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Mr. V.S. Natanavelu, Photographer, Corporate Communications Department, ECC receiving the ABCI awards
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.
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 individuals as well as EDRCs skill matrix.
It helps to enhance in-house strength in Basic System Engineering.
A process through which global consultancy will become a reality.
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 Refinerys 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) & • Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Plant
Hydrogen Generation Unit (HGU) • Coke Drum System Package (CDSP)
• Reformer Packages within Hydrogen
• Raw Water Treatment Plant (RWTP).
Generation Plant
While the RWTP was awarded as EPC Project directly the project was equally important to L&T was
to ECC, the other four packages were bagged by L&T highlighted by the visit of Chairman & Managing
as EPC projects, with ECC taking Director Mr. A.M. Naik to the site three times during
responsibility for the construction part. a little over two years. In the initial stages the clients
For ECCs Project Manager Mr. S.K. had serious reservations about timely completion of
Sampath (since posted as Chief the various packages but in course of time we were
Manager, Larsen & Toubro [Qatar] able to remove all their apprehensions. IOCL
LLC) his Panipat assignment was both developed so much confidence that they even
highly satisfying and challenging as all contemplated offloading to L&T some CDU/VDU
the packages had tight completion schedules and the works which were entrusted to other contractors.
progress was monitored by IOCL at the highest levels Mr. Sampath says that the interaction with IOCLs
with their Director (Projects) attending all the monthly consultants Kvaerner Powergas helped us to address
review meetings and reporting to the Chairman. That constructability issues at the design stage itself.
Dewatering Floor) concrete over 200 mm thick sand CHP at NTPC Simhadri project, he feels that this project
layer used as sub-base floor. VDF offers the advantage is unique in nature with most of the equipment imported
of minimal moisture content and lends very high from various parts of the world. Mr. Murthy believes a
compressive strength to concrete. Over the VDF, 30 major contributory factor for success of the project has
mm thick Bitumastic flooring (Prodorfalt Pyrocrete) was been the teamwork and seamless working arrangement
applied to make it acid- and corrosion-resistant. The established between ECC and E&C. On the safety front,
Bitumastic flooring of 44,500 sq.m was done in a record the site achieved 23 million safe manhours at the end of
time of five months, deploying five boilers for bitumen December, 2005.
cake melting.
According to Mr. P.K. Deb (PKD), Planning Manager,
After completion of civil & structural works, the fire planning for PTA Site was entirely a different job as it
fighting system design was changed to accommodate was a pressure situation right from the initial stage. The
large quantities of spray nozzles including header lines. on-site conditions required materials and
All purlins were strengthened in erected condition and resources to be mobilised at short notice
support structures were provided on civil columns and this meant frequent interaction with
through anchor fasteners. It was a unique experience to planning and client approvals. Steel prices
accommodate 176 nos. of 20 mm dia anchor fasteners had almost doubled but contractual prices
in an area of 1.5 sq.m. per column without touching were fixed. However, the site team made
rebar. High precision rebar detectors were used to detect it possible to maintain the ACE margin
the rebar and a specilalist agency from Chennai was through implementation of good systems and practices,
requisitioned to fix the anchor fasteners. sourcing new competitive vendors, procuring alternative
equivalent materials, deployment of specialist agencies
For Mr. P.L.N. Murthy (PLNM), Resident for certain works, documenting all extra works for
Construction Manager, whose earlier assignments have approval by the client, reducing wastages, etc. Adherence
been mostly on projects for private sector corporates, to systems and able guidance of the RCM had been
the Panipat job is a new and challenging instrumental in the project achieving success in execution,
experience as the clients were two public quality and profitability. Another noticeable achievement
sector companies IOCL and EIL. As it was the successful ISO Surveillance Audits by LRQA in
turned out, it was a highly satisfying 2004, Air Liquide and Llloyd International (for GLO
experience too and gave him an exposure Italy) in 2005. He was also in civil activities apart from
to piping in various metallurgical planning and system implementation and is immensely
structures and critical equipment erection satisfied with his assignment as the planning in-charge
using heavy lift cranes and compressor erection with of such a huge project.
strand jack system. Happy to have had the total IPU
cluster experience after having worked in Puttaparthi, Mr. Y.R. Bhardwaj (YRB), posted in the month of
ITC Badrachalam Paper boards, TISCO Jamshedpur, March 2004 as E&I head, says that actual work started
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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 IOCLs
future projects at other locations. For design/engineering
of structural items L&T-Chiyoda, EDRC and an external
agency were engaged.
A Promising Accountant
Born in Coimbatore and brought up in Kolkata, C.S. and sites that is
Pradeep (CSP) is a B.Com. (Hons.) from Calcutta made possible by
University and holds a G-NIIT degree in computer ECC News. He
programming. He is currently studying for MBA through has attended an
Annamalai University by correspondence. in-house training
programme at
Pradeep started his career as a commercial trainee with DLRO on indirect
MICO (Bosch Group) at Kolkata where he worked for taxes.
sixteen months. This was followed by a nine-month stint
as accounts assistant with ECC at the AJC Bose Road Pradeep enjoys
Flyover, Kolkata and another spell with MICO for two reading books and
years at their Patna Office as Asst. Accounts Officer. He watching movies.
re-joined ECC in December 2003 and was posted at Married to
IOCL-Panipat in Sup. B cadre to assist the Accounts & Sandhya in 2003,
Administration Head Mr. P. Jeyakrishnan. Pradeep has a one-
year old son
CSP is very happy with the working environment in Aryan. Sandhya is
ECC and looks forward to growing up in the a physics graduate
organisation. He welcomes the interaction between HQ and book-lover. Mr. Pradeep with his wife
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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 Mr. Umesh Prasad and family
contractors, suppliers, inspection and procurement of provides.
finishing items. Also he was associated with NPCILs
RAPP3&4 at Kota while working for Navair Married to Sushma in 1997, Umesh is blessed with two
International Ltd who carried out finishing works of children: Shubham (7-1/2 years) studying in Class III
the project for StageII. His past experience and exposure and Utkarsh (3 years), who is in LKG. Mrs. Prasad is
have stood him in good stead at PTA project and he an M.A. in Political Science and home-maker. Asked
hopes to further strengthen his project execution skills about his hobbies and interests, Umesh says he has never
through the vast learning opportunities that ECC taken leave!
A Budding All-rounder
Starting his career as a DET (Civil) with ECC in the Anil has had varied exposure during his over nine-year
year 1996, Anil Sharma (AS) in his present assignment stint in ECC, handling functions like billing, planning
at RWTP-IOCL, Panipat heads the planning function and costing as well as on-site works related to precasting,
for all disciplines as Senior Engineer Civil. He prestressing, sheet piling and general civil works. His
subsequently upgraded his qualification with a BE (Civil) first assignment was at the Nizamuddin Bridge project
in 2001 from Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, from site in Delhi from where he moved to the combined
where he had taken his DCE as well in the year 1996 effluent treatment plant for DSIDC, Delhi at Wazirpur,
and stood first. Nangloi and GT-Karnal, followed by the Mathura
Refinery (Hydrogen Generation Unit)
project.
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-
days 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 Asias largest theme park. En-route we
visited Lord Murugas 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 Mustafas gigantic mall and Niranjans 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
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 Worlds largest Nayakar Palace, Gandhi Musem, Thirupparankundram,
film studio complex and is one of Asias 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
p
in and around Prasanthi Nilayam on the occasion of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Babas 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.
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.
Male Singer (Solo) Mr. P.V. Mohan Rao (HQ) Mr. S.Guha (BLRO)
Female Singer(Solo) Ms. Jessica Sharma (ABRO) Ms. Sugandhi Jairaman (HQ)
Solo Dance Mr. Santosh Don Pereira (BLRO) Mr. Ramesh Babu (ABRO)
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.
Diesel Hydrotreater (DHDT) & Hydrogen Jojobera Power Plant Site Three Million Safe Man-
Generation Unit (HGU) Site, IOCL Panipat Twenty hours during August 2004 October 2005
Three Million Safe Man-hours during September 2002 NTPC Vindhyanagar Coal Handling Plant-III
September 2005 Three Million Safe Man-hours during March 2004
Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) Plant Site, IOCL August 2005
Panipat Seventeen Million Safe Man-hours during
UP Road Package II Three Million Safe Man-hours
June 2004 October 2005
during May 2002 July 2005
Vemagiri Power Project Eight Million Safe Man-
CTS Project Site, Siruseri Three Million Safe Man-
hours during December 2004 November 2005
hours during December 2004 November 2005
Vessels Project Site, Visakhapatnam Seven Million
Safe Man-hours during September 2000 June 2005 IITM Project Site, Chennai Three Million Safe Man-
hours during July 2004 September 2005
BALCO Smelter Expansion Project, Korba Five
Million Safe Man-hours during October 2004 October Lakshachandi Heights Site, Goregaon, Mumbai Two
2005 Million Safe Man-hours during February 2004 October
2005
Sahara Hospital Project, Lucknow Five Million Safe
Man-hours during June 2004 September 2005 Oberoi Woods Site Two Million Safe Man-hours
Asahi Glass Plant, Roorkee Four Million Safe Man- during August 2004 September 2005
hours during May 2005 November 2005 Software Development Centre, Wipro Project,
HSBC Project, Hyderabad Four Million Safe Man- Kolkata Two Million Safe Man-hours during January
hours during November 2004 November 2005 2004 October 2005
National Games Stadium Project, Guwahati Four Numaligarh Refinery Limited Project Site Two
Million Safe Man-hours During January 2004 October Million Safe Man-hours during January 2004 October
2005 2005
RMZ Millenia Project Site, Kandanchavadi Three National Thermal Power Corporation Project,
Million Safe Man-hours during November 2004 Kahalgaon Two Million Safe Man-hours during May
November 2005 2004 October 2005
Vedanta Alumina Project, Lanjigarh Three Million NIB Project Site, Noida Two Million Safe Man-
Safe Man-hours during July 2004 October 2005 hours during September 2004 August 2005
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:
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.
The theme of the conference was Quest for Leadership Mr. V.S. Ramana, Head Corporate Communications,
- Role of Public Relations. Apart from a host of Indian ECC, who attended the conference, chaired one of the
speakers, this festival was addressed by speakers from most interesting sessions in which three eminent speakers
the US, Britain, South Africa, Italy, Singapore and made presentations on the following topics:
Malaysia, and showcased best practices in public relations
(PR) practices across the world. A New Role for PR
In the fast changing business environment with Mr. Jean Valin, Fellow & Chairman, Canadian Public
globalisation and liberalisation becoming the order of Relations Society (CPRS)
the day, image management and public relations play a
greater role in business, corporate and government Public Relations in a Plural Society
management. The conference addressed all the core issues Mr. P. Kamalnathan, Council Member, Institute of Public
related to public relations in an elaborate manner. Relations, Malaysia
Mr. V.S. Ramana, Head-CCD & Chairman, PRSI-Chennai Chapter with PRSI colleagues at the conference
Satara-Kolhapur
Mr. A.K. Sharma, Asst. Manager and his team at
Satara-Kolhapur Road Project have carried out 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,
the following cost effective modifications and
P&M (second from left), and Mr. P. Niranjana, Sr. DGM, Nuclear Power
earned the appreciation of the management. BU (third from left) as Mr. S. Narayanan, Regional Plant Manager
MBRO looks on
• Modification in the wheel disc of Bitelli BB
650 paver by using the available wheel disc of eliminating the downtime of 6-8 weeks for importing the
W 20 loader thereby achieving a cost saving pads
of Rs.6 lakhs and 28000 t of successful paving
• Fabrication of flyash feeding system for Liebherr Batching
• Worn-out track assembly of Arrow Kerb Caster Plant and commissioning by interfacing with the plant
(Model: 750 XL) machine was reused by controls for sequential operation with available hardware
fitting the available neoprene pads on the old and software. The initiative brought in cost savings of
track shoes with necessary modifications Rs.22 lakh in the contractual cost of laying Pavement Quality
effecting cost savings of Rs.1.3 lakh and 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
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.
Ayudha Pooja at
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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.
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 Teresas 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 years requirement of notebooks, exercise books, crayons and colour tion at DISHA
pencils to the inmates.
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
Participants of Supervisory Development Programme held at Ahmedabad during September 26 to October 1, 2005 seen with Mr.
Arabinda Guha and faculty
Participants of the Supervisory Development Programme held at Kolkata during November 14-19, 2005 seen with Mr. A. Radharaman
and faculty
Participants of the user awareness programme on concrete pumping system held at Powai on September 14, 2005 seen with Mr. S. Narayanan
and faculty
• 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:
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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. 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
We present the impressions and recollections of his colleagues who have had a long and memorable association with PKVK.
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
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
length of time with him discussing everything under the sun. so to say, and had set visionary goals for his sector. He was
In times of stress particularly, I found solace in talking to not only a great leader for all of us but also a great human
him. Even though I am perceived to be a domineering person being. I consider him my philosopher, guide and mentor.
in contrast to his subdued nature we accepted each other as
good friends and mutual well-wishers. Our families too I feel the vacuum created by his untimely demise cannot be
developed a close friendship. PKVKs demise is a great filled easily and it is an irreparable loss to all of us.
personal loss to me. S. Rajavel
P
K.G. Hariharan
KVK was a father figure for PT&D Sector, leading from
the front to raise the Sector to an enviable position in
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
the Industry. He took active interest in every individuals
career and encouraged them, recognizing their strengths and
giving timely advice to improve where required. He exhibited
influence on me and was a great human being who showed humanitarian concern towards everybody.
genuine care and concern for all his colleagues and subordinates. S.L. Nadgir
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.
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
He commanded unqualified respect in the electrical industry everyone. He was an unassuming person, highly savvy by
and earned enormous goodwill for ECC. nature and always exuded an air of optimism. He was an
S.L. Langer affectionate leader and a visionary, left a mark of his own in
every person he met. He ensured high comfort level for the
M y association with PKVK for over 27 years has staff approaching him during difficult times in their personal/
immensely helped my development as a person and official capacity.
also my career growth. He had been a mentor to me. As a A pioneer in developing peoples skills in a structured way,
leader PKVK encouraged open discussions and worked he was very particular to train his team in all cadres and
towards acceptance of his ideas on the strength of logic and upgrade their knowledge and skills for creating an awareness
reason. Even in times of crisis he always maintained a calm of the latest developments & technologies. He believed in
and unperturbed disposition. transparency of operations. He encouraged his team by adding
His business acumen was remarkable and he had the ability an element of democracy in management and collective
to read and anticipate the strategy of our competitors. It was decision-making. Though he will not be with us physically,
due to him that we could imbibe the culture of data collection the love and affection he had for ECC-ites will make us
and prepare a competitor strategy analysis in the 1980s. always feel his virtual presence.
Whenever he visited a site he found time to meet all the staff, S. Arunachalam
Carried here are the impressions of
prominent personalities about L&T and
HHL Centre during their visit to ECCs
campus.