Issue no: 01 | October 2015

CONTENTS

Message from the Skipper 01

Safety- A Virtue 02

Projects Highlights 03

Know Your Manager 08

Travelogue 09

Panorama 10

Quiz Time 11

R&R Awardees 12

Corporate Projects’

Milestones

Corporate Projects

“Prepare and Prevent, Don’t Repair and Repent.

Safety First is Safety Always”

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Message from the Skipper

It fills me with immense pleasure and pride to bring to you the inaugural quarterly Newsletter of Corporate

Projects. This Newsletter provides us the platform to highlight various developments and share the

contributions of our colleagues in Corporate Projects Team towards the progress of our organization.

As Corporate Projects is now located at multiple locations across different geographies, this Newsletter

would help us to share the success stories of our people who are adding value to our organization. This

newsletter is a means to bring our colleagues across various functions and verticals closer by recognizing

their initiatives and achievements and sharing their thoughts and hobbies for everyone to see.

I was very happy to note that the Editorial Team has decided that every edition of our newsletter will be

based on a theme. In this very first issue, they have taken Safety, as the theme.

We in Corporate Projects strongly believe that promoting Safety at workplace as well as outside is the

need of the hour. It is also my personal objective to increase awareness and knowledge of our employees

and sensitize them to make Tata Power a Safe organization. So I request each and every member of the

Corporate Projects Family to follow all the safety guidelines and stop any unsafe practices occurring in

your presence or command. It is the responsibility of all to maintain a safe and healthy work atmosphere.

I look forward to your critical observations to make this Newsletter achieve its purpose and improve

continuously.

Thank you.

Asim Thakurta,

Chief- Corporate Projects

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Safety Comes First By Mr. Purushottam Thakur

On 28th November 2012, at 10:20 am, a Hydra toppled

with load while shifting the built-up beam. The load

beam was 3.387 MT whereas the rated capacity of the

hydra’s hook was 1.5 MT. It was carrying the load with

the extended Telescopic boom. Immediately after the

incident the power supply of the area was isolated

because of spilling diesel from hydra would have led

to fire hazard.

After the investigation the following conclusions were

drawn:

Physical Factor: Bad Surface Conditions.

Human Factors: Casual Approach of Operator/

Rigger and Wrong Selection of hook.

System Factors: Hydra was owned by local who

forced it in the site. Due to which no standard

procedure followed for the same at site.

Solution: Traditional Hydra was replaced

with Hydraulic Mobile Crane.

Benefits:

Front mounted cabin with steering

wheel for better visibility and constant

precision handling.

Slotted Boom with self-compensating

snatch block.

Optimized geometry for enhanced

stability and control.

Optional features like Dragging Winch

with Outriggers, Safe Load Indicators.

Recommendations made to avoid any such

future incidents were:

Surfaces should be levelled, dressed and compacted for material movement using hydra.

Material handling should be done using proper lifting arrangement.

New and better material handling equipment should be used.

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Corporate Projects Highlights

Noida Office- New Building

The Corporate Projects’ address has changed

to Plot B 12/13, Sector 4, Noida 201307, Uttar

Pradesh, India. Corporate Projects shifted to

new office on 7th July 2015. With an open –

plan structure and central location in Noida, the

new office is just a few minutes drive from

Delhi.

54 MW Rojmal Wind Project

Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) were

commissioned along with the Power Evacuation

System which comprises of:

27 No’s Machines each of 2 MW.

33 KV interconnecting lines (Approx. Line

Length - 100 km).

220 KV Double Circuit Transmission Lines

(Approx. 40 km) with associated Double

Circuit / Multi Circuit Towers, insulators

and Associated Hardware.

220/33 KV Switchyard at Sukhpar

Tata Power is executing this Wind Farm Project

with M/S Inox Wind Ltd.

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World Environment Day Celebration

5th June is celebrated every year as the World

Environment Day. It started way back in 1972

during the United Nations Conference on the

Human Environment. Since then it has grown to

become one of the main vehicles through which the

United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness on

the environment.

Corporate Projects firmly believes in the concept of

leadership with care and we have always made

significant strides in line with this belief. This day is

celeberated across all the Projects to display our

dedication towards the care and love of our

environment. Employees planted trees in the

nearby/project areas as a sign of their concern for

Mother Nature.

Independence Day Celebration

On 15th August, Independence Day was

celebrated across all the divisions of Projects

with great vigour and enthusiasm.

The Tricolour was hoisted at all the locations

followed by National Anthem. The event

witnessed full-fledged participation from all the

employees as well as support staffs at different

locations.

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Kalinganagar Project Boiler Light up

Kalinganagar Project recently achieved two great

milestones in the last quarter.

The project achieved first Boiler Light Up on

10th July 2015.

The second Boiler Light Up was achieved on

30th September 2015.

CSR Activities in Tiruldih Division

Tiruldih is a remote village on the border of

Jharkhand and West Bengal. Basic amenities

are not available in the village because of which

the villagers have to face a lot of troubles. Tata

Power is dedicated at addressing these issues

of the people and provide better facilities to

everyone.

Tiruldih Division has recently organized

following activities under CSR program:

Inauguration of Remedial coaching centre

for class 10th student in Tiruldih and Chaura

High School.

Sustainable livelihood Training program on

Bamboo craft for SC/ ST community.

Celebration of world environment day at

Kuda Middle school, Tiruldih.

Health camp conducted in Tiruldih.

Career counselling workshop organized in

sewing centre at Tiruldih.

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J.R.D. Tata 111th Birth Anniversary

On 29th July, J.R.D Tata’s 111th Birth anniversary

was celebrated across all the divisions of

Corporate Projects with enthusiasm and

grandeur.

A garlanding ceremony was witnessed on this

special occasion and all the employees and

support staffs greeted flowers on Mr. Tata’s

Photograph as a symbol of their respect and

gratitude.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 –

29 November 1993) was a French-born

Indian aviator and business tycoon. He

became India's first licensed pilot in 1929. In

1992, he was awarded Bharat Ratna.

Dugar Hydro Project Limited

MoEF approved DHPL’s request for change

of capacity from 380 MW to 449 MW.

Drifting work has been started and is

expected to be completed by Dec 15.

DPR has been submitted to the

Government of Himachal Pradesh.

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“ANUBHAV” - The Cultural Diffusion

(Centenary Year and Odisha Day Celebrations)

It was an evening to remember on 25th

September 2015 at The Hotel Crown,

Bhubaneshwar to kick off the Odisha Chapter of

the Centenary Year Celebrations. The esteemed

guests present were - Mr. Anil Sardana, CEO &

MD of TATA POWER, Mr. Ashok S Sethi, COO

& ED of TATA POWER, Mr. Sharad Baijal, Chief

Corporate Operations (Thermal), Mr. Vivek

Talwar Chief Cultural officer, Mr. Asim Thakurta

Chief Corporate Projects, Mr. Purushottam

Thakur Chief Transition Team, IEPL Project, Dr.

Suryakant Mohanty (Director, KISS).

The event started off at 6.15pm with the lighting

the lamp and a devotional prayer song sung by

the ladies of the DISHA Club- The ladies club of

Kalinganagar. The welcome address by Mr.

Vijayan Ranjan, the CEO- IEL & Chief

Kalinganagar Station was followed by the official

movie of the CENTENARY YEAR, encompassing

the journey of TATA Power since its inception.

The celebration started with a solo song

performance by Ms Suchitra Karthikeyan and a

solo dance performance- Breathless Kathak, by

Ms Sohini Bose. Then the cute and adorable

audience clap and dance to their tunes.

Bachha Party of Kalinganagar too took the stage and

made the audience clap and dance to their tunes.

Thenafter, there was a Sambhalpuri folk and Odissi

dance by the ladies of DISHA Club and the Young

Female Engineers. In between these performances,

there was also a Quiz competition. Next was a solo

song by Ms Prachi Acharya, D/o Dr. Prasanna K

Acharya, followed by an audio-visual treat about the

Kalinganagar Plant, from Bhumi puja to Steam

blowing in a short crisp Audio Visuals created by Mr.

Amarendra Pandey. The performances that further

followed were a Kali Mangala Charan by Saranya

Biswas, D/o. Mr. Sourav Biswas, a short movie called

‘Khwabon ke Parinday’ created by the CYC team,

produced, directed & edited by Mr. Amarendra

Pandey and a Garbha dance by the young female

engineers of Kalinganagar.

Handing over of MOU of Academic Sponsorship for

the underprivileged kids of Kalinganagar who are

students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences was

done by Mr. Ashok S Sethi, Chairman of IEL to Dr.

Suryakant Mohanty (Director, KISS) which was then

followed by little nuggets of wisdom and advice given

by Mr.Vivek Talwar - Chief Cultural Officer and Ashok

S Sethi - COO & Executive Director.

The evening concluded with Mr. Anil Sardana, CEO

& MD, Tata Power, speech. Mr. Sardana spoke

highly of all the performances of the evening.

Especially the participation of family members &

young officers. The Vote of thanks was given by Mr.

Basudev Hansdah – Head Operations.

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MD’s Visit to Kalinganagar Thermal Power

Project Site

On 25th September 2015, the CEO & MD, Tata

Power, Mr. Anil Sardana visited the KPO for the

first time along with other dignitaries namely COO

& ED Mr. Ashok S Sethi, Chief Cultural Officer

Mr. Vivek Talwar, Mr Asim Thakurta and Mr.

Sharad Baijal.

The visit started with Safety Induction and

subsequently Mr. Anil Sardana inaugurated the

GIS building, followed by the ribbon cutting. Later

plantation was done by Mr. Anil Sardana, Mr.

Ashok S Sethi, Mr. Vivek Talwar, Mr. Asim

Thakurta and Mr. Sharad Baijal infront of the GIS

building. Considering the ecological importance

and as a part of the sustainability culture of Tata

as a whole, MD suggested that each officer

should plant a tree and maintain it with utmost

care as an effort to increase the greenery in the

plant premises.

Since it is the first visit of Kalinganagar plant

which is at the end of its project stage and getting

ready for its operating stage, MD&CEO Mr. Anil

Sardana along with others visited the plant and

gave their critical suggestions and guidelines

towards safety, Housekeeping & Quality, for

example Chequered plates to be replaced by

grating plates and safety in general and that

more time and effort should be directed in

achieving 5S standards.

example Chequered plates to be replaced by grating

plates and safety in general and that more time and

effort should be directed in achieving 5S standards.

It was suggested to increase the safety awareness

among employees & contractors workmen with

regard to activities dealing with Blast furnace gas

(BFG) and coke oven (CO) gas keeping in view of

their potential hazard that they may pose. It was

followed by the talk on “Business Ethics” with Mr. Anil

Sardana emphasizing on safety and ethical work

culture with live examples from his experience. He

stressed the importance of integrity of purpose as an

essential part of ethical work culture.

An “Open House “session with the officers of

Kalinganagar was also organized and everyone

enthusiastically asked questions.

After the brief interaction, Mr. Anil Sardana

complemented for the hard work and dedicated

efforts put by the whole team at Kalinganagar site.

He discussed about the future Prospect of Tata

Power and for the continuous focus on renewable

clean energy.

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Know Your Manager! Name: Mr. Vijaya Kumar Nori

Date of Birth: 11 October 1964

Present Role: Head – Project Development

Native Place: Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Qualifications: Civil Engineer

Tell us something about yourself?

I married my Childhood Love Padma. She has a

Masters in English Literature. She used to work

with State Govt. (Andhra Pradesh) and now she is

a homemaker. We have 2 sons. My elder son,

Abhijit is in final year, pursuing Bsc (Hons.) in

Animations from BIT, MESRA (Noida). My

younger son, Anirudh, is in his 2nd year of

Mechanical Engineering from Amity University.

What's the hardest thing for you under your

current role? How do you address that?

We, Tata Power, as a company have been

aggressive and positive about ourselves. We are

the confident people. But, nowadays I feel people

have become apprehensive regarding success in

their work. So, the challenge would be to bring

back that atmosphere of confidence, faith in

ourselves.

To bring about a shift, I feel that we need to pluck

those low hanging fruits. We need to imbibe

winning in our day to day life; have a 3 point

target: set it, plan it, and then achieve it.

Best compliment you've ever received.

My Japanese Boss used to say, and I quote, “If

you are there, it will happen.”

What are your hobbies?

I love to indulge myself in sports, travelling,

writing Telugu Literature particularly Poetry,

Dancing, Acting, Art of Living. I also like to do

Sudarshan Kriya.

Where have you travelled?

I am an avid traveller. I have extensively

travelled Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra

Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal. There are

mysterious places like Konkan in Maharashtra

with its tidal range; Godavari District in Andhra

Pradesh amazes you and you get to know why it

called the rice bowl of India.

What's the most embarrassing story about

yourself?

In college, I used to be a plump guy. I was

selected for U-15 District Cricket Team as a

wicketkeeper and opening batsman. Once,

when I was keeping behind the wickets, my

trousers got parted. The embarrassment had a

deep rooted effect and I still carry a spare

trouser.

Any misconceptions people have about you

I am Rich and Rude.

Message to the young Engineers?

When you aim, aim high; aim for the stars; keep

a target that is unachievable; only we are

responsible for keeping ourselves to the limits.

So, break free; fight! Fight till the last; Be Sport

whatever be the results.

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Travelogue- Gangtok By Mr. Aditya Verma

It was April end and that was the time for appraisal

results, we (me, Nandish & Anit) decided to

celebrate or release our frustration at Gangtok.

Gangtok is located in the Shivalik Hills of the

eastern Himalayan Range. Surrounded by many

peaks of the Himalayas, Gangtok is a major

pilgrimage centre for Buddhists. Many monasteries,

small and big, dot Gangtok and the State of Sikkim.

We had 4 days with us to explore the city. Our

journey started from Jajpur. We reached Howrah on

the same day and we had to board our next train to

New Jalpaiguri (NJP).

We had pre booked a cab for travelling to Gangtok,

which was 120kms away. The journey was breath-

taking with superb scenic views throughout. We had

our breakfast at Sevoke. Due to the terrain it took

us 5 hours to reach Gangtok at 3 pm.

We had booked a room in our company’s Holiday

Home, Hotel Mayur. The weather was cloudy & it

was drizzling, which made us realise to buy an

umbrella.

Next morning we took breakfast at hotel & left for

the famous Tsomgo Lake, locally known as Changu

Lake, about 50 kms from Gangtok. As we ascended

towards our destination, the view was stupendous

but due to the cloudy weather we were not able to

enjoy the view completely.

Finally we reached Changu Lake. We were left

mesmerized by immense snow-capped mountains

surrounding the frozen lake. Without wasting any

time we got shoes & gloves on rent. We enjoyed a

lot, played with snow, slid all the snowy way. This

experience was truly amazing.

Next day we booked a cab for local site seeing

which included Tashi View Point, Ganesh Tok,

Bakthang Falls, Himalayan Zoo, Monastries &

Cable Car.

Finally, we started for our return journey & reached

Jajpur.

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Panorama Unleash the hidden Photographer in you!

Biplab Patnaik (Kalinganagar Project) Biplab Patnaik (Kalinganagar Project)

Dattaraj Pawar (Project Management (CS)) Pammy Gupta (Tiruldih Division)

Sunil Batta (Project Management (CS)) Dattaraj Pawar (Project Management (CS))

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Quiz Time

1. What is the functional component of the brain called?

a. Neuron b. Neutron

c. Neutrino

d. Nucleon

2. Water is to a pipe as ... is to a wire. a. Cord b. Electricity c. Heat d. Gas

3. Which number logically follows this series: 4 - 6 - 9

- 6 - 14 - 6 - ... a. 6

b. 17

c. 19

d. 21

4. Which one of the five is least like the other four? a. Dog b. Mouse c. Lion d. Snake e. Elephant

5. Which one of the choices is the best comparison?

PEACH is to HCAEP as 46251 is to: a. 25641 b. 26451 c. 15264 d. 12654

6. You are trapped in a room in broad day light.

There are only two doors for exit from the room. One door opens to a fire breathing dragon that will burn anything that enters its room. The other door opens to a room with magnifying glasses pointing in every direction and the sunlight will burn you through the magnifying glasses How will you get out of the room?

Winner of Newsletter Naming Competition

Name: Mr. Ramdas V. Sadula

Qualification: BE in Mechanical Engineering

Date of Birth: 1st June 1959

Native Place: Telangna

Grew up in: Mumbai

Hobbies: Travelling and Reading Tech Papers

Send your answers to projectsnewsletter@tatapower.com . The winner will be featured in the next issue!

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R&R Awardees in Last Quarter

SN Division Name Department Award

1 Tiruldih Rakesh Ranjan PR Spot Award

2 Tiruldih Lakshmi Tewary ES&A Thank You Card

3 Noida Rajan Kapoor ES&A Spot Award

4 Noida Subhrajit Sinha ES&A Spot Award

5 Noida Neeru Mittal ES&A Spot Award

6 Noida Abhishek Kumar ES&A Spot Award

7 Noida Praveen Ranjan PM (CS) Spot Award

8 Noida Navneet Kamal PM (CS) Spot Award

9 Noida Roshan Bhatt PM (CS) Spot Award

10 Noida Shafali Singh BHR Thank You Card

11 Project Nandita Singh PD Spot Award

12 Project Asesh Nayak PD Spot Award

13 Project Nawneet Kamal PM (CS) Value-able Award

14 Kalinganagar Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sahoo EMD Value-able Award

15 Kalinganagar Mr Basudev Mazumder C & I Construction Thank You Card

16 Kalinganagar Mrs. Subhashree Sasmita Electrical Construction Thank You Card

17 Kalinganagar Mrs. Subhashree Sasmita Electrical Construction Thank You Card

18 Kalinganagar Mr Madan Kumar Bodhak Civil Construction Thank You Card

19 Kalinganagar Mr. Sourav Das Operations Thank You Card

20 Kalinganagar Mr. Sai Teja Katlagunta Operations Thank You Card

21 Kalinganagar Ms. Suchitra Karthikeyan Operations Thank You Card

22 Kalinganagar Mr Sourav Das Operations Thank You Card

23 Kalinganagar Mr Amarendra Pandey Operations Thank You Card

24 Kalinganagar Mr Abhishek Tiwary Operations Thank You Card

25 Kalinganagar Ms Sohini Bose Operations Thank You Card

26 Kalinganagar Mr Sai Teja Katlagunta Operations Thank You Card

27 Kalinganagar Mr S. S. P. Maradana Operations Thank You Card

28 Kalinganagar Ms Harshita Krishna Operations Thank You Card

29 Kalinganagar Ms Chandni Ashok Rout Operations Thank You Card

30 Kalinganagar Mr Ranjan Prasad Biswal Finance & Accounts Certificate of Recognition

31 Kalinganagar Mr Arvind Kumar Rathi QA,I&T Certificate of Recognition

32 Kalinganagar Ms Subhashree Sasmita Electrical Construction Certificate of Recognition

33 Kalinganagar Mrs. Nayak Suprava CR Certificate of Recognition

34 Kalinganagar Mr. Sanmoy mishra Maintenance Planning Certificate of Recognition

35 Kalinganagar Mr. Abhimanyu Barik Operations Certificate of Recognition

36 Kalinganagar Mr. Mohanty Santosh Operations Certificate of Recognition

37 Kalinganagar Mr Ch Vinod Dora EMD Value-able Award

38 Kalinganagar Mr Manoj Kumar Padhi Mechanical Const. Other

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SN Division Name Department Award

39 Kalinganagar Mr Abhimanyu Barik Operations Lunch with Head

40 Kalinganagar Mr Debanshu Tripathy EMD Lunch with Head

41 Kalinganagar Mr Dipankar Dutta Finance & Accounts Lunch with Head

42 Kalinganagar Ms Rashmi Rani Pattanayak CR Certificate of Recognition

43 Kalinganagar Mrs. Nayak Suprava CR Certificate of Recognition

44 Kalinganagar Mr Sanjay Kumar Sahoo EMD Certificate of Recognition

45 Kalinganagar Mr. Sukanta Mohanty Electrical Construction Certificate of Recognition

46 Kalinganagar Mr Anil Kumar Sajja Mechanical Construction Certificate of Recognition

47 Kalinganagar Mr Subrata Roy HR, IR & ES&A Certificate of Recognition

48 Kalinganagar Mr Prasanjit Kumar Pattanayak EMD Certificate of Recognition

49 Kalinganagar Mr Kishor Kumar Amirineni IMD Certificate of Recognition

50 Kalinganagar Mr Jyotirmay Jha IMD Certificate of Recognition

51 Kalinganagar Mr Anil Kumar Sajja Construction-Mechanical Certificate of Recognition

52 Kalinganagar Mr Santosh Kumar Mohanty Operations Certificate of Recognition

53 Kalinganagar Mr Priyabrata Padhi Operations Certificate of Recognition

54 Kalinganagar Mr Satyabrat Barik Operations Certificate of Recognition

55 Kalinganagar Mr Ramesh Chandra Patra Operations Certificate of Recognition

56 Kalinganagar Mr Suvendu Kumar Baliarsingh Safety Certificate of Recognition

57 Kalinganagar Mr Sourav Das Operations Certificate of Recognition

58 Kalinganagar Mr Amarendra Pandey Operations Certificate of Recognition

59 Kalinganagar Mr Abhishek Tiwary Operations Certificate of Recognition

60 Kalinganagar Mr Sai Teja Katlagunta Operations Certificate of Recognition

61 Kalinganagar Mr S. S. P. Maradana Operations Certificate of Recognition

62 Kalinganagar Mr Rajdeep Dash Operations Certificate of Recognition

63 Kalinganagar Mr Md. Gufran Khan Operations Certificate of Recognition

64 Kalinganagar Ms Subhashree Sasmita Electrical Construction Value-able Award

65 Kalinganagar Mr Basudev Mazumder C & I Construction Certificate of Recognition

66 Kalinganagar Mr Prasenjit Ray C & I Construction Certificate of Recognition

67 Kalinganagar Mr Manoj Kumar Padhi Mechanical Construction Certificate of Recognition

68 Kalinganagar Mr Eugine Irudaya Antony Mechanical Construction Certificate of Recognition

69 Kalinganagar Mr Anil Kumar Sajja Mechanical Construction Certificate of Recognition

70 Kalinganagar Mr Dipanjan Das Ukil Mechanical Construction Certificate of Recognition

71 Kalinganagar Mr Dipankar Dutta Finance & Accounts Certificate of Recognition

72 Kalinganagar Mr Bhaskar Patra O&M Operations Certificate of Recognition

73 Kalinganagar Mr Vivek Stalin Singaravelu O&M Operations Certificate of Recognition

74 Kalinganagar Ms Sonalika Tripathy Planning & MIS Certificate of Recognition

75 Kalinganagar Mr Debanshu Tripathy Electrical Construction Certificate of Recognition

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THANK YOU

Editorial Team Sheel Saket

Dattaraj Pawar

Vaijayanti Talele

Roshan Bhatt

Nandita Singh

Gulbagh Gulati

Vishu Vishal

Paramdeep Singh

Sonalika Tripathy

Gaurav Hooda

Anson Furtado

Rakesh Ranjan

Congratulations to the Newly Wed: Ms. Reema Kumari & Mr. Gaurav Hooda