the
age group of
6 months to
14 years.
Mr. Sharad Kumar
and his ECC colleagues
at M.D.D. Bal Bhavan

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 Refined ‘Reformer’
Ravi Prakash Tripathi, a diploma holder in mechanical
engineering from the Institute of Engineering and Rural
Technology, Allahabad, joined ECC as DET in the year
1991.
Ravi Prakash made his debut with an assignment at
NTPC-Dadri and was involved in erection, pre-
commissioning and commissioning of piping. His next
stop was at TCL-Babrala (reformers and furnaces),
followed by Oswal Fertilizers, IFFCO-Bareli (reformer),
IFFCO-Phulpur (two helical coil heaters) and IOCL-
Mathura (reformer for hydrogen plant), all of which
Mr. R.P. Tripathi with his family
A Promising Accountant
Born in Coimbatore and brought up in Kolkata, C.S.
Pradeep (CSP) is a B.Com. (Hons.) from Calcutta
University and holds a G-NIIT degree in computer
programming. He is currently studying for MBA through
Annamalai University by correspondence.
Pradeep started his career as a commercial trainee with
MICO (Bosch Group) at Kolkata where he worked for
sixteen months. This was followed by a nine-month stint
as accounts assistant with ECC at the AJC Bose Road
Flyover, Kolkata and another spell with MICO for two
years at their Patna Office as Asst. Accounts Officer. He
re-joined ECC in December 2003 and was posted at
IOCL-Panipat in Sup. B cadre to assist the Accounts &
Administration Head Mr. P. Jeyakrishnan.
CSP is very happy with the working environment in
ECC and looks forward to growing up in the
organisation. He welcomes the interaction between HQ
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helped him gain in-depth knowledge relating to reformers
in fertilizer and hydrocarbon plants. He then had a break
from reformer jobs with the posting at Jamnagar-Loni
pipeline project and was involved in the main line
welding throughout the duration of the job. Moving
from JLPL to Delhi Vidyut Board’s 330 MW combined
cycle power project he was made in-charge of BoP works
and DM permeable water plant involving pipe racks,
piping and equipment erection. His strong ‘reformer’
background came in handy when he was shifted to
IOCL-Panipat in March 2003. Here ECC executed two
reformers for producing hydrogen, which
are the world’s biggest and were erected
in a record time of six months. He was
also involved in the erection of three
heaters and could achieve considerable
savings in time by stepping up the pace of
activities.
RPT has attended training programmes
on power plants, piping design and
manufacturing system, legal aspects of
contract management and communication
skills. He has completed NDT Level II
course and is pursuing Level III through
DNV, and is also contemplating to study
for BE through correspondence.
The Tripathis, married in 1992, have two
daughters and one son – Ritu (12)
studying in VII Standard, Riya (10) in
Standard IV and Ayus (8) in Standard II.
and sites that is
made possible by
ECC News. He
has attended an
in-house training
programme at
DLRO on indirect
taxes.
Pradeep enjoys
reading books and
watching movies.
Married to
Sandhya in 2003,
Pradeep has a one-
year old son
Aryan. Sandhya is
a physics graduate
and book-lover. Mr. Pradeep with his wife
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 Rooted In Plant & Machinery
A product of Ramakrishna Mission Technical Institute,
Chennai, V. Muthuraman (VMR) is a diploma holder in
mechanical engineering and joined ECC as a DET in
1993.
VMR’s first assignment was at the Birla Group’s Maihar
Cement Plant in Madhya Pradesh in P&M section where
he got acquainted with construction equipment like tower
cranes, batching plants and transit mixers. Following
this he had a brief stint in DLRO, reporting to the
Regional Plant Manager, and moved to Nizamuddin
Bridge site, IOCL-Mathura (DHDS), DDA flyover at
Dwarka, and Jaipur-Loni pipeline project before finally
coming to IOCL-Panipat in November 2002. He
particularly cherishes his stint at Nizamuddin Bridge
which gave him an opportunity to interact with the
officials of Obayashi, Japan, and an exposure to the
innovative jack-down system for well-sinking. At Panipat
he is P&M in-charge and has handled a wide range of
P&M (worth Rs.42 cr. at peak time) like FMC link belt
crane, Amhoist, hydraulic cranes, Bobcat loader (which
replaced 100 workmen) and orbital welding machine.
Among his various responsibilities at Panipat that gave
him high satisfaction he counts the transportation of
two link belt cranes (considered the world’s largest) from
Kandla in dismantled condition and assembling at site.
These cranes were used to lift the DHDT reactor.
Instrumental For Instrumentation
Hailing from Lucknow, Prabhat Srivastav (PS) took his
diploma in instrumentation in 1990 from Feroze Gandhi
Polytechnic, Rae Bareli. Prior to joining ECC in 1995,
he had worked with Messrs. Encardio Rite Electronics
Pvt. Ltd. (manufacturer of electronic instruments, load
cell & weighing systems) as service engineer.
Mr. Prabhat Srivastav with his family
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He has attended training programmes on ISO auditing
and supervisory development. He is planning to pursue
higher studies – AMIE or BE through BITS, Pilani.
Muthuraman sings Hindi and English songs and enjoys
reading books on management and self-development.
Along with Nanda Gobu, colleagues and families he
helps social causes in many ways and had once mobilised
funds to the tune of Rs.1.45 lakh for donating to the
Balbhavan, an orphanage at Karnal.
Married to Nirmala, VMR has two school-going
daughters, Archana (7½ years) and Niranjana (4½).
Mr. V. Muthuraman and family
At ECC, his initial posting was at Malvika Steel plant,
Jagdishpur as instrumentation engineer and later on at
IFFCO-Aonla, ACC Cement plants at Jabalpur/Tikaria
and IOCL-Mathura. In 2000 he was appointed as E&I
in-charge for various water treatment projects at Delhi.
The work involved design, detailed engineering, material
procurement, erection, testing & commissioning
and maintenance. Apart from managing the
electrical & instrumentation work for all six sites
at Delhi, he assisted DLRO in procurement and
inspection of electrical & instrumentation items
and provided inputs for tendering purposes. At
IOCL-Panipat Prabhat is the Resident Engineer
for Paraxylene and PTA plants and has
contributed significantly to instrumentation
works.
Married in 1997, the Srivastavs have two
daughters - Varnali (5 years) and Shelly (2 Years).
Mrs. Srivastav has multiple qualifications: M.A.
in Hindi and Sanskrit, B.Ed. and Prabhakar (a
degree) in tabla and harmonium. She also takes
part in mushairas. Prabhat enjoys playing
badminton.
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 Maiden Assignment – A Dream Debut
For Umesh Prasad the assignment at PTA Plant, IOCL-
Panipat, his first in ECC, is a dream come true. An
AMIE (Civil) of 1992, he joined ECC in July 2003 and
has been associated with PTA right from the beginning.
His first task was to set up the entire site infrastructure-
batching plant, project office, site office, stores, canteen,
etc. – followed by the main civil work for PTA project
which included the largest substation building and DG
room. On successful completion of these jobs, he was
entrusted with the remaining civil works of PTA project.
His earlier stint was with the JP Group for around three
years, reporting to the Sr. Vice President. He was
involved in the Chamera Hydro Electric Power Project
Stage II where he had done tunneling work for headrace
tunnel and institutional buildings. He also handled
multiple projects and activities such as selection of sub
contractors, suppliers, inspection and procurement of
finishing items. Also he was associated with NPCIL’s
RAPP–3&4 at Kota while working for Navair
International Ltd who carried out finishing works of
the project for Stage–II. His past experience and exposure
have stood him in good stead at PTA project and he
hopes to further strengthen his project execution skills
through the vast learning opportunities that ECC
Multidisciplinary Piling Specialist
Hailing from the temple city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu,
M.R. Dinakaran (MRD) joined ECC in 1998 after
working for 12 years in various capacities in the
Mr. M.R. Dinakaran with his family
Government and private construction companies
handling building projects, underground ducting
network, bridges for Konkan Railways and piling works
for industrial and commercial projects.
The seven years of his career in ECC took him to DHDS,
SRU project, HPCL-Vizag, Sujana Power Project-
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Mr. Umesh Prasad and family
provides.
Married to Sushma in 1997, Umesh is blessed with two
children: Shubham (7-1/2 years) studying in Class III
and Utkarsh (3 years), who is in LKG. Mrs. Prasad is
an M.A. in Political Science and home-maker. Asked
about his hobbies and interests, Umesh says he has never
taken leave!
Tuticorin, L&T Cement Grinding Unit–Arakkonam,
Buckingham Canal–Chennai, CPCL’s Cogeneration Plant,
TPL-Manali and Combined Cycle Power Plant for TNEB
at Kuttalam. Posted at IOCL-Panipat in August 2003,
he is currently at PTA site after completing his
assignments at DHDT and HGU.
Even though piling has come to be his area of
specialization, he has been acquiring new skills and would
like to be known as a multi disciplinary piling specialist.
During his tenure with ECC, he has been involved in
the construction of major structures like cement mill
and hopper buildings, fly ash silo, foundations for DG
set and turbine generator. At PTA, apart from piling, he
has carried out major foundation works for Asia’s largest
process air compressor, dryer structures, heaters and
reactors. He considers completion of the 1.2 km long
stainless steel trenches situated in congested technological
areas as his most satisfying achievement. He enjoys the
culture of freedom in ECC and is highly enthused by
teamwork and employee involvement at all levels.
In his spare time Dinakaran listens to music and updates
his proficiency in various softwares. Married in 1997,
the Dinakarans have two sons – Harish (aged 4½ years)
studying LKG and one-year old Satish.
October - December 2005
 A Perfect Executor
A diploma holder in mechanical engineering from
Pattukkottai in Tamil Nadu, P. Saravanan (PS), joined
ECC in 1995, backed by seven years’ experience in Dowel
Erectors and two other companies that gave him a sound
footing in the field of power plants ranging from 60
MW to 500 MW capacity. His first posting in ECC was
as Junior Engineer at NFL-Guna site, followed by a
string of challenging and successful assignments. Some
of his career milestones include timely execution of 500
MW power plant at Korba, Ammonia Piping work for
Chambal Fertilizers, HGU plant for IOCL-Mathura
refinery and combined cycle power plant for Delhi Vidyut
Board.

At PTA-Panipat, apart from his work of coordinating

and clearing of piping loops of exotic metals like
Mr. P. Saravanan and family
Titanium and Hastalloy from third party inspection
agencies DNV and EIL, he had the added responsibility
The Saravanans, married in 1993, are blessed with two
of getting clearance for piping hydro test loops which
children – a son and a daughter – who are studying in
was executed well to the satisfaction of clients IOCL V and III standards. Saravanan enjoys spending time
and consultants. Having successfully met the challenges
with his children, family outings and watching TV –
at PTA, he now looks forward to handling even tougher
that is, when he gets time off from his hectic work
tasks in the coming years at ECC’s project sites. schedule.

Dependably ‘Independent’ Structural Incharge

With over 25 years of experience behind him Suresh
Chandra Prajapti (SCP) is a veteran in the field of
structural fabrication and erection. After a five-year stint
in Dodsals, Prajapti joined ECC as Junior Chargehand
(Mechanical) in April 1986 and has since gained vast
exposure to varied facets of construction in refineries,
petrochemicals, fertilizer, power and cement plants,
pipelines, etc.
Right from his Junior Chargehand days to the present
times as Foreman (Mechanical), SCP has been handling
his assignments independently as structural in-charge,
starting with NTPC-Rihand. He went on to work at
RPL-Hazira (lifting arrangement), ATPS-Anpara
(225 m chimney), TCL-Babrala, Malvika Steel-
Jagdishpur (blast furnace), IFFCO-Phulpur
(shutdown job), Indo-Gulf-Jagdishpur (shutdown
job), ACC-Kymore (108 m high preheater),
Hindalco power plant-Renusagar (TG building),
IOCL-Mathura (piping and pipe rack), Jamnagar-
Loni pipleline (hydro testing and commissioning)
and PTA Panipat. He believes that ECC project
sites offer continuous scope to learn and improve
oneself. One such example of learning Prajapti
cites is the use of an American crane in ringer
mode at PTA site for structural fabrication and
erection.

A native of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Prajapti

married in 1972 and has four daughters and one
son studying in Class V. While the two elder
daughters are married, the younger ones are in
Mr. S.C. Prajapti and family Classes XII and X. Mrs. Prajapti is an expert cook.

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 QA/QC Is His Forte
Hailing from Guduvancheri near Chennai, B. Nanda
Gobu (BNG) is a diploma holder in mechanical
engineering of 1990 batch.
He broke his professional teeth with Tech-Sharp
Engineers, Chennai and gained valuable experience of
five years. His major assignment during this period was
as welding inspection supervisor at MAPP, Kalpakkam.
Since joining ECC in 1995 he has had a string of
assignments spanning five regions and five business units,
with his responsibility for QA/QC as the common thread.
On completion of the first assignment at NFL-Guna,
BNG proceeded to ECC’s Kandla Free Trade Zone
workshop, where he oversaw the quality assurance and
control aspects of fabrication of structures for Raysut
Cement Plant (executed by ECC) in Oman. These were
followed by assignments at MRPL (inspection of welding
and radiography for critical works), Rare Materials Plant,
Mysore (vacuum pipes), Chikmagalur and Hubli-
Dharwar water supply projects (manufacture of spiral
weld pipes and inspection), BPCL-Mahul (in-charge of
welding and NDT). At IOCL since February 2004, BNG
has looked after material inspection, structural-related
welding and inspection, and modular fabrication.
BNG has done NDT Course Level II conducted by the
American Society for Non-Destructive Testing and has
Rewarding Assignments In Refineries
A native of Yamunanagar, Haryana, Vikram Gupta (VG)
obtained his diploma in mechanical engineering from
Mr. Vikram Gupta with his wife and their tiny toddler
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B. Nanda Gobu with his family
attended training programmes on equipment safety and
self-development. He feels a sense of responsibility
towards the society and does his bit for charitable
organisations through service and in kind.
Married to Sathyavathi in 1997, Nanda Gobu has two
daughters – Shanmugapriya (8) studying in 3rd standard
and Deepika (3). Mrs. Nandagobu is a graduate in
chemistry.
the Government Polytechnic, Karnal in the year 1998
and joined ECC soon after as a DET.
He opened his account in ECC with a posting in Mumbai
Region where he was given three consecutive assignments
at BPCL-Mahul refinery: piping work in the refinery;
concrete coating and guniting in the combined cycle
power plant; and fabrication work for reformer, chimney
and structures in the hydrogen generation unit. With
the kind of knowledge and experience he gained in the
BPCL Refinery, his next stop was, naturally, another
refinery: IOCL-Panipat. Here his responsibility was the
fabrication and erection of steel structures weighing
altogether 2,600 tonnes in the coke drum system
package.
Vikram is a keen cricket watcher and enjoys reading
books. He is presently pursuing AMIE and has attended
in-house training programmes on supervisory
development and safety audit.
Married in February 2004, the Guptas – Archana and
Vikram – are blessed with a son, Sakshan, aged one.
Mrs. Gupta is a post-graduate in business economics.
October - December 2005
 A WAU Specialist In The Making
Dinesh Kharbanda (DK), a DME of 1998 batch from the
Government Polytechnic at Nilokheri, Karnal District,
Haryana, joined ECC in September 1998 as DET
(mechanical).

In his present assignment at RWTP-IOCL, Panipat, which is

his first in the water & utilities (WAU) sector, he had a good
exposure to planning and billing functions as well as rotary
equipment erection and piping fabrication/erection. He
acknowledges the good co-operation he received from the
Construction Manager and other colleagues.

DK’s first posting in ECC was at RPL-Jamnagar where he

had a two-year stint. He then moved to PHED, Sadasar in
September 2000 and spent three years before shifting to
IOCL-Panipat.

Dinesh has attended self-development and construction

management programmes at DLRO. He is presently doing
AMIE.

Mrs. Kharbanda is a post-graduate in physics and had worked

as a teacher for some time. A trained classical dancer, she is
currently teaching dance to students. Mr. Dinesh Kharbanda with his wife

A Budding All-rounder
Starting his career as a DET (Civil) with ECC in the
year 1996, Anil Sharma (AS) in his present assignment
at RWTP-IOCL, Panipat heads the planning function
for all disciplines as Senior Engineer Civil. He
subsequently upgraded his qualification with a BE (Civil)
in 2001 from Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, from
where he had taken his DCE as well in the year 1996
and stood first.
Anil has had varied exposure during his over nine-year
stint in ECC, handling functions like billing, planning
and costing as well as on-site works related to precasting,
prestressing, sheet piling and general civil works. His
first assignment was at the Nizamuddin Bridge project
site in Delhi from where he moved to the combined
effluent treatment plant for DSIDC, Delhi at Wazirpur,
Nangloi and GT-Karnal, followed by the Mathura
Refinery (Hydrogen Generation Unit)
project.

A cricket and badminton enthusiast, Anil

has been a versatile player in both the
sports and has been a badminton
champion in his college days. He
continues to keep in touch with the
games even now as a player and spectator.

Anil is happy with the learning

opportunities provided by the company
and has attended programmes on
formwork, supervisory development, EIP
implementation and finishing works.

Anil, a native of Una in Himachal

Pradesh, is recently married. Wife Rakhi
is a B.A. (Hons.) and has done a course
Mr. Anil Sharma with his wife in fashion design.

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 KALEIDOSCOPE

A Sojourn To The South-East

Picnics are always special occasions for ECC’s Recreation Clubs, which organise them on
a grand and gala scale. This year it was special in many ways as the HQ club broke new
ground by organising four overseas and twin domestic trips.

ECC Recreation Club HQ for the first time organised four overseas trips. The first
From HQ two trips to Malaysia and Sri Lanka was by Sri Lankan Airlines via Sri Lanka followed
by other two by Indian Airlines during November 2005. The itineraries included half-
day’s sightseeing at Colombo, one day at Genting Island (Malaysia), half a day at Kuala Lumpur followed by a
train journey and sightseeing at Singapore.

All the participants enjoyed the memorable trip and returned fully satisfied with pleasant memories.

Come Dusserra 2005 and the getaway this time around for ECC-ites of Hyderabad to
From HYRO unwind was South-East Asia – Malaysia & Singapore. Organised by the ECC Recreation
Club of Hyderabad with arrangements for travel, stay and sightseeing made meticulously
by SOTC, two groups of 75 ECC-ites each including family embarked on this sojourn. After a half-day transit halt
at Colombo, the groups landed at Kuala Lumpur. The half-day tour took us to various landmarks of historical
significance – The Lake gardens with National Museum, the Kings Palace, the National Mosque and the Merdeka
Square.
Next stop was Genting Highlands – the world of fantasy & adventure in Asia’s largest theme park. En-route we
visited Lord Muruga’s temple at the beautiful Batu Caves but the steep climb to the top left many exhausted only
to be rejuvenated by the spectacular sights on the 4-Km long cable car atop to Genting.
On the third day, we bid an emotional farewell to Malaysia only to land at Singapore feeling déjà vu. The Night
Safari at Singapore Zoo gave us a peek into the nocturnal animal life followed by
a tour of the Jurong Bird Park where exotic birds displayed not just their
vibrant & colourful plumes but also their intelligence and skills.
Other itineraries included the short river cruise, the ‘Underwater
Tunnel Walk’ showcasing the unique marine life, and the
synchronised dolphin. The evening culminated with the stunning
and dazzling display of the laser. The tour ended with a shopping
spree at Mustafa’s gigantic mall and Niranjan’s store and a visit
to the quintessential landmark of Singapore – The Merlion.
And the hangover blues that all the members went through on
return aptly suggest that it was the most exciting, entertaining,
action-packed, memorable vacation organised by ECC
Recreation Club, Hyderabad.

HYRO colleagues in
Malaysia

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 Twin Trips Break New Ground
Marking a departure from tradition, ECC Recreation pleasant and quiet stay for the first two days in Sterling
Club this year gave its members an option to choose a Resorts in the cool climes of the hill resort, away from
destination for the Puja holidays picnic. It has been the the hustle and bustle of city life. Their time was taken
custom with the Club to organise the annual
picnic to one popular tourist spot. However,
considering the ever-growing number of
participants and with a view to providing variety
to the members, the Club’s office-bearers
proposed two destinations – Hyderabad and
Kodaikanal/Madurai – for the 2005 annual
outing. The members and their families
welcomed the idea and joined the picnic in good
numbers.

The two groups left Chennai for their respective

destinations by train on the evening of Saturday,
8th October 2005 and returned on the morning
of Wednesday, the 13th.

The 250-strong
Hyderabad Hyderabad group
was accommodated A pleasurable ferry ride
at Tara, a luxury hotel in the famed Ramoji
up by sightseeing, an adventurous visit to Berijam lake
Film City on the outskirts of Hyderabad. They visited
the Salar Jung Museum, Charminar, Golkonda Fort, Birla and forest and an evening get-together of all the
Science Museum, Birla Mandir, Lumbini Park and had picnickers over dinner.
a pleasurable ferry ride in the Hussain Sagar Lake along For the following two days Hotel Germanus in the
the Necklace Road. One entire day was set aside to tour temple town of Madurai played host to the holidayers
the 2,000-acre Ramoji Film City (RFC) which is certified whose itinerary included visits to the historic Thirumalai
by the Guinness World Records as the World’s largest Nayakar Palace, Gandhi Musem, Thirupparankundram,
film studio complex and is one of Asia’s most popular one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga, and the
tourism and recreation centres. This tour concluded with Meenakshi Amman temple.
a get-together on the lush green lawns of Hotel Sitara
in RFC. The seasoned office-bearers of ECC Recreation Club
have once again demonstrated their skills in organising
The group that opted for such elaborate events. The Kodai-Madurai picnic was
Kodai / Madurai Kodaikanal and Madurai ably co-coordinated by Mr. V.S. Parthasarathy of our
consisted of staff members Kodaikanal Office.
and their families numbering about 200. They had a

Eye Check-up Camp at HQ

An Eye Check-up camp was organised by P&OD,
HQ with the help of Sankara Nethralaya during 24th
to 26th October 2005 for staff based at HQ along
with their families in AOB Complex. In total there
were 107 participants for the three-day camp. The
feedback was positive with requests for similar camps
at regular intervals.

Eye Check-up in progress

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 Workshop On ‘Art-of-Living’ and ‘Breath of Life’
An Art-of-Living Workshop was held at ECC-HQ, cleansing and specific rhythm of breathing reinvents the
Chennai from 15th to 20th November 2005. Designed naturalness in the individual and brings about enhanced
by Sri Sri Ravishankar, renowned spiritual teacher, it dynamism, enthusiasm and energy.
was conducted by Ms. Lalitha a teacher of Vyakti Vikas
Kendra, Chennai (Virugambakam
Centre). Nearly 20 members
participated in the Workshop and
benefited through the programme
which was spread over 20 hours and
six days. Participants were taken through
the discussion methodically on the seven
layers of existence - Body, Breath, Mind,
Intellect, Memory, Ego and Being. The
highlight of this workshop was THE
SUDARSHAN KRIYA – systematic
breathing in specific rhythms. By regular
practice of this technique the cells
become rejuvenated, oxygenated and
cleansed of accumulated toxins. This Art-of-living workshop in progress

AIDS Awareness Programme For Workmen

At Allahabad Ganga Bridge Site
For workers at ECC’s Allahabad Ganga Bridge
site an AIDS awareness programme was conducted
on 12th November 2005. Dr. Ohm Prakash Gupta
(M.B.B.S., M.S.), the guest speaker highlighted
the precautions and preventions and the
importance of leading a healthy life to about 100
workers who attended the programme.

Mr. Chatterjee, AIDS Coordinator

District Kaushambi,
Mr. Raghvendra Singh,
Mr. A.K. Sharma (Safety officer-
FPCC), Mr. B. Sarkar-Industrial
Relations Supervisor, and
Mr. V.K. Upadhaya explained the
Importance of “Awareness of
Participants of the programme on Aids Awareness at Allahabad Ganga Bridge job site. AIDS” to Workmen.
(Inset) Dr. O.P. Gupta addressing the workmen.

Quenching The Thirst Of Devotees

n t ion
lie ciat
Sri Sathya Sai Water Supply Board, Anantapur has commended the work of ECC’s Operation
& Maintenance team at Anantapur in supplying 74.08 lakh litres (against the normal supply
C pre of 23 lakh litres per day) of potable drinking water to the large number of devotees gathered

p
in and around Prasanthi Nilayam on the occasion of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s 80th
Birthday Celebrations on November 23, 2005. In a letter issued to the team, the Board said,

A “This has been achieved due to the meticulous planning, continuous monitoring and excellent
coordination of all the activities with team spirit.”

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 Inter-Regional Cultural Event at Ahmedabad
L&T ECC Recreation Club,
Ahmedabad Region hosted the
2nd Inter-Regional Cultural
Competition at the
lawns of The Sports
Club of Gujarat in
Ahmedabad on 20th &
21 st of October
2005. The
event opened with a
traditional dance performed by
youthful participants of
Ahmedabad Regional Office
(ABRO), showcasing the vibrant
art and cultural heritage of the
State of Gujarat.
The event comprised of competitions in the categories
of group dance, solo dance, solo song and duet song.
Mr. Vaghmin Bhuch, Director, Science City,
Ahmedabad was the Chief Guest on the Opening Day.
While Mr. K.G. Hariharan, Vice-President of the Club,
presided over the function, Mr. M.A. Radhakrishnan,
former Regional Manager, ABRO, was the Chief Guest
on the Concluding Day.

Mr. & Mrs. Jayraj Sarvaiya and Mr. Khandekar, renowned organisers and
promoters of cultural events at all-India and State levels, acted as judges for
the musical and dance events. Mr. Hariharan and Mr. Radhakrishnan
presented the trophies to the successful participants.

Category Winner Runner-Up

Male Singer (Solo) Mr. P.V. Mohan Rao (HQ) Mr. S.Guha (BLRO)

Female Singer(Solo) Ms. Jessica Sharma (ABRO) Ms. Sugandhi Jairaman (HQ)

Duet Song Ms. Sugandhi Jairaman, Ms. Jessica Sharma,

Mr. K Veeramani (HQ) Mr. B.J. Joshi (ABRO)

Solo Dance Mr. Santosh Don Pereira (BLRO) Mr. Ramesh Babu (ABRO)

Group Dance ABRO HYRO

Overall Best Team ABRO

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 SAFETY NEWS

Appreciation Certificates
Lanjigarh Tankages Project NPCIL Kaiga
Vedanta Alumina Limited, for whom ECC is executing NPCIL Kaiga Phase 3&4
the Lanjigarh Tankages project, has issued an appreciation project site has achieved
letter in recognition of achieving four million Lost- Three Million Lost Time
Time-Injury-free Injury (LTI) Free man-
manhours and hours as on 31st October
excellent safety 2005. Nuclear Power
implementation. Corporation of India Ltd
The site has a (NPCIL) issued a
record of working Certificate of
accident-free Appreciation to L&T ECC
right from in this regard.
the start i.e. The site has also won
May 2004. the first prize in the Job
Hazard Analysis
Presentation workshop
conducted by the Client.
NPCIL issued an
appreciation certificate to
Mr. Debasish Mazumder,
Site Safety Co-coordinator
in recognition of the same.

IIT Madras
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), has
awarded our IIT-M project site “Safety Appreciation
Certificate” for completing three million Lost-Time-
Injury-free manhours as on September 25, 2005. The
site has been working accident-free since the work
commenced in July 2004.

SEPCO Lauds ECC’s Safety

Performance
Mr. Tang Jianguo, Safety Manager of Shandong Electric Power
Corporation (SEPCO), the Chinese firm executing the 540MW Captive
Power Plant for Balco, Korba is all praise for ECC’s safety management
practices. ECC undertook the 275 M chimney as SEPCO’s
subcontractor. In an appreciation letter issued to ECC he complimented
the site team on the good safety record achieved during project execution
and on completing the project with zero accident rate.

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 Sites’ Safety Roll Of Honour
Congratulations to the following Sites on their achieving
Two million and more Accident-Free Man-Hours
Diesel Hydrotreater (DHDT) & Hydrogen
Generation Unit (HGU) Site, IOCL Panipat – Twenty
Three Million Safe Man-hours during September 2002
– September 2005
Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Plant Site, IOCL
Panipat – Seventeen Million Safe Man-hours during
June 2004 – October 2005
Vemagiri Power Project – Eight Million Safe Man-
hours during December 2004 – November 2005
Vessels Project Site, Visakhapatnam – Seven Million
Safe Man-hours during September 2000 – June 2005
BALCO Smelter Expansion Project, Korba – Five
Million Safe Man-hours during October 2004 – October
2005
Sahara Hospital Project, Lucknow – Five Million Safe
Man-hours during June 2004 – September 2005
Asahi Glass Plant, Roorkee – Four Million Safe Man-
hours during May 2005 – November 2005
HSBC Project, Hyderabad – Four Million Safe Man-
hours during November 2004 – November 2005
National Games Stadium Project, Guwahati – Four
Million Safe Man-hours During January 2004 – October
2005
RMZ Millenia Project Site, Kandanchavadi – Three
Million Safe Man-hours during November 2004 –
November 2005
Vedanta Alumina Project, Lanjigarh – Three Million
Safe Man-hours during July 2004 – October 2005
Refinery Project in Panipat Excels in Safety
ECC’s sites at IOCL-Panipat have won four awards in
the second construction safety competition held by
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the year
2005 in the category of projects of value above 500
crores. While Coke Drum System Package (CDSP)
site was chosen for an award in the category of projects
valued below Rs.500 cr., the PTA site won the
following awards:
• Best Safety Performance Award for Projects above
Rs.500 cr. in value
• Best Performing Safety Officer (Mr. R.K. Dubey)
• Best Safety Conscious Worker (Mr. Ganesh Jha)
Earlier our DHDT & HGU Project Site Panipat had
October - December 2005
Jojobera Power Plant Site – Three Million Safe Man-
hours during August 2004 – October 2005
NTPC Vindhyanagar Coal Handling Plant-III –
Three Million Safe Man-hours during March 2004 –
August 2005
UP Road Package II – Three Million Safe Man-hours
during May 2002 – July 2005
CTS Project Site, Siruseri – Three Million Safe Man-
hours during December 2004 – November 2005
IITM Project Site, Chennai – Three Million Safe Man-
hours during July 2004 – September 2005
Lakshachandi Heights Site, Goregaon, Mumbai – Two
Million Safe Man-hours during February 2004 – October
2005
Oberoi Woods Site – Two Million Safe Man-hours
during August 2004 – September 2005
Software Development Centre, Wipro Project,
Kolkata – Two Million Safe Man-hours during January
2004 – October 2005
Numaligarh Refinery Limited Project Site – Two
Million Safe Man-hours during January 2004 – October
2005
National Thermal Power Corporation Project,
Kahalgaon – Two Million Safe Man-hours during May
2004 – October 2005
NIB Project Site, Noida – Two Million Safe Man-
hours during September 2004 – August 2005
won the prestigious RoSPA Silver Award for
Occupational Safety–2004 and the Construction Safety
Award of IOCL for the period Oct–Dec 2004.
Mr. P.L.N.
Murthy, Resident
Construction
Manager, PTA
Project, Panipat
and team receiv-
ing the Safety
trophy from Mr.
Rohit Bhardwaj,
ED(Refinery)
IOCL
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 L&T Oman – Safety Trophy Winners
A house keeping rolling trophy was instituted in the year 2004 for the
projects of Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC [LTO] as a tribute to our co-
founder, the late Mr. Henning Holck-Larsen. The scheme was initiated
to motivate employees to strive for higher Health, Safety and Environment
(HSE) standards at overseas project sites.

HSE committee selects the winners and awards trophies to major and
minor projects through an established evaluation procedure. The winners
under the scheme for 2004-05 are:

Mr. K.V. Rangaswami presenting

Major Job Category: trophies to winners (top) Mr. M.S.
Raval, Project Manager, Bait Al
Bait Al Barakah Villa No.1 Project Barakah Villa and (bottom)
Mr. Anjan Mohapatra, Al Hoti
Minor Job Category: Cave Development Project.
Mr. V.B. Gadgil looks on.
Al Hoti Cave Development Project

Regional Level Training Programs On

“Safety In Construction”
“Safety in Construction” programs are
conducted at all regions for staff up to Senior
Officer Cadre. These are in addition to the
training programs organised by P&OD. In
line with the target all staff members upto
senior office cadre in Regions will undergo
training by April 2006.

Participants of the regional level safety training

programme conducted at HQ seen with
Mr. R. Anbalagan, Mr. V. Balaji

Region Dates Location No. of

participants

ABRO 21-22, November 2005 RAPP Kota 26

BLRO 26-27, October 2005 Bangalore International Airport 35
CNRO 21-22, October 2005 HQ – Chennai 67
14-15, November 2005 HQ – Chennai 66
DLRO 26-27, September 2005 Delhi 75
KKRO 28-29, September 2005 Lanjigarh Site 24
15-16, October 2005 TISCO Jamshedpur 43
MBRO 7-8, November 2005 Mumbai 37

30 October - December 2005

 EXHIBITIONS

ECC At AEC Expo, Mumbai

ECC participated in the AEC World Expo &
Conferences organised by Jasubhai Media Pvt
Ltd. at MMRDA Grounds, Bandra-Kurla
Complex, Mumbai during 14-18 December,
2005.

The exposition showcased innovative trends

and materials in the fields of architecture,
engineering and construction. ECC’s stall in
an area of 224 sq.m. depicted a typical
construction site highlighting the various
systems of L&T Formwork used for critical
and complex projects demanding high speed
and quality finish.

Also featured were our RMC plants as well as

project execution capabilities in different
business segments.

In addition, students
of L&T Construction
Skills Training
Institute, Panvel,
demonstrated the
masonry skills
acquired by them and
caught the eyes of
many an interested
visitor to the expo.

Tunnel view from the

entrance (top); Overall
view of the Formwork on
display (right)

L&T At GITEX 2005

GITEX 2005, the Middle East’s biggest Information and
Communication Technology Exhibition event, was held
at the Trade Center Complex in Dubai during 25-29
September, 2005, marking the annual event’s silver
jubilee. The Kerala State IT Mission participated in the
exhibition by taking up a stall. At the Kerala
Government’s invitation L&T joined them with a display
of its project L&T Tech Park to come up in Kochi.
L&T Tech Park Limited, the SPV promoting the project,
put up its exhibits on “TEJOMAYA”, the proposed first
phase of L&T Tech Park.

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 CONFERENCE
Quest For Leadership - Role Of Public Relations
A three-day “International Public Relations Fesitval-
2005” organised by the Public Relations Society of India
(PRSI) was held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
during December 2-4, 2005. This was supported by
The International Public Relations Association (IPRA),
London and Global Alliance of PR, Chicago, USA.
The theme of the conference was “Quest for Leadership
- Role of Public Relations”. Apart from a host of Indian
speakers, this festival was addressed by speakers from
the US, Britain, South Africa, Italy, Singapore and
Malaysia, and showcased best practices in public relations
(PR) practices across the world.
In the fast changing business environment with
globalisation and liberalisation becoming the order of
the day, image management and public relations play a
greater role in business, corporate and government
management. The conference addressed all the core issues
related to public relations in an elaborate manner.
Nearly 200 delegates representing government, media,
advertising, marketing and the PR field, besides the
global community and the students from the field of
PR/advertising, attended the three-day conference.
The conference provided a forum for sharing ideas and
best practices, identifying common interests and
developing global standards and providing a better
understanding of the unique aspects of each culture in
which PR practitioners operate.
Mr. V.S. Ramana, Head-CCD & Chairman, PRSI-Chennai Chapter with PRSI colleagues at the conference
32
Prominent speakers included Mr. S.K. Arora, Secretary
(Information & Broadcasting), Government of India,
Mr. Jean Valin, Chairman of Global Alliance of Public
Relations and Communication Management, and
Dr. Ajit Pathak, Chairman of PRSI National Centre,
New Delhi.
Mr. V.S. Ramana, Head – Corporate Communications,
ECC, who attended the conference, chaired one of the
most interesting sessions in which three eminent speakers
made presentations on the following topics:
A New Role for PR
Mr. Jean Valin, Fellow & Chairman, Canadian Public
Relations Society (CPRS)
Public Relations in a Plural Society
Mr. P. Kamalnathan, Council Member, Institute of Public
Relations, Malaysia
Media and Public Relations – 2025
Ms. Jayshree Jethwaney, Professor, Indian Institute of
Mass Communication, New Delhi
In the chair, Mr. Ramana, displaying his usual
enthusiasm, led the speakers well into their topics and
conducted the conference to time. He handled a Q & A
session as well and presented a gist of the various
conference talks in a simple and interesting manner.
October - December 2005
INNOVATIONS

Innovative Cost Saving Techniques By P&M Staff

Tata-Khopoli
Mr. Devandra Kumar, Sr. Engineer, and his team
at Tata Khopoli site creatively overcame the failure
of auxillary hydraulic pump of BP3000 Schwing
concrete pump by using a non moving item from
the Panvel depot thus effecting cost savings of
Rs.2.7 lakhs and avoiding a downtime of 8 weeks
needed for importing the spares. In appreciation
of their resourcefulness and deep commitment to
work, the management felicitated the site team.

Satara-Kolhapur
Mr. A.K. Sharma, Asst. Manager and his team at
Satara-Kolhapur Road Project have carried out
the following cost effective modifications and
earned the appreciation of the management.
• Modification in the wheel disc of Bitelli BB
650 paver by using the available wheel disc of
W 20 loader thereby achieving a cost saving
of Rs.6 lakhs and 28000 t of successful paving
• Worn-out track assembly of Arrow Kerb Caster
(Model: 750 XL) machine was reused by
fitting the available neoprene pads on the old
track shoes with necessary modifications
effecting cost savings of Rs.1.3 lakh and
Mr. A.K. Sharma, Asst. Manager (P&M), receiving the felicitation on
behalf of P&M team of Satara-Kolhapur from Col. Malkiat Singh, JGM,
P&M (second from left), and Mr. P. Niranjana, Sr. DGM, Nuclear Power
BU (third from left) as Mr. S. Narayanan, Regional Plant Manager –
MBRO looks on
eliminating the downtime of 6-8 weeks for importing the
pads
• Fabrication of flyash feeding system for Liebherr Batching
Plant and commissioning by interfacing with the plant
controls for sequential operation with available hardware
and software. The initiative brought in cost savings of
Rs.22 lakh in the contractual cost of laying Pavement Quality
Concrete (PQC) and Dry Lean Concrete (DLC).

Khopoli tunnel site P&M staff (from right) Mr. Devandra Kumar, Sr. Engineer, Mr. C.K. Rajendran, Mr. M. Prakash – Mechanics,
felicitated by the Management (from left) Mr. S.J. Punnose, GM (P&M), Mr. S.V. Swaminathan, RM-MBRO, Mr. V.H. Bellubi,
Sr. DGM (P&M), Mr. S. Narayanan, RPLM - MBRO

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 TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

Recent Advances In Concrete Technology

Mr. A.L. Sekar (ALS), Joint General Manager (System Housing), ECC-HQ made a technical
presentation at the inaugural session of the 3-day International Conference on “Recent Advances in
Concrete and Construction Technology” (INCRAC&CT-2005) held at SRM Institute of Science
and Technology (Deemed University), Kattankulathur, Chennai during December 7-9, 2005. Dr. A.
Ramakrishna was the chief guest. The address was on the topic “Advances in Construction
Technology” wherein ALS elaborated on the recent advances in the following areas: Structural
system, Formwork system, Concrete Technology, Plant & Machinery and Materials. The address
received wide appreciation from the participants and the various dignitaries.
Mr. Md. Khadar Basha, Sr. Design Engineer, EDRC – B&F (IT-Parks), HQ also presented
a paper on “Correlation between Accelerated and Normal Compressive Strength of Recycled
Aggregate Concrete” in INCRAC&CT-2005, Chennai. His paper focused on the use of recycled
material (demolished concrete) as an environment-friendly product. The compressive strength gained
by the concrete (using recycled aggregate) is more or less the same as offered by normal concrete
mixes of same grade using steam-curing process.
One important innovation that has been brought in is a ready reckoner table for site engineers which will help them
to calculate the 28 day compressive strength of concrete using steam-curing technique.

Preventive Maintenance And Leak Detection In

Water Distribution Systems
Mr. B. Vijayakarthy, Sr. Design Engineer, Global
Engineering Services, ECC-HQ, delivered a guest
lecture at the National level refresher course on
“Preventive Maintenance and Leak
Detection in Water Distribution
Systems.” This was organised by Tamil
Nadu Water Supply and Drainage
Board (TWAD) and held at their
Training center in TWAD House,
Chennai during October 19-28, 2005.
Mr. Vijayakarthy presented a case study on two topics
“Unaccounted For Water” and “Energy Auditing for
Water Supply Improvement Schemes” on October 20,
2005. The study on “Unaccounted-for Water” focused
on the issues related to water auditing in transmission
& distribution systems including instruments used,
techniques adopted to explore the physical &
commercial loss, problems encountered while auditing
and measures to reduce the water loss.
The second topic “Energy Auditing” focused on the
performance study of pumps & electrical equipment
used in water supply schemes, energy losses both
commercial & physical including corrective measures
and recommendations for improving the efficiency as
well as avenues for increasing revenue to the Operation
& Maintenance Departments.
Around 30 Middle & Senior level Engineers belonging
to various Govt. organisations like TWAD Board,
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board
(CMWSSB), Municipalities in Tamil Nadu and other
states attended the presentation.

Flexural Behaviour Of Thin Walled, Steel Stiffened

Concrete Composite Beams
Ms. R. Kiruthika, a post-graduate engineer trainee working in ECC’s EDRC (B&F), submitted
an article on “Flexural Behaviour of Thin Walled, Steel Stiffened Concrete Composite Beams”
which was a part of her PG thesis. The same was published in the Institute for Steel Development
and Growth (INSDAG) construction journal in their July 2005 issue.

Thin Walled, Steel Stiffened Concrete Composite (TWSSCC) Beams is a new idea that combines
cold formed steel sheet with an infill of concrete in which the steel sheet acts as formwork at the
construction stage and as reinforcement at the later stage. These beams are simple to fabricate and construct. In
order to enhance the bond between steel and concrete, shear connectors and braces are provided at the intervals
such type of beams gives enhanced confinement. After experimental observation it was confirmed that the load
carrying capacity is almost the same as the reinforced concrete beams.

34 October - December 2005

 Application Of Particle Packing To
Produce Roller Compacted Concrete
Mr. R. Inian, Build India Scholarship
(BIS) candidate who is presently posted
as Sr. Engineer (Civil) in HIAL site,
Hyderabad submitted his thesis paper
“Application of particle packing to
produce roller compacted concrete” for
his M.Tech Project. The same was
published in the October 2005 issue of
Indian Concrete Journal.
Roller compacted concrete is used in mass concreting
applications like dams and pavements due to certain
advantages such as the need for low cement content,
made possible by blending with mineral admixtures like
fly ash and adopting innovative placing methods. In this
context, particle packing models help in selection of
appropriate size and proportions of particulate materials
to get suitable combination for optimum packing.
The paper deals with control mixtures of M10 and M20
grade roller compacted concrete as per US Army Corps
of Engineers method. These mixtures were then
redesigned by replacing cement with fly ash
conventionally by conducting trials and also by using
software based on a particle packing model. These
modified mixtures were then compared with control
mixtures for strength and durability parameters. It was
found that concrete mixtures that were designed based
on particle packing model using fly ash as cement
replacement material, had better strength characteristics
and superior durability performance than control
mixtures and cement replacement mixtures with very
low cement content. The proportion by which cement
is to be effectively replaced by fly ash can be determined
by particle packing approach, rather than conventional
trial mixture procedures, which are time consuming.

Privatization of Road Infrastructure

Projects – Focus On Myanmar
Dr. Esther Malini, Manager (Developmental
Projects), HQ, an invited speaker, delivered a
lecture on “Privatization of Road Infrastructure
Projects: Experience in India” at Myanmar
Engineering Society, Yangon, Myanmar on
October 8th, 2005. The lecture was well attended
by senior engineers of Myanmar including heads
of several engineering departments and
companies. The talk featured the potential
contribution Indian firms could make to
infrastructure development in Myanmar, which
is in its initial stages.
Dr. Esther Malini, Manager (Developmental Projects),
HQ, delivering the lecture

XVII World Safety Congress On Material Handling Requirement

Safety And Health At Work
Mr. K.N. Sen, Regional Safety Manager,
MBRO participated and presented a poster
paper in the “XVII World Congress on Safety
and Health at Work” held during September
18-22, 2005 at Orlando, Flordia, U.S.A. His
presentation was on “Safety Promotion and
Accident Prevention at Construction Sites –
Role of Trade Test and Safety Induction”. This technical
congress held once in three years was attended by more than
3,000 international experts from 110 countries
For Cement Factory
Mr. Alok Bhargava, Asst.
Manager (Civil), CTS job site,
Chennai region submitted an
article on “Material Handling
Requirement for Cement Factory
Layout: Innovative Approaches”
which was published in July 2005
issue of Indian Engineering Journal, the official
journal of The Indian Institution of Industrial
Engineering.

October - December 2005 35

 PRAYAS NEWS

Ayudha Pooja at
24);)5Medical Centre
Ayudha Pooja was celebrated on the October 7, 2005 at
PRAYAS Medical Centre (PMC). A team of PRAYAS members
performed the pooja with Mrs. Gayathri doing the Archana
and the others reciting the Ashtotharam. Sweets and fruits
were distributed to all the patients and staff of PMC.

PRAYAS members during the Ayudha Pooja celebrations at PMC

Providing Relief To The Rain Affected

PRAYAS joined hands with an NGO, Aid Tamil Nadu, and rendered help to the rain affected people in areas like
Vembakkam, Sulagiri, Bhuvanagiri, Koovathur and also at Chennai. PRAYAS sponsored kits containing new stoves,
vessels and blankets to the needy and also collected in a short span of time large amount of old clothes, other relief
materials and ensured timely distribution to the people in the affected areas.

BP and Diabetic Camp

The last phase of the free BP and Diabetic camp was conducted on the October 22, 2005. In addition
to the earlier patients, some new patients also attended the camp and received treatment. This venture
received a good response from the people of the locality and has given PRAYAS the encouragement
to organise more such camps in the future.

Children’s Day Celebrations

Children’s Day was celebrated as usual at the Guild of Service Home for the
Handicapped at Anna Nagar. The enthusiastic children warmly welcomed the
PRAYAS team. Our members presented gifts to the children and sponsored
the function and children’s requirements. The highlight of the celebration was
the full length dance by one of the girls who charmed us with a number from
the film Chandramukhi. It was an extremely enjoyable, memorable and moving
experience for all of us.

- Mrs. Hema Raghavan

SHRADDHA
Shraddha is an organisation (on the lines of PRAYAS at HQ-Chennai) founded in
1999 by the spouses of Senior Executives of KKRO and Eastern Zonal office under
the leadership of Mrs.Renubala Mohanty and Mrs.Shoba Radharaman. For the past
few years Shraddha has been engaged in various welfare activities like supply of
articles of daily need to Nirmala Bhawan (Mother Teresa’s Centre), NAVNIR at
Chetla (a Home for the aged, destitute and sick persons), distribution of clothes to
street children during Durga Puja, etc., to the Blind School and blood donation for
thalassemia-affected children at Narkeldanga.
On 14th October 2005, Shraddha members visited DISHA, a home and primary Shraddha members with the
school for orphans and shelterless children at Manohar Pukur Road, Kolkata and stationery items for distribu-
presented one year’s requirement of notebooks, exercise books, crayons and colour tion at DISHA
pencils to the inmates.

36 October - December 2005

 Fond Memories of My School

It all started when I aged Five,

How sweet was the journey of life.
Across the meadows, on the fields,
On the road, on the wedge We bunked together,
along the razor’s edge. We flunked together
Every phase has been so memorable We made sure that on the last
Just as in an Aesop’s fable. day of exams, we gathered together.
We followed all trends,
I remember, I remember, But I don’t think that any one of us
The first time I learnt ABC, Lacked brains.
But I never found it that easy. Some looked like cranes
The playground where I learnt to But still they were all my precious friends.
play,
I have not forgotten it till today The place which has given me
The place that made me all I am, Everything, everything I could ever get,
I wish I could capture all the fond How can I forget that how much ever you
memories in my cam. bet.
I don’t know where destiny will take me,
They taught me to read, But when I feel my teachers
They taught me to write, and friends with me,
They have served as the guiding light. Then, I know that I can achieve
Their smiles and red pens encourage me Whatever I foresee.
till today, Poem by
Obviously they are God’s gift to me, Ankita Dey, Class XI
They are my teachers, d/o, Aloke Kumar Dey
Who are convincingly, the
Most successful preachers. Shreya
s Bhar
adwaj,
II C
, C l ass I s/o, S. lass II
thi han Sachind
G . Keer Gurunat ra
A . A .
N.K. Jazeel
Ameen, Class d/o,
s/o, M.F. Feb III
in

October - December 2005 37

 HRD NEWS
In-house Training Programmes
September 2005
Safety in Construction Industry at
Guwahati, Kolkata Region.
September 5-6. Participants: 29;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. Rabindranath
Tripathy, Shuvendu Basu, Sujit Saha
Safety in Construction Industry at
Mumbai. September 5-6.
Participants: 36; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
K. N. Sen, P. K. Singh, Sabyasachi
Nayak, Jagam Harshvardhan
Dattatraya, Sudhir Kumar, Dr. S. V.
Datar from L&T Health Centre
Construction Techniques of
Special Foundation Structures at
HQ. September 8-10. Participants:
22; Faculty (Int.): M/s. J. Jesudoss
Asirvatham, Dr. K. S. Rama Krishna,
M. A. Ashok, N. Ramakrishna Raju,
Dr. Bhaskara Sivarama Sarma,
Sathish Chandra H.Shetty, P.
Thavasi, J. Jeyson Samuel Faculty
(Ext.): M/s. PTC, M/s. Junttan
Executive Development
Programme at Chennai. September
12-22. Participants: 24; Faculty
(Int.): M/s. T. M. Prabakaran, G. D.
Participants of the 33 rd Executive Development Programme held at Chennai during September 12-22, 2005 seen with
Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, Mr. V.B. Gadgil, Mr. S. Ganguly and faculty
38
Sharma, Prashanta Bhaumik, J.
Bhattacharya, Col. Malkiat Singh
(Retd.), A. Mohandas, T.V.
Karthikeyan, A. Girijasankar, M.S.
Seshadri, S. Ganapathy,
S. Selvaganapathy, J. Joseph Amalraj,
S. Sunmugam, Ms. K. Meena Priya,
M/s. P.R. Subramaniyan, B.K.
Subramanian, Udit Kumar
Shrivastava, K. Rajasekaran from
L&T Ramboll Faculty (Ext.): Dr. T.
A. Sivasubramaniam from Chennai,
Mr. Arvind Chandhoke from M/s.
Phoenix HR Trainers & Consultants
(P) Ltd., Chennai
Safety in Construction Industry at
Konaseema Site, Hyderabad Region.
September 15-16. Participants: 27;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. N.
Ramachandran, G. C.
Sangameswarappa, E. Maran, S.
Maitra, S. Sathyanarayana, S. Patra,
Kumud Kumar Jha, K. Vimalan
Effective Communication Skills at
Delhi. September 16-17.
Participants: 28; Faculty (Ext.): Prof.
Ashok Kapoor from Delhi
Contracts & Claims Management
for H&N Sector at HQ. September
October - December 2005
20-21. Participants: 17; Faculty
(Int.): M/s. V. Chandrasekhara Rao,
N. Raghavan, S. K. Bhalla, K.
Jagannathan, Malcolm Evans, M. G.
Vasudevan
Estimation & Costing at Kolkata.
September 22-23. Participants: 22;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. KRR Chandran,
S.S. Borkar, Tamal Das Gupta, M.G.
Vasudevan, Debjyoti Chattopadhyay,
V. Dhandapani, D. Suresh Babu, G.
Balasubramanian
Life Style Modification & Stress
Management at Delhi. September
23. Participants: 32; Faculty (Ext.):
Dr. Rajesh Parekh from Mumbai
Safety in Construction Industry at
Kudamkulam Site, Chennai Region.
September 23-24. Participants: 56;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. V. Balaji, H.
Ramakrishna, R.V. Sudhakar, S.
Alphonse Arul Seelan, M.
Nachiappan
Life Style Modification & Stress
Management at Mumbai. September
24. Participants: 27; Faculty (Ext.):
Dr. Rajesh Parekh from Mumbai
Supervisory Development
Programme at Ahmedabad.
September 26-October 1.
Participants: 25; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
Vijay Vasant Chaphekar, G. D.
Sharma, Arabinda Guha, A. Mohan
Kumar, S. Subramanian, P. R.
Kailaje, A. Kamesh Rao, Ashutosh
Tripathi, R. K. Nagarajan, Routhu
Rakesh, Sudhir Kumar, Ajaya Kumar
Das, Alok Kumar, Amber
Harendrabhai Nanavaty, Shah
Bhavesh Rajendrakumar, P. K.
Prasanna Faculty (Ext.): Dr. Nimrat Participants of Testing and Commissioning for Electrical Engineers Programme held at
Singh Chennai during September 26-28, 2005 seen with Late Mr. P.K. Venkatakrishnan, Mr.
S. Rajavel, Mr. T.M. Prabakaran and faculty
System Formwork at Chennai.
Singh, V. K. Upadhyay, Anoop Systems & Site Related Issues at
September 26-28. Participants: 22;
Pandey Faculty (Ext.): Dr. S. Mumbai. September 28. Participants:
Faculty (Int.): M/s. S. Natarajan,
Mudgal, Mr. L. Bhaskaran 34; Faculty (Int.): M/s. P. S. Suresha,
C.J.A. Davidraj, George Thomas,
Sabyasachi Nayak
P.R. Srinivasan, C. Subramanian, V. Job Cost Report (JCR) at HQ.
Balaji, R. Kannan, K. Srinivas, A. September 27-29. Participants: 24; Estimation & Costing at HQ.
Vijayan, Gyan Prakash Faculty (Int.): M/s. M. G. September 29-30. Participants: 27;
Vasudevan, B. Srinivasan, K. R. S. Faculty (Int.): M/s. KRR Chandran,
Testing & Commissioning for Ganesan, S. Selvakumar, P. B. Srinivasan, S. S. Borkar, M.
Electrical Engineers at HQ. Nainamalai, S. Sunmugam, T. Shivaprakash, V. Ramanathan, T. E.
September 26-28. Participants: 18; Sriraman, S. Sundararajan, Ms. K. Senthilraja, V. Dhandapani, G.
Faculty (Int.): M/s. D. Maheswaran, Meera, Mr. D. Balaji Balasubramanian
A. Kalyanasundaram, V. Selvaraj, S.
Sankaravel Construction Planning & Control Safety in Construction Industry at
Systems at Ahmedabad. September MRPL Mangalore Site, Bangalore
Safety in Construction Industry at 27-28. Participants: 25; Faculty Region. September 29-30.
Delhi. September 26-27. (Int.): M/s. Ashutosh Tripathi, S. Participants: 17; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
Participants: 74; Faculty (Int.): M/s. Gnanapalam, Pushpendra Singh Kumar Shailendra, S.
A. K. Tripathi, P. K. Singh, D. N. Gour, S. Kedurinraja Selvaganapathy, Debasish Mazumder

Participants of Supervisory Development Programme held at Ahmedabad during September 26 to October 1, 2005 seen with Mr.
Arabinda Guha and faculty

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October 2005
Productivity Improvement in
Construction Projects at Mumbai.
October 3-4. Participants: 28;
Faculty (Int.): S.K. Ranade, P.P.
Gandhi, G. Balasubramanian
Emotional Intelligence at HQ.
October 5-6. Participants: 26;
Faculty (Ext.): Mr. J. M.
Radhakrishna from M/s. Strategic
HR Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Safety in Construction Industry at
Mumbai. October 6-7. Participants:
25; Faculty (Int.): M/s. K. N. Sen,
P. K. Singh, Sabyasachi Nayak,
Malaykumar Mahanta, Jagam
Harshvardhan Dattatraya, Dr. S. V.
Datar from L&T Health Centre
Self Development (Series 1) at
HQ. October 17-18. Participants:
31; Faculty (Ext.): Dr. T. A.
Sivasubramaniam from Chennai, Dr.
(Mrs.) Sujatha A. Krishna Rao from
M/s. Nissima Institute of Human
Development, Secunderabad
Marketing Skills at Delhi. October
19-20. Participants: 22; Faculty
(Ext.): Mr. Arvind Chandhoke from
M/s. Phoenix HR Trainers &
Consultants (P) Ltd., Chennai
Training for Internal Auditor at
HQ. October 19-20. Participants:
21; Faculty (Ext.): Mr. Amitava Giri
Participants of the Supervisory Development Programme held at Kolkata during November 14-19, 2005 seen with Mr. A. Radharaman
and faculty
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from LRQA Ltd., Chennai, Mr. S.
Chattopadhyay from LRQA Ltd.,
Pune.
Construction Planning & Control
Systems at Mumbai. October 20-21.
Participants: 23; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
A. Janakumar, Amit Ramjeevan
Agrawal, Dibyendu Kundu
Safety in Construction Industry at
Chennai. October 21-22.
Participants: 69; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
V. Balaji, S. Selvaganapathy, P. K.
Viswambharan, Kumar Shailendra,
H. Ramakrishna, P. Mathivanan, S.
Alphonse Arul Seelan, A. Ramaiah,
M. Nachiappan
Effective Communication Skills at
Hyderabad. October 24-25.
Participants: 27; Faculty (Ext.): Dr.
(Mrs.) Aruna Tijare from M/s.
Excellence Trainers, Mumbai
Effective Communication Skills at
Chennai. October 26-27.
Participants: 27; Faculty (Ext.): Dr.
(Mrs.) Aruna Tijare from M/s.
Excellence Trainers, Mumbai
Training for Internal Auditor at
Delhi. October 26-27. Participants:
22; Faculty (Int.): M/s. Pranabkanti
Deb, P. Balakrishna, P. Sivasankaran
Safety in Construction Industry at
BIAL Site, Bangalore Region.
October 26-27. Participants: 34;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. Kumar
October - December 2005
Shailendra, Anup Kumar Mitra,
Debasish Mazumder
Life Style Modification & Stress
Management at HQ. October 27.
Participants: 31; Faculty (Ext.) Dr.
Rajesh Parekh from Mumbai
Effective Communication Skills at
Delhi. October 28-29. Participants:
30; Faculty (Ext.): Prof. Ashok
Kapoor from Delhi
Effective Communication Skills at
HQ. October 28-29. Participants:
33; Faculty (Ext.): Dr. (Mrs.) Aruna
Tijare from M/s. Excellence Trainers,
Mumbai
Life Style Modification & Stress
Management at Bangalore. October
28; Participants: 42; Faculty (Ext.)
Dr. Rajesh Parekh from Mumbai
November 2005
Effective Communication Skills at
Bangalore. November 04-05.
Participants: 23; Faculty (Ext.): Mr.
Ravi A.N. Raamanathan from M/s.
Ramanathans Effective Public
Speaking Institute, Chennai
Safety in Construction Industry at
Chennai. Novembr 14-15.
Participants: 69; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
V. Balaji, S. Selvaganapathy, P. K.
Viswambharan, H. Ramakrishna,
P. Mathivanan, S. Alphonse Arul
Seelan, S. Swamy Nathan,
M. Nachiappan, R. Rajkumar
Supervisory Development
Programme at Kolkata. November
14-19. Participants: 26; Faculty
(Int.): M/s. Gautam B. Dasgupta,
R. Srinivasan, Davinder Singh,
Binaya Bhusan Mishra, Rabindranath
Tripathy, Pinak Lahiri,
N. Balasubramanian, Yamini Kanta
Tripathy, T. Seeta Rama Bangarraju.
Faculty (Ext.): Mr. Anjan Ghosh
from M/s. Human Potential
Development Centre, Kolkata
Safety Orientation Programme at
Hyderabad. November 15-18.
Participants: 23; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
S. Selvaganapathy, N.
Ramachandran, Kumar Shailendra,
S. Satyanarayana, P. Mathivanan
Self Development (Series 1) at
Ahmedabad. November 16-17.
Participants: 25; Faculty (Ext.): Mr.
M.B.S. Sastry from Human Potential
Development Centre, Kolkata
Principles of Contracting at Delhi.
November 17-18. Participants: 17;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. M.G. Vasudevan,
K. Ramakrishnan, S. Sundararajan,
Ravi Kadam, Ved Prakash Sinha
Safety in Construction Industry at
Mumbai. November 18-19.
Participants: 37; Faculty (Int.): M/s.
K.N. Sen, P.K. Singh, Sabyasachi
Nayak, Malaykumar Mahanta, Jagam
Harshvardhan Dattatraya, Dr. N.J.
Palan from L&T Health Centre
Construction Planning & Control
Systems at Kolkata. November 21-
22. Participants: 23; Faculty (Int.):
M/s. D. Suresh Babu, Aloke Nath
Banerjee, N. Balasubramanian
Safety in Construction Industry at
Kota Site, Ahmedabad Region.
November 21-22. Participants: 25;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. Ajaya Kumar
Das, Vijay Vasant Chaphekar, Sajay
Mishra, Ajendra Agarwal, Jai
Shanker Prasad, Mohit Johari
Legal Aspects of Contracts
Management at HQ. November 24-
25. Participants: 27; Faculty (Int.):
M/s. K. Jagannathan, Mr. Malcolm
Evans, S. Ganapathy, T. S. Harish,
B.K. Subramanian, T.T.N.
Sudharshan, N. Kumar Faculty
(Ext.): M/s. Vedantham Srinivasan,
M. subramaniam, K.D. Arcot
Project Management at Chennai.
November 28-30. Participants: 26;
Faculty (Int.): M/s. P. Niranjana, S.S.
Borkar, M.G. Turakhia, N.R. Vijay
Venkatesh Faculty (Ext.): Dr. T.A.
Sivasubramaniam from Chennai
Time Management at Mumbai.
November 28-29. Participants: 26;
Faculty (Int.): Mr. T.M. Prabakaran
Effective Presentation Skills at
HQ. November 29-30. Participants:
23; Faculty (Ext.): Mr. Amitava
Ghosh from M/s. Ampere
Consultants, Chennai

User Awareness Programme On Concrete Pumping System

An user awareness programme on concrete pumping
system was organised for engineers from sites, RMC’s
and P&M through M/s Schwing Stetter on September
14, 2005 at Hotel Rodas, Powai, Mumbai. 25 staff
members participated in the training programme. Mr.
John Keenan from Schwing Germany, having an
experience of 30 years in concrete pumps and pumping
techniques was the faculty. The session was highly
interactive and all participants expressed their satisfaction
in gaining user awareness. This “CUSTOMER-OEM”
interactive learning session augurs well for bringing more
knowledge and ownership with the product.

Participants of the user awareness programme on concrete pumping system held at Powai on September 14, 2005 seen with Mr. S. Narayanan
and faculty

October - December 2005 41

 CeMa & EIP Implementation Programme
1-day CeMa & EIP Implementation Programme was conducted in 5 Regions:

The objectives of the programme were:

• To create a local resource for imparting CeMa Build 2 operations and hands on session to prepare
the JCR through MSP
• To train and develop a pool of planning engineers as faculty for programme on ‘JCR Preparation
through CeMa & EIP’, who in turn will conduct the same in their respective Region.

Total 123 staff members were covered through Nine 1-day CeMa & EIP Programmes. Details are:

• Two Programmes at Delhi on November 7-8

• Two Programmes at Chennai on November 10-11
• One Programme at Kolkata on November 14
• Two Programmes at Mumbai on November 16-17
• Two Programmes at Hyderabad on November 22-23

Mr. Prashanta Bhaumik (PB) was the faculty of the programme. I.S.D. teams of HQ and Regions extended
their faculty support for the programme through audio conferencing.

BIS Orientation Programme 2005

An Orientation Programme was held at Chennai during
November 9-10, 2005 for the 6th Batch of BIS engineers
who joined L&T-ECC during 2005 after completing
M. Tech from IIT Madras/Delhi under Build India
Scholarship Scheme. KVR
inaugurated the programme and
had a brief interaction with the
participants. Meeting the top
management and business unit
heads gave the young engineers
an opportunity to understand
ECC’s business portfolio and the
role to be played by them in
meeting the challenges ahead.
The programme concluded with
a session on HR functions by
P&OD.

Mr. G.D. Sharma addressing the

Build India Scholars of
2005 batch. Senior Executives of
ECC are also seen on the dais.

42 October - December 2005

 STAFF NEWS

NEW Chennai Hyderabad

RESPONSIBILITIES S. Durai Kumar, Asst. Construction Rajiv Ranjan, Construction Manager
Manager (Mech), Neyvelli (Civil), HYRO
HQ
Asit Kumar Vidyarthi,
K. Ramachandran, JGM Mumbai Asst. Manager (Civil),
(Commercial & MIS) – Jindal Dam Project
Domestic Operations Atkar Sachin Arvind,
Asst. Engineering Manager (Civil) C. Mareeswaran, Asst. Construction
A.L. Sekar, JGM (System Housing) Manager (Civil), HYRO
T.S. Venkatesan, JGM (Finance, M. Babu, Asst. Construction
Accounts & Admn) – Intl. Services
Kolkata
Manager (Civil),
K. Rajasankar, Head – Global Engg. Barundev Lahiri, Chief Engineering Infocity Housing Project
Services Manager (Civil), EDRC D. Kandhavel, Asst. Construction
Anup Pal, Engineering Manager Manager (Civil), HYRO
JV Companies (Civil), EDRC
S. Sankuvarna Perumal, Asst.
Krishan Kumar Agrawal, Construction Manager (Mech),
Nil Ratan Chatterjee, DGM – Construction Manager (Mech), HYRO
Business Devl. (T&I Sector), KKRO
IMCC JV, Delhi Sudhir Prasad, Asst. Manager (Elec),
Amalesh De, Asst. Engineering HYRO
Manager (Mech) – Piping, EDRC
Subansiri Hydel Project Arun Kumar Singh, Asst. Manager
Vishwas B. Inamdar,
(Civil), Ranchi Maithan site TRAINEE TO
Chief Project Coordinator Avik Chatterjee, Asst. Construction SUPERVISORY CADRE
Vijendra Kumar Nagyan, Manager (Mech), KKRO
Project Manager Rajib Moitra, Asst. Engineering K.V. Rajesh Babu
Manager (Civil), EDRC Jean Elizabeth Varughese
Zonal Offices Sujit Kumar Chakraborti,
S. Krishnaveni
Asst. Engineering Manager
S. Raghunath, Branch Manager, (Mech)-Piping, KKRO M. Rajkumar
Northern Zonal Office (Dom) Amitava Deb, Asst. Manager Paravathaneni Ashok
(Mech), Numaligarh Site
WELCOME Mahesh Jha, Asst. Construction
Manager (Mech), Duburi DIPLOMA ENGINEER
HQ TRAINEE TO JUNIOR
Pinaki Sarker, Asst. Engineering
Uttam Kumar Dutta, Engineering Manager (Civil), EDRC ENGINEER
Manager (Civil)
Achintya Ghosh, Engineering Delhi Surendra Kumar Singh
Manager (Mech), EDRC
T.N. Thyagaraja, Construction Santu Chatterjee
Bhutada Umesh Devkison, Manager (Civil), Allahabad Bypass
Engineering Manager (Civil),
EDRC Shakun Vaidya, Asst. Manager GRADUATE ENGINEER
Doddamreddy Sudhakara Reddy,
(Marketing), RMC, Sahibabad TRAINEE TO SENIOR
Asst. Manager (Mech) N. Magesh, Asst. Construction ENGINEER
Manager (Civil), DLRO
Jyotirmoy Das,
Asst. Manager (Elec) R. Maithreyi
Ahmedabad
Rajesh Kumar,
Asst. Manager (Mech) K. Natarajan, Manager (Accounts),
RETIREMENTS
Rajesh Mishra, Adani Port, Mundra
Asst. Manager (Personnel) Sanjay Kumar Goel,
HQ
Arup Munsi, Asst. Engineering Asst. Construction Manager (Civil), R. Ramanathan, Chief Engineering
Manager (Civil), EDRC GECIS, Jaipur Manager (IP&U), EDRC
C. Srinivasulu Reddy, Asst. E. Suresh, Asst. Manager (Elec), R. Mukhopadhyay,
Engineering Manager (Civil) JVVNL, 11kV Feeder, Kota Asst. Manager, BMH

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 G.R. Vasudevan,
Accounts Supervisor
M. Subramaniam, Attendant
Chennai
J. Samuel Jeyakumar,
Asst. Manager (Accounts), CNRO
T.L. Velu, General Foreman
(Carpentry), BARC NRG,
Kalpakkam site
Mumbai
C. Mariappan,
Sr. Construction Manager,
Sahara Star Modifications site
Chandrakant Vidyadhar Gokhale,
Executive (Industrial Relations),
Raheja Tipco, Malad
Overseas
S. Neelagovindan, ZPM (IP & U),
WZO (Intl)
R. Prakash, Manager (Accounts),
Dubai, U.A.E
TLT Pondy
S. Subramanian, Driver
Bangalore
Rasbihari Mukherjee, Project
Manager, Purvankara Project
M. Narayanan, Sr. Superintendent
(Quarry), Haralur Quarry
P. Natarajan, Jr. Foreman-Carp,
Purvankara Project
Ahmedabad
Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj, Foreman
(P&M), NHAI, RJ-11, Kota
Hyderabad
T.B. Ravindranath,
Project Manager (Infrastructure),
Konaseema Power Project
Tirupur Water Supply
P. Venugopal, Foreman (Mech)
Subansiri Hydel Project
Satpal Sharma, Foreman (P&M)
Jamuna Prasad,
Jr. Chargehand (Elec)

ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS
STUDENT ACHIEVERS Mr. Ashim Gupta,
Ms. Sameera Ansari, d/o. M.Z. GET, Delhi Region
Ansari, General Foreman has been awarded
(Civil), Palm Jumeriah site, Gold medal and Merit
Dubai, receiving NPV Certificate for
Ramaswamy Udayar Gold securing first rank in
Medal for Best Outgoing B.E (Civil) final
Student in B.P.T. - Sri examination held in 2005 from Punjab
Ramachandra Medical College Technical University, Jalandhar.
& Research Institute, Chennai
on 29.3.2005 from Prof. V.N. Y. Nagendra, M.S (By Research -
Rajasekharan Pillai (Vice Mechanical Engineering) from Anna
Chairman, UGC) University.

Prateekshit, s/o. P.K. Deb, PTA, IOCL Panipat site,

studying in class VI of Tagore Baal Niketan Sr. Sec. School, WEDDINGS
Karnal, participated in the National Painting Competition
conducted by the District Council for Child Welfare, Karnal T.G. Mallikarjun with Savitha
on November 14, 2005 and was awarded Merit Certificate Tapas Sahoo with Sailabala
for securing First Rank in the event.
K. Sivakumar with Kazhl Vizhi
Ria Bandyopadhyay, d/o R.K. Bandyopadhyay, T&I- K. Ramesh with Gayathri
EDRC, HQ, Chennai, a student of class VII participated
in the All India Talents Scholarship 2004 conducted by
Children’s Education Trust & Management Society of India BEREAVEMENTS
and has been awarded Certificate of Brilliance and
Scholarship for her distinguished performance in the P. Mookaiah, Jr,
competition.
Foreman (Civil),
Hyderabad
Keyur Sanjeev, s/o S.R. Joshi, Project Manager, L&T Oman
Convention
has passed Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA)
examination at a very young age of fourteen, by securing Centre site,
974 marks out of 1000 marks. CCNA examination is passed away on
conducted by Cisco Systems, U.S. Two years ago, Keyur 14-12-2005
also passed the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Examination. Our condolences to the bereaved family of
Mr. G. Manohar on the demise of his father

44 October - December 2005

 Mr. R. Doraiswamy, VP & Head – Building Mr. D.A. Muthana, JGM – South Zone (Intl.),
Products, receives his 35-year long-service award receives his 30-year long-service award from
from Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, Senior Vice- Mr. Rangaswami
President (Operations)

Mr. O.N. Lakshmi Narasimhalu, Sr. DGM Mr. A.V. Gurunathan, Manager (Admin), Mr. P. Chandra Mohan, Sr. DGM (M&M)-
(EI&C), receives his 30-year long-service award Quarry & Crushing Operations HQ-Chennai, Operations, receives his 25-year long-service
from Mr. Rangaswami receives his 30-year long-service award from award from Mr. Rangaswami
Mr. Rangaswami

Mr. R. Sridhar, Construction Manager, TWSS Mr. V. Annasamy, Secretary, TLRE, receives his Mr. L.N. Mitra, Chief Manager, Larsen &
Tirupur, receives his 20-year long-service award 20-year long-service award from Toubro Electromech LLC, Muscat, receives his
from Mr. Rangaswami Mr. Rangaswami 25-year long-service award from
Mr. Rangaswami

October - December 2005 "#

Mr. R.V. Hegde, Manager (P&M), UB City Mr. N.R.R. Kanna, Construction Manager, Mr. S. Gopal, Asst. Manager (Stores), UB City
site, receives his 20-year long-service award from Kollegal site, receives his 20-year long-service site, receives his 20-year long-service award from
Mr. M.P. Naidu, RM-BLRO award from Mr. Naidu Mr. Naidu

Mr. B. Parameswarappa, Asst. Foreman (Elec), Mr. Pathan Asmath Khan, Asst. Foreman Mr. Sankunni Nair Haridasan, Asst.
BWSSB, O&M site, Bangalore, receives his 20- (Elec), APDRP site, Goa, receives his 20-year Foreman (Civil), HBRP site, receives his 20-year
year long-service award from Mr. Naidu long-service award from Mr. Naidu long-service award from Mr. Naidu

Mr. M.S. Gopala Krishnan, General Foreman Mr. L. Varadharajan, Plant Manager, Panvel Mr. Pandithurai, Asst. Manager (Admin),
(Civil), Hosakotte quarry, receives his 20-year Depot, receives his 30-year long-service award Ballarsah SIGNL, Chandrapuri, receives his
long-service award from Mr. Naidu from Mr. S.V. Swaminathan, RM-MBRO 30-year long-service award from Mr.
Swaminathan

"$ October - December 2005

Mr. G.S. Virdi, General Foreman (Carpentry), Mr. S.G. Bhat, Manager (Civil), RMC Mr. R .K. Khatkhate, Asst. Manager
L&T Infotech site, Mahape, receives his 30-year Wadala, receives his 20-year long-service award (Accounts), Jet Airwarys site, Santacruz, receives
long-service award from Mr. Swaminathan from Mr. Swaminathan his 20-year long-service award from Mr.
Swaminathan

Mr. I.K. Rahimatpure, General Foreman Mr. Satish Kumar Sinha, Asst. Foreman (Elec), Mr. Brijesh Mohan Verma, Construction
(P&M), RMC Dahisar, receives his 20-year APDRP-Indore Project, receives his 20-year long- Manager, Asahi Glass Plant, Roorkee, receives his
long-service award from Mr. Swaminathan service award from Mr. Swaminathan 20-year long-service award from Mr. V.A.K.
Shenoi, RM – DLRO

Mr. A. Devasighamani, Manager (Admin), Mr. Makhan Singh Sira, General Foreman
Najafgarh Depot, receives his 25-year long-ser- (Carpentry), Asahi Glass Plant, Roorkee, receives
vice award from Mr. Shenoi his 20-year long-service award from Mr. Shenoi

October - December 2005 "%

Mr. Darshan Singh Birda, General Foreman Mr. V. Vijayan, Asst. Construction Manager Mr. Dipanker Sutradhar, Construction
(Carpentry), Asahi Glass Plant, receives his (Civil), 400 kV substation, Amritsar, receives his Manager, Numaligarh site, receives his 20-year
20-year long-service award from Mr. Shenoi 20-year long-service award from Mr. Shenoi long-service award from Mr. A. Radharaman,
RM-KKRO

Mr. G. Dasgupta, Asst. Construction Manager, Mr. J.K. Ghosh, Asst. Engineering Manager, Mr. A.K. Mohanty, Asst. Construction
ISP Haldia, receives his 20-year long-service EDRC-Kolkata, receives his 20-year long-service Manager, Jamshedpur, receives his 20-year long-
award from Mr. Radharaman award from Mr. Radharaman service award from Mr. Radharaman

Mr. Sambhunath Jena, Foreman (Mech), ISP- Mr. Shankar Shridhar Pai, Asst. Manager
Haldia, receives his 20-year long-service award (Stores), NTPC SIPAT site, receives his 25-year
from Mr. Radharaman long-service award from Mr. K.A. Shyamsundar,
RM-HYRO

"& October - December 2005

Mr. C.S. Sundaram, DGM (Personnel), receives Mr. P. Asoka Chandran, Manager (Accounts) Mr. A. Chakrapani, Construction Manager
his 20-year long-service award from receives his 20-year long-service award from (Civil), Konaseema Power Project, receives his 20-
Mr. Shyamsundar Mr. Shyamsundar

Mr. P. Krishnan, Manager (Accounts & Mr. S. Asai Thambi, Asst. Foreman (Elec), Mr. Mahabir Singh D. Chaohan, Crane
Admin), Hyderabad International Airport SIPAT-SEONI TL, receives his 20-year long- Operator, receives his 20-year long-service award
Project, receives his 20-year long-service award service award from Mr. Shyamsundar from Mr. Shyamsundar
from Mr. Shyamsundar

Mr. Krishnamoorthy Somayajulu, Construc- Mr. S. Chinnapillai, Manager (Accounts),

tion Manager, Temple Steps job site, Chennai, Dalmia Cements site, Trichy, receives his 20-year
receives his 20-year long-service award from long-service award from Mr. Anbalagan
Mr. R. Anbalagan, RM-CNRO

October - December 2005 "'

Mr. G. Radhakrishnan, Asst. Construction Mr. M. Ravi Kumar, General Foreman (Civil), Mr. S. Varadharajan, General Foreman (Civil),
Manager (Civil), Dalmia Cements site, Trichy, NPCIL Kudamkulam, receives his 20-year long- CTS Siruseri, receives his 20-year long-service
receives his 20-year long-service award from service award from Mr. Anbalagan award from Mr. Anbalagan
Mr. Anbalagan

Mr. A. Beemaraj, General Foreman (Civil), Mr. G. Lakshmanan, General Foreman Mr. G. Elangovan, General Foreman (Civil),
R&D Block, receives his 20-year long-service (Carpentry), CTS Siruseri, receives his 20-year NPCIL Kudamkulam, receives his 20-year long-
award from Mr. Anbalagan long-service award from Mr. Anbalagan service award from Mr. Anbalagan

Mr. D. Swamidoss, Asst. Foreman (Elec), KTRE Mr. S. Subash, Asst. Foreman (Elec), Dalmia
Kollam, receives his 20-year long-service award Cements site, Trichy, receives his 20-year long-
from Mr. Anbalagan service award from Mr. Anbalagan

# October - December 2005

 PKVK Passes Away
Mr. P.K. Venkatakrishnan, Vice-President & Head-Power Transmission & Distribution Sector, passed
away in the early hours of December 19, 2005 following a massive heart attack. The end came
in Abu Dhabi where he was on a business visit. Mr. Venkatakrishnan was 61 and leaves behind
his wife Mrs. Saraswathi and daughters Shanthi and Sandhya. ECC News pays its homage to Mr.
Venkatakrishnan and prays the Almighty to rest his soul in eternal peace and give all his family
members the strength to bear this loss.
We present the impressions and recollections of his colleagues who have had a long and memorable association with PKVK.
A ll of us in ECC miss PKVK who had been with the
organisation for over forty years. An ideal person with
very pleasant manners, always smiling and a silent performer,
he had taken the Power Transmission & Distribution sector
to great heights. His contribution to the growth of ECC
Division is immense and has greatly helped in establishing
ourselves in certain international markets. It needs to be
highlighted that he was a true believer in the Organisation
Development process, which he practised in both letter and
spirit. He has set an example for many of us to emulate. His
family is as pleasant and ideal as he was.
Mr. K. Venkataraman
I have known PKVK since our college days and found him
to be a person of noble upbringing, dedicated and well-
mannered. It was always a pleasure for me to spend any
length of time with him discussing everything under the sun.
In times of stress particularly, I found solace in talking to
him. Even though I am perceived to be a domineering person
in contrast to his subdued nature we accepted each other as
good friends and mutual well-wishers. Our families too
developed a close friendship. PKVK’s demise is a great
personal loss to me.
K.G. Hariharan
I joined ECC in May 1984 and PKVK was the first person
I met in the organisation. I consider myself fortunate to have
worked under his leadership all these years. He had a moderating
influence on me and was a great human being who showed
genuine care and concern for all his colleagues and subordinates.
Ever since he took over the reins of Power Transmission &
Distribution Sector (earlier known as Electrical Division), the
Sector had a tremendous growth in terms of both business
volume and profitability, bringing it on par with other Sectors.
He commanded unqualified respect in the electrical industry
and earned enormous goodwill for ECC.
S.L. Langer
M y association with PKVK for over 27 years has
immensely helped my development as a person and
also my career growth. He had been a mentor to me. As a
leader PKVK encouraged open discussions and worked
towards acceptance of his ideas on the strength of logic and
reason. Even in times of crisis he always maintained a calm
and unperturbed disposition.
His business acumen was remarkable and he had the ability
to read and anticipate the strategy of our competitors. It was
due to him that we could imbibe the culture of data collection
and prepare a competitor strategy analysis in the 1980’s.
Whenever he visited a site he found time to meet all the staff,
talk to them and address their aspirations. He had a way of
endearing himself to people. His untimely demise is a great
personal loss to me and to many others like me.
K.U. Warrier
I t was 28 years ago that I joined ECC as a fresh graduate
engineer trainee, reporting to PKVK. For all of us in
PT&D Sector, he was a pitamaha who nurtured and developed
the sector over the years. He taught us not to judge people
by their appearance but to look at their inner personality
and understand them. Simple at heart, he never hurt anyone.
Eminently approachable, he enjoyed meeting people - staff
and vendors - even at a short notice.
PKVK was very strong in commercial, contractual and
business development aspects and taught us how to prepare
a winning bid. He came out as a good strategist, a Chanakya
so to say, and had set visionary goals for his sector. He was
not only a great leader for all of us but also a great human
being. I consider him my philosopher, guide and mentor.
I feel the vacuum created by his untimely demise cannot be
filled easily and it is an irreparable loss to all of us.
S. Rajavel
P
KVK was a father figure for PT&D Sector, leading from
the front to raise the Sector to an enviable position in
the Industry. He took active interest in every individual’s
career and encouraged them, recognizing their strengths and
giving timely advice to improve where required. He exhibited
humanitarian concern towards everybody.
S.L. Nadgir
I was associated with Mr. P.K. Venkatakrishnan for about
16 years, six years of it as his secretary. He had a very
pleasing personality and a charming smile which attracted
everyone. He was an unassuming person, highly savvy by
nature and always exuded an air of optimism. He was an
affectionate leader and a visionary, left a mark of his own in
every person he met. He ensured high comfort level for the
staff approaching him during difficult times in their personal/
official capacity.
A pioneer in developing people’s skills in a structured way,
he was very particular to train his team in all cadres and
upgrade their knowledge and skills for creating an awareness
of the latest developments & technologies. He believed in
transparency of operations. He encouraged his team by adding
an element of democracy in management and collective
decision-making. Though he will not be with us physically,
the love and affection he had for ECC-ites will make us
always feel his virtual presence.
S. Arunachalam
 Carried here are the impressions of
prominent personalities about L&T and
HHL Centre during their visit to ECC’s
campus.
“Best wishes for your business success with Japan” – H.E.
Mr. Yasukuni Enoki, Ambassador of Japan, and Ms. Sakura
Ozaki, Vice Consul of Japan, on September 29, 2005
“Excellent showcase of L&T” – wrote Mr. Peter Reina, Europe
Editor, Engineering News Record, London on October 24, 2005
“This is out of the blue. We learnt plenty from L&T. Makes
us proud” – wrote one of the 30 members from the Public
Relations Society of India who visited ECC’s campus on
November 19, 2005
“With each visit to India we become more and more
impressed with L&T. You have a great company and my
dream is to develop business between Australian companies
and L&T” – Mr. Michael Taylor and Mr. Daryl Jackson,
International Games Consultant, Melbourne 2006
Commonwealth Games on November 19, 2005
“Most impressive; in fact somewhat surprised by the scope
and size of the operations of L&T. Much scope for L&T in
Suriname as well as in Latin American Countries” –
H.E. Mr. Krishnedat Bajnath, Ambassador of Suriname, on
November 30, 2005
“Truly great builders to our Nation. Certainly you are doing
marvellous projects to make India proud” – Mr. Sharat Kumar,
Head Project (H and I Blast Furnaces), TATA Steel on December
19, 2005