IGI Airport, Delhi Retains World's No.1

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GMR Group Chairman Honored with ‘Bulandh Bharath’ Award

Mechanized Composter Installed& commissioned at GMR Warora

GMR Infrastructure Limited raises US$300m

IGI Airport, Delhi Retains World’s No.1

Skytrax Award to IGI Airport, Delhi

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TOI – Honeywell Smart Building Awards 2015

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DIAL CEO Represents International Aviation-Community at COP21, Paris

Horticulture Team Adds Grandeur to IGIA

New Airlines & Routes added to IGI Airport

#T3Turns5 – A celebration of 5 years of T3

GHIAL employee bags prestigious “ACI Asia-Pacific Young Executive of the Year”

Innovative Entertainmenton-Demand Service

Unique Art Gallery at Domestic Arrival

BE Assessor Certification Program @ Delhi

GMR @ DHL Corporate Relay Run

New Joinees - License to Operate

“Excellence in Energy Conservation & Management, 2014-15” - GWEL

GWEL Receives 5s Certification

GWEL Completes Annual Overhaul in Record Time

Business Chairman - Energy @ Odisha Investors’ Meet

Republic Day at Bajoli Holi

“Best Green Highway” Award

GMR Highways Divests in GMR OSE Hungund Hospet Highways

BD Workshop @ DFCC, Allahabad

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‘Ring in the New Year’ with style!

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The “Pink Ribbon Campaign”

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IGI Airport, Delhi Retains World’s No.1- 2nd Consecutive Year

The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), managed by Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL), a GMR led Consortium, has retained the world’s number 1 position for the second consecutive year in 25-40 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) category. This ranking has been announced by Airports Council International (ACI) in the 2015 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards today.

IGI Airport stands ahead of all other Indian airports by winning the maximum number of awards in 2015. The IGI Airport has also been conferred with two more prestigious awards:

• The Best Airport by Size & Region – Asia Pacific (25 – 40 MPPA)

• 2nd Best Airport by Region- Asia Pacific

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Skytrax Award to IGI Airport, Delhi - 2nd Consecutive year

The IGI airport has bagged the Skytrax ‘Best Airport Staff in India & Central Asia’ Award for the 2nd consecutive year.

This highly acclaimed award was handed over to DIAL by Skytrax, during an International Airport Award ceremony, organized in Cologne, Germany. Skytrax is the world’s largest airport customer satisfaction survey. It is considered one of the most prestigious awards that recognize Product and Service Quality across airports worldwide. The Skytrax World Airport Awards are a global benchmark of airport excellence, and widely known as the Passengers Choice Awards. This recognition comes at the back of the ACI – ASQ award in which Delhi Airport was adjudged as the World’s No. 1 Airport in its category.

ACI Director General Roll of Excellence Award to IGIA

DIAL is proud to announce its inclusion in the Airports Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll of Excellence 2015. The Roll of Excellence plaque was presented to IGI Airport during ACI’s Conference on Investing in Airports – Economic Oversight and Regulation on December 3, 2015 in New Delhi.

TOI – Honeywell Smart Building Awards 2015

Delhi Airport was also awarded the Smartest Building in India at the TOI - Honeywell Smart Building Awards, 2015.

The award was instituted to recognise the companies that have done outstanding work in the smart building space which is the fundamental component of Smart Cities. Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communication and IT felicitated the winners. The government of India has launched an ambitious and transformational scheme to develop 100 Smart Cities. These smart cities will be enabled by a number of smart solutions including those targeted towards infrastructure, energy, transport, utilities, environmental sustainability and communication.




Shandong Airlines of China started their flight between Kunming and Delhi. They will operate four flights in a week from Delhi to Kunming and will connect onward to two more destinations in China i.e. Jinan and Qingdao.

Air Canada resumed its non-stop services on Toronto-Delhi. Air Canada will deploy their newest Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner aircraft and operate four weekly services on Delhi-Toronto route.

New Airlines & Routes added to IGI Airport


The Chief Executive Officer of Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL), Mr I Prabhakara Rao represented the International Aviation community at the Lima to Paris Action Agenda (LPAA) Transport event of COP 21 in Paris. The LPAA is an initiative by Secretariat of the UNFCCC that brings together individuals and industries collective commitments in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Delhi International Airport’s CEO Represents International Aviation Community at COP21, Paris

Air India has launched its fourth US route between Delhi and San Francisco, thrice weekly.

Air India also introduced a flight service between New Delhi and Gorakhpur under its Connecting India. This new flight service will operate six days a week.

Air Asia - The world’s best low cost carrier, Air Asia X, made a comeback to Delhi with four weekly flights (Mon, Wed, Fri and Sunday) between Kuala Lumpur and Delhi.

With a clear goal to deliver an extraordinary GREEN experience to passengers traveling through Delhi’s IGI Airport, the horticulture team came up with innovative themes to use natural ingredients for augmenting airport ambience with their continuous creative thinking.

On the occasion of Deepawali & Christmas and the horticulture team came up with the theme of connecting

Agrarian Indian culture & traditions, using natural elements & inexpensive materials in designing special plant display arrangements to decorate the various passengers touch points of the airport. The decorations and the idea of using natural elements were very well appreciated by the passengers & staff at the airport.

Horticulture Team Adds Grandeur to IGI Airport

IGI Airport Reaches a New Milestone on Social MediaDelhi Airport achieved a new milestone on the popular social media platforms after it crossed 3 lakh Facebook fans and 20K Twitter followers in the beginning of January 2016. The airport operator made its foray on the social media in the year 2011 and has been using it as an active platform for CRM and Brand Building. Some of the recent popular activities in social media, which generated lot of traction are- #FlyingWishes and #ShineonDelhi.

#T3Turns5 campaign was created to celebrate the completion of 5 years of Terminal-3 in 2015. The campaign was split into two parts: a) #YourPort- There was a series of posts on various

facilities at the airport. Did you know facts such as drinking water, misplaced bag were posted on our social media properties such as Facebook and Twitter.

a) #Then&Now- The change that the airport went through during the modernization process from 2006 was driven through powerful images showing the transition through these years.

Deepak Acharya, bumper prize winner of the campaign was given an exclusive airport tour, a grand prize and the opportunity to meet the DIAL CEO Mr. I Prabhakara Rao. He was overwhelmed with the entire experience and wrote a blog about his experience, which can be accessed from the link: http://linkis.com/wordpress.com/kjOWV

#T3Turns5 – A celebration of 5 years of T3


RGIA, Hyderabad -3rd Best Airport in the World

GMR’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, has featured among the world’s Top 3 Airports for the 7th year in a row in ACI ASQ ranking. In its announcement of winners for Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award 2015, Airports Council International (ACI), declared Hyderabad Airport - operated and

managed by GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) - as 3rd Best Airport in the world, in 5-15 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) Category. ASQ is the worlds most renowned and premier passenger service benchmarking programmes for airports globally.


“Best Airport in India” Award by Aptech Aviation & Hospitality Academy

GHIAL’s standing in the industry was acknowledged once again when the airport was awarded the “Best Airport in India” award for the year 2015 for excellence in service & operational delivery in the category of 5-15 million Passengers Per Annum. The award is constituted by the noted Aptech Aviation & Hospitality Academy, India.

Mr. Manish Sinha, Chief Operating Officer (COO), GHIAL, received the award during a gala event called PANAROMA on 19th December.

E-Boarding goes live at GHIAL

Hyderabad Airport became the first airport in India to go live on implementing the end-to-end E-boarding facility for domestic passengers. The comprehensive E-boarding solution, built in-house by GHIAL, was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju on 28th December 2015.

With the E-boarding solution, the airport has embarked on providing a whole new experience to the domestic passengers. The E-boarding process has triggered a paradigm shift in air passenger handling process in the country, making Hyderabad Airport a pioneer in the field of technology enabled Airports in India.

New Destinations & Frequencies

Underlining the robust traffic growth at GHIAL, the airport’s wide domestic reach was further enhanced with SpiceJet introducing additional daily flights to Mumbai and two additional frequencies to Chennai. Indigo increased their frequencies by adding one additional daily departure to Delhi, Bombay and Chennai. Regional carrier Trujet also added Goa to its list of destinations connected from Hyderabad.

On the international front, SpiceJet launched its service to Dubai. Bahraini national carrier, Gulf Air, added 2 more frequencies to Manama, making the service 7x weekly.

The Airport was decked up with ‘Ring in the New Year’ - a concept celebration that enveloped the entire airport with festive charm and gaiety. Passengers and visitors were showered with exciting offers for the entire fortnight.

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The motto “One Family One Mission” espoused by GHIAL to signify the unity amongst its stakeholders was personified during the dance performances and other cultural programs which were based on the themes of patriotism and unity in diversity presented by the children of all stakeholders. The CISF Dog Squad presented an

GMR Group Chairman, Mr G.M. Rao was honored with the prestigious ‘Bulandh Bharath’ Award for his exemplary contributions towards nation building. Mr. SGK Kishore, CEO, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) accepted the award on behalf of Mr. GM Rao from Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana and Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Minister

With the vast target audience that an Airport garners, it holds a rather unique position in any city. GHIAL, understanding the significance of being able to reach

out to such a large audience undertook a unique social responsibility campaign to spread awareness about Breast Cancer, using the various advertising platforms at the airport. This “Pink Ribbon Campaign” was widely appreciated by all the stakeholders. GHIAL also undertook the social campaign on World Cancer Day. FIDS and TV Screens across the Airport were used to prominently depict messages to generate wide awareness on the ailment including its prevention, detection and treatment. As a part of this, GHIAL also conducted a special Cancer Awareness Session conducted by Dr. Nandita Seshikaran (Apollo Hospitals). In a unique way to propagate awareness about Cancer, GHIAL’s Art Gallery showcased a special 3-D Art Exhibit on cancer awareness.

67th Republic Day @ RGIA

GMR Group Chairman Honored with ‘Bulandh Bharath’ Award

The “Pink Ribbon Campaign”for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India, during the 27th All India Builders’ Convention (AIBC) organized by Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Hyderabad Centre at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad.

Bulandh Bharath Awards is an initiative by BAI to recognize and appreciate innovation/excellence in the field of construction and infrastructure in the country.

Sunilkumar Munnangi, AM- Airside operations emerged as the winner for the ACI Asia -Pacific Young Executive of the Year Award 2016. His research paper was on “Effective Collaboration and Cooperation among Airport stakeholders”. The paper explained the various quality tools implemented for the stakeholder management, collaboration processes and its degrees and finally how to manage the conflict resolutions with the statutory bodies. This paper is a testimony to the best practices in GHIAL for the stakeholder management which ultimately helps in the success of the organization.

GHIAL Employee Bags

Prestigious “ACI Asia-Pacific Young Executive

of the Year” Award 2016

interesting dog show highlighting the preparedness for security at the airport. The CISF Quick Response Team (QRT) Commandoes displayed their Reflex Shooting prowess. As has been the tradition at GHIAL, CISF personnel, GHIAL employees, other airport stakeholders and their family members participated in the celebrations.


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Innovative Entertainment-on-Demand Service

Unique Art Gallery at Domestic Arrival

GHIAL launched an innovative and personalized on-demand entertainment service for travellers, which makes it the first airport in India to offer passengers the ability to download a wide range of blockbuster movies, TV shows and videos at the terminal at hyper fast speeds without internet/data connection.

This unique service has been made available in partnership with Fropcorn, a travel entertainment venture, whose superior WiFi-enabled media servers create a secure hotspot that allow passengers to download a movie in just 3 minutes!

The “Art @ RGIA” gallery is a visual arts initiative aimed at creating a sense of place and enhancing community identity. It is GHIAL’s attempt to provide visibility for unique artistic skill and demonstrate the rich cultural heritage of Hyderabad, Telangana and the surrounding region.

A selected collection of masterpieces in canvas have been collated from celebrated artists, not only to improve the design features of the airport but also to help humanize the airport environment and take passenger engagement to the next level.

Strong Traffic Growth during the period Apr-Jan FY16

Passenger growth has continued on its robust upward trajectory and reached 10.4 million for YTD Apr-Jan FY16, a growth of 19% Y-o-Y. The airport also saw its highest ever monthly traffic of 1.17 million in the month of December ’15. Similarly, Cargo also posted a strong growth and reached 94,436 MT for YTD Apr-Jan FY16, a growth of 11% Y-o-Y.

Continuous improvement in Airport Council International Airport Service Quality score

Despite heavy competition from several new Chinese airports, GHIAL has emerged as the World’s 4th Best Airport in terms of ASQ with a score of 4.91 out of 5. The score is a significant increase from last year’s score

of 4.82, and showcases GHIAL’s constant endeavour to live up to the GMR Group’s philosophy of continual improvement.

Sovika to start domestic Cargo Operations out of Hyderabad with Quikjet aircraft

Strengthening the robust Cargo network of GHIAL, Sovika is launching its dedicated domestic freighter service out of Hyderabad after having taken a wet lease from Bangalore-based Quikjet Airlines. This will be the second dedicated domestic freighter to operate out of Hyderabad after BlueDart. They will be operating 6-times a week and will be flying to Delhi and Chennai. This launch will be a major milestone for GHIAL towards strengthening the domestic freighter network

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BE Assessor Certification Program @ Delhi

GMR Infrastructure Limited raises US$300m (` 2000 Crores) from Kuwait Investment Authority through a 60 year FCCB

The 10th batch of Business Excellence Assessor Certification Program was conducted based on GBEM 2015-16 criteria at Delhi. Over 20 members representing DIAL, Transportation, EMCO, CTPP, GPCL, VPGL, GELK, SSC and GCS, very actively participated in this four day highly challenging and intensive workshop. They would also be formally certified as assessors and would be eligible to conduct BE assessments of our Group companies. The program was conducted by senior faculty Mr. Ramakrishna Sunder – Ex Tata group.

GMR Infrastructure Limited successfully completed the first FCCB Issuance (FCCB) of USD 300Mn through a bilateral placement process. The Investor - Kuwait Investment Authority which is one of the largest Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) globally.

The 7.50% Callable Perpetual Bond issue has a 60 year Maturity. The proceeds will take care of the short to medium term requirements of the group and provide additional liquidity due to the long term nature of the instrument. The deal has been done at a 20% premium to the reference price of Rps. 15.

The deal has many firsts:-

• First ever sizeable bilateral transaction between India and Kuwait

The Business Excellence Assessor program helps in in-depth understanding and widening of business perspective as a whole and helps in more enhanced business performance. At a Group level one of the key factors for success in such a large transformational initiative is to have trained experts across the organization. It was the tenth in a series of workshops planned to create an internal talent pool of Business Excellence Champions.

• Longest tenor FCCB issuance out of India

• First ever FCCB issuance under the new ECB policy framework

• First FCCB issuance of a major Infrastructure player under the new government

The entire transaction with the investor has been completed in a record time since the new framework was announced. GMR’s FCCB will have several “equity-like” features such as long tenor, unsecured and subordinated status and mandatory conversion. Such features are generally seen in perpetual-type issuances. The proceeds from the FCCB will be primarily used to repay certain outstanding obligations of GMR and its subsidiaries.


License to Operate is a key approach and process, critical for operations management of any services delivery organization such as Shared Services. GMR SSC introduced and adopted this process to ensure that all the service delivery personnel and new employees joining are equipped with a formal training and learning plan and a structured assessment before getting a certification to operate the respective tasks/ deliverables.

The key components of the LTO approach are:

1. Learning Path: For each new employee a structured and mandatory learning path is identified. The elements of Learning path are:

a. Organizational business and process context

b. Role , job description and goal sheet understanding

c. GMR SAP training

d. SSC workflow and documentation training

e. Critical business process scenarios

f. Stakeholder organization and engagement awareness

2. Learning Buddy: An experienced and tenured senior team member is identified as buddy for the new incumbent. The buddy helps the new employee adapt to the GMR environment, supports in driving the

learning path activities and monitors timelines under which it needs to be covered.

3. Learning Team: The learning coordinator monitors the overall learning path progress and ensures there are no delays and the right inputs are always available.

4. Whiteboard Assessment: Typically the learning path is for 6-8 weeks and at the end of the same, a whiteboard assessment is conducted to test readiness and knowledge of the new employee. This Whiteboard assessment is administered by a team comprising of Ops Head, Team lead and Learning coordinator.

5. License to Operate: Post the successful completion of Whiteboard assessment, the new employee is now licensed to operate.

6. Process Knowledge Test: A LTO employee is then periodically tested for continued process knowledge through an annual PKT or an adhoc PKT as and when a process change or policy change is implemented.

The employees who successfully clear the assessment and are licensed to operate get recognized and a certificate is awarded in the Monthly SSC Business head update. Such business updates also cover SSC and Group highlights, introduction of new joinees, updates on organizational structure and any queries that employees have are also addressed.

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GMR @ DHL Corporate Relay Run

New Joinees - License to Operate

Two teams of four participants each participated in DHL Corporate Relay Run at standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on 17TH January 2016. Our employees, Team Whiskians (Manoj Kumar Singh, Samrat Mitra, Rohan Aradhya & Neha Sigh) and Team Riot (Jitendra Jain, Sumit Kasat, Jai Kumar Baid & Jennifer Pereira) participated along with 81 other teams and established some great records.

• Team Whiskians was the top 10th team and Team Riot was on 26th team out of 81 teams which participated.

• Neha Singh was the 7th fastest & Jennifer Perriera was 25th fastest among women.

• Manoj Kumar Singh was 42nd fastest among all men.

GMR Warora Energy Limited was recognized with the 10th State Level Award for “Excellence in Energy Conservation & Management, 2014-15.” This award is organized by M/S MEDA (Maharashtra Energy Development Authority) at state level. GWEL bagged the first position in the Thermal Power Plant category at the ceremony held in January, 2016.

GWEL Awarded “Excellence in Energy Conservation & Management, 2014-15”

An organic composting system - Mechanized Composter, has been successfully installed and commissioned at GMR WARORA ENERGY LIMITED (GWEL). The mechanized composter is a fully automatic Bio-Mechanical Composter and a continuous organic waste converter. It converts the organic waste added to the machine into nitrogen rich compost by reducing its volume to almost 90% of the original.

This machine offers a greener and a cleaner alternative to the problem of organic waste disposal. Capacity of the mechanized composter is 200 Kg / day of waste.

Mechanized Composter Installed & commissioned at GMR Warora

The process of composting is very simple:

• Deposit organic waste at inlet of the machine• Mixing, curing is automatically done by the machine• Compost keeps collecting in a bag at the rear of the

machine• Remove the compost bag when it is full and attach

another bag

The machine is a simple and affordable solution for large scale waste management. It covers all the waste generated from plant canteens, Raxa accommodation and the temporary township.

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GWEL Receives 5s CertificationAs part of India’s Swatch Bharat Mission initiated by Government of India, GMR Warora Energy Limited had initiated Sampoorna Swachatha in the plant premises and town ship in April 2015. As a part of this mission, GWEL had adopted auditable system driven approach for all processes and reached another milestone with Certification for 5S implementation. National Productivity Council had completed a two day Certification audit for 5S implementation at the plant on 6th & 7th Jan 2016 and at completion, certified GMR Warora Energy Ltd with 5S.

Business Chairman - Energy, Shri G.B.S Raju at the Odisha Investors’ Meet in Mumbai on February 14, 2016.

In order to improve the reliability of the system, GWEL had planned the annual overhauling of Unit-2. The target date of completion was decided by considering the best

GWEL Completes Annual Overhaul in Record Time

‘till date’ in the industry. This was planned accordingly by conducting various reviews with department heads and sectional heads chaired by Head-O&M. The intensive planning resulted in creation of a new bench mark by GWEL Team in the industry by completing the overhauling process of the entire Unit-2 in just 18 days without compromising on quality. The various cycle times for shutdown process, have been significantly reduced which will not only improve our bottom line, but also indicate GWEL’s commitment towards enhancement in our O&M capabilities.


A colourful Republic Day function was celebrated at GMR Bajoli Holi campus. Shri Som Prakash Bansal, AVP, was the chief Guest for this occasion. The Guard of Honour was given to Mr. Bansal by Raxa Ceremonial Guards and Himachal Pradesh Police force. Then the national flag was hoisted by him and the national anthem was sung by a group of lady volunteers of Varalakshmi Foundation.

Mr. Prakash Bansal then greeted all the employees of GMR Bajoli-Holi family and gave a motivational speech regarding nation building by contributing best efforts towards project completion.

GWEL Introduces Web Documentation System Republic Day at Bajoli Holi


As part of the continual improvement & sustainability process, GWEL has implemented a web based documentation management system through GMR Intranet. This was inaugurated by Business Chairman Shri. G.B.S. Raju during the first Thermal O&M Meet held in November, 2015 at GWEL. Each department has a specific website and a few employees have been nominated as admins and given the access to upload and modify the documents on the website. With the help of this system, the IMS documents, event analysis reports, daily MIS and knowledge sharing sessions are now accessible to each employee which helps in growth and performance resulting in more productivity of the organization.

A cultural program consisting of folk songs was presented by Varalakshmi Foundation and Paramedical staff of Aquamarine Medical Solution. Raxa Security Marshals also presented the popular Natti Dance of Chamba. Post this, the chief guest distributed prizes to participants. Three security personal of Raxa security were given prizes for their outstanding performance during the year 2015. The vote of thanks was given by Shri Vishwakant Mishra, Manager-HR.


Krishnagiri Special Investment Region

TBAIL commences operations at GKSL , Toyota Boshoku Automotive India (Pvt) Ltd (TBAIL), part of Toyota Group, commenced their commercial operations from their brand new plant located within GMR Krishnagiri Special Investment Region’s Unit 1 area. TBAIL is the manufacturer of automotive seating systems for Toyota’s high end vehicles and TBIAL is planning to manufacture a key import substitute component from this new plant.

TBAIL took 20.03 ac on 50 years long lease and built about 1 Lakh sqft of industrial & office space with an estimated investment of Rs. 170 Crores and will employ about 250 persons. TBAIL is planning to build a new Research & Development wing within this area.

Phase IA 318 Ac Development , GKSL commenced its Phase IA development work; spread over 318 acres, with an approach road and site leveling which is going on in full gear. Simultaneously, hectic marketing activities are on with many marquees MNC’s showing interest in the area.

Kakinada Special Investment Region

Pals Plush India Pvt. Ltd., a global toy manufacturer has started its operations in an area of over 1, 00,000 sq.ft. factory space. It currently employs over 400 women and would increase to over 1000 people gradually.

Infrastructure Development at Kakinada SEZPower: Kakinada SEZ has been allotted industrial power and power is being drawn for its units operations.

Roads & Planation: Kakinada SEZ has developed road connectivity to the beach road and laid internal roads for the movement of cargo.

Inked MoU with JGC:Kakinada SEZ has entered into agreement with JGC, a Japanese International Engineering Contractor to co-develop a Japanese Oriented Food Processing Park in Kakinada SEZ in an area of 300 acres.

Saibhya Shipping Agro Marine Pvt. Ltd:M/s Saibhya Shipping Agro Marine Pvt. Ltd., has entered into a definitive agreement with Kakinada SEZ for establishing its manufacturing unit of Frozen & Fresh Sea Foods for exports.

M/s Saibhya would setup its factory in an area of 10 acres and are expected to employ around 500 persons.

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Case Study - Esarla Siva Parvathi

Esarla Siva Parvathi hails from Nandivada village of Ponduru mandal in Srikakulam district. She got married at the age of 18 years and after one year had twin girls. Out of the blue, her husband died of a heart attack. Her parents are daily wage labors, who could not take care of Siva Parvathi. She had no option but to work as a daily wage labour. One day, one of her friends advised her to approach NIRED, Rajam for skill training, which would help her to stand on her own feet. She took admission into the Bedside Nursing course and after completion of

Case Study - Ravi Kumar

Ravi Kumar is a 31 year old farmer from Kuleth Panchayat of Holi Bajoli area in Himachal Pradesh. His joint family consists of 8 members and he is only earning member in the family. Ravi completed Std. X but could not go out of the village for job opportunities due to his family responsibilities. He was working on a small apple orchard that the family owns and was hardly making ends meet. GMRVF team motivated Ravi to join the Horticulture Development Program initiated by the Foundation at this location and he was trained by the Foundation on modern methods of apple cultivation with support from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chamba. Residential training at KVK, practical demonstrations on modern cutting and pruning methods and exposure visits to model apple orchards helped Ravi to better understand the modern practices and initiating the same in his orchard. After the training,

he was linked with the Kisan Suvidha Kendra, another initiative by GMRVF for the farmers to provide them horticulture equipment, information on scientific farming and government schemes. With his improved technical knowledge, Ravi harvested over Rs 4 lakhs worth apples in the last season and planted another 100 apple plants in his waste land to increase the production further.

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the training; NIRED provided her the placement through the Indian Red Cross society with a salary of Rs 8000/- pm along with free food & accommodation at Hyderabad. Now, Siva Parvathi is content and attributes her success to NIRED. She says, “NIRED showed me the light at the right time to lead a dignified life. Without NIRED, my life would have been miserable”.

CSR GMR Varalakshmi Foundation

GMR Adloor Pochanpalli Highway wins “Best Green Highway Project”

BD Workshop @ DFCC, Allahabad

GMR Highways Divests in GMR OSE Hungund Hospet Highways

National Highways Authority of India [NHAI] foundation day was celebrated on 12th Feb 2016. On this occasion NHAI organized a competition in various categories for Highway Concessionaries throughout India. GMR Highways had nominated two of its projects [GMR Adloor Pochanpalli Expressways Ltd & GMR Ambala Chandigarh Expressways P Ltd] for the said award.

GMR Transportation Sector recently organized a two day BOD workshop for Employees associated with DFCC Project. Senior Leadership from the sector, Shri B V N Rao, BCM – T&UI, Shri O B Raju, MD – Transportation, Shri Arun K Sharma, CEO – Transportation, Shri Yogesh Wadhwa, PD – DFCC participated along with 60+ team members. Key Members from our client DFCC and Project Management Consultants also participated in the two day interactive workshop.The objective of the workshop was to bring all the stakeholders together as a

On behalf of GMR the Award was received by Mr. O B Raju, MD GMR Highways and presented by Mr. Yogendra Narayan, former Chairman, NHAI. Mr Arun Kumar Sharma, CEO GMR Highways and Corporate Affairs team were also present at the function.

single team, discuss joint aspirations, challenges, opportunities and road ahead for DFCC Project and also to enhance ownership, collaboration and build a culture of excellence.In his opening address Shri B V N Rao highlighted the importance of DFCC Project for the Transportation sector and achievement of project milestones within cost, time and best of quality. He also asked the team to focus on meeting the Client and PMC requirements so as to deliver an iconic project.


In line with GMR Group’s Asset Right and Asset Light Strategy, GMR Highways Limited and GMR Infrastructure Limited have signed a Share Purchase Agreement with its Joint Venture Partners to divest its 51% equity stake

in GMR OSE Hungund Hospet Highways Private Limited (GOHHHPL). Mr. Madhu Terdal, Group CFO of GMR Group said “This transaction once again signifies about the GMR Group’s commitment & ability to successfully implement its “Asset-Light-Asset-Right” strategy under challenging market conditions. We, at GMR Group, continue to focus on creating liquidity and reducing our leveraged position, as part of the strategy of churning of assets.

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27th National Road Safety Week

27th National Road Safety Week was observed during 1-7 January 2016 by GMRVF at various GMR Road projects. The theme for this year was “Road Safety-Time for Action”. Different activities such as road safety awareness camp, installation of sign boards, live video shows on road safety, street play on road safety, distribution of pamphlets on road safety, pasting reflective tapes on vehicles, road safety competitions in school, blood donation camp etc. These programs reached out to about 50000 road users including truck drivers, helpers, migrant labour, school children and other community members. Many dignitaries from National Highway Association of India (NHAI), Traffic-Police Department and other Government Departments along with the colleagues from Road Project locations and RAXA participated in these activities.

Mobility Aids for Persons with Disabilities

GMRVF, in partnership with National Institute of Orthopedically Handicapped (NIOH), conducted screening camps for orthopedically handicapped persons from Rajam, Rajahmundry and Kakinada project locations. Over 300 persons with orthopedic disabilities have been identified during these camps. They were supported with required mobility aids such as wheel chairs, tri-cycles, crutches etc. Several GMR colleagues participated in the events organized by GMRVF and distributed these aids to the Persons with Disabilities.

Sadbhavana Cricket Match at GWELGMRVF Warora has been conducting ‘Sadbhavna Cricket Matches, for village youth, GMR employees and contractors since the past four years. This program is organized with the objective to establish good rapport with the youth so they can be guided into mainstream development in the area and to create an environment of sports in the villages by providing new opportunities.

This year, two-days of the Sadbhavna cricket matches were organized on Feb 8 & 9, 2016 at GMR playground, Warora. 14 teams sent nominations from the villages, GMRWEL and Contractors. Out of 14 nominated teams, 12 teams played the tournament. There were a total of 6

knockout matches, 2 semifinals and 1 final match played during the event.

The tournament was inaugurated by Shri Dhananjay V Deshpande, Vice-President (O&M), GMRWEL. All HODs attended the inauguration session and motivated the teams to demonstrate the team sprit during the tournament. Nearly 150 staff members and an equal number of youth participated in the program.


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Solar Power Comes to Rajam

GMRIT & GMR Varalakshmi Care Hospital campus at Rajam took significant steps towards going green with the commissioning of 1.00 MWp (700KW+300KW) solar plants put up by GMR Rajam Solar Power Pvt. Ltd

The Plant was inaugurated on 15th January, 2016 by Group Chairman Shri G.M.Rao in the presence of BCM-Airports, Shri Srinivas Bommidala. The event was also graced by Shri G.B.S. Raju (BCM-Energy), Shri Kiran Grandhi (BCM-

Annadanam and Vastradanam at Rajam on Sankranthi

As part of the family tradition of Group Chairman, this year also, clothes and food were distributed to about 17000 old, poor, physically challenged persons and sadhus on the occasion of Sankranthi at Rajam on 15th of January 2016. Sri. GM Rao, Smt. G Varalakshmi Rao, Sri. Srinivas Bommidala, Smt. Rama Devi, Sri. GBS Raju, Smt. Smitha Raju, Sri. Kiran Kumar, Smt. Ragini Kiran, children and other family members and guests participated in the distribution.

The event was organized by the Community Services Wing of GMRVF, Rajam with key support from GMRVF and GMRIT Administration. RAXA personnel provided yeoman support in crowd management.

Students, staff and faculty of SGCSR College & GMR IT; NCC Cadets, NSS volunteers; trainees of NIRED; staff of GMRV Care Hospital; and volunteers of CSW, Rajam provided the necessary support during the distribution.

Group Finance), Shri Raghunathan, Shri Aniruddha Ganguly, Smt. Meena Raghunathan, Shri C.V.Rao, Shri Lakshmanamurthy, Dr. Rajendra and Shri Dheeraj Singh among other guests.

The 700KW & 300KW project was completed at an estimated total project cost of Rs. 650.00 Lacs. The major benefits of the project are:

1. Significant offset of grid power use 2. Revenue Generation of excess power to the grid by

Net Metering facility3. Significant reduction in DG fuel consumption by 1/3

of the present cost4. Energy Generation for 700KW system is estimated to

be 1124 MWh5. Energy Generation for 300KW system is estimated to

be 480 MWh

The project is the first of its kind to be commissioned in the APEPDCL Discom for Captive consumption interfacing Grid Power, DG power & Renewable sources. Poly Crystalline Technology modules with seasonal tilt structure mechanism has been used for the project.


PFBI ties up with ICFAI for Academic Collaboration in Family Business

Parampara Family Business Institute (PFBI), a GMR Social initiative signed an MoU with ICFAI, Hyderabad for academic collaboration with the objective of co-operating in the areas of education, research, case studies, workshops, modular programmes and other academic activities related to family business.

The Mou was signed on the occasion of 6th Foundation Lecture at ICFAI University on 4th February, 2016. Mr. G M Rao, Group Chairman, GMR Group addressed the students and faculty of ICFAI on this memorable occasion. Together PFBI & ICFAI plan to set up a center of excellence in family business and creating case studies on family business so that the lessons could be passed on to others and best practices be adopted. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Prasad Kumar, Group Holding Member, GMR Group and MD &VC PFBI stated, “Research in family business has great relevance to the country and building case studies and sharing success stories will be useful for new generation companies.”

Mrs. Sobha Rani Nandury (Chairperson, The ICFAI Society), Dr. J. Mahender Reddy, Vice Chancellor – ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Prof. G. V. Muralidhara, Dean – Case Research Center, Mr. N Krishnan, CEO-PFBI and Mr. R Ramakrishnan, Principal Consultant, GCMO were present during the event.

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PFBI conducted an awareness programme on ‘Family Business Dynamics’ for the parents of the students undergoing a course in Entrepreneurship - PG Programme at the institute on 23rd January, 2016 at EDI campus. PFBI facilitates an elective subject on family business management in the final semester of the PGP program.

The programme was very well received by the participants who were a mix of 2 generations. The challenges of the older generation on how to get next generation involved in the family business, and the younger generation having their own aspirations and different business ideas other than the traditional business was the essence of the discussions.

The programme was facilitated by Mr. N Krishnan, CEO-PFBI.

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HAL SECURITY MANAGERS PROGRAMTraining for 1st batch of Security Managers of HAL was conducted at Academy on 04th Jan to 09th Jan 2016. The security managers were mostly from armed forces and from various branches of HAL throughout India.

NACEN3rd batch of Special course for Head Havaldars, Havaldars and Sepoys of Customs, Central Excise and Narcotics was conducted at Academy from 19th to 29th Jan 2016. They are from various Commissionerates of Customs, Central Excise and Narcotics of the state of Karnataka.

Delhi Daredevils is proud and excited to introduce the full squad of IPL-9, the new and fresh squad includes Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, Imran Tahir, Quinton de Kock, Chris Morris, Pawan Negi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pawan Suyal, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwa, Zaheer Khan, JP Duminy, Sanju Samson, Carlos Brathwaite, Joel Paris, Jayant Yadav, Chama Milind, Shreyas Iyer, Sam Billings, Khaleel Ahmed, Rishabh Pant, Mahipal Lomror, Akhil Herwadkar and Pratyush Singh.

Delhi Daredevils Cricket Academy in its endeavor to reach out to more and more cricket enthusiasts, takes one more leap in its mission. DD Cricket Academy- Amroha, is the 3rd DD academy to come in force. Inaugurated this month and established by tying up with the DNS Public School in Amroha, U.P., this academy will provide a huge impetus in building a firm grassroots base in the rural catchment area of western UP.

RAXA ACADEMY AWARDS

Raxa Academy was recently recognized by National Skills Development Corporation as a “Model Training Centre” and at the National level for its “Outstanding Performance” in conduct of Training.

A “Security Skills & Leadership Summit” was held at New Delhi jointly by Security Sector Skill Development Council (SSSDC) under National Skill Development Corporation & Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI).

H’ble Minister, Skill development, Shri. Pratap Singh Rudy was the Chief Guest and honoured this Award. The CAPSI Chairman, Mr. Kunwar Vikram Singh and the SSSDC CEO, Maj.Gen.A K Sakhuja were present in the event.

Amongst a total of 112 Training Providers (TPs), Raxa Security Services Ltd., was selected as one of the best

PRE-ARMY/CPO TRAINING 1st batch of Pre-Army/CPO Training, Andhra Pradesh for approx. 570 candidates commenced at Academy on 20th Jan 2016. It was inaugurated by Shri M R Reddy.

5 Training Providers for ‘Outstanding Performance’ in conducting Training and rewarded with a trophy. Raxa was also selected as one of the best 5 Training centres amongst 159 of them and rewarded with a trophy as a ‘Model training Centre’ by the Chief Guest.

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