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Sterlite Grid successfully commissions India’s firstUltra Mega Transmission project

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Lack of Transmission capacity and Implementation Issues: Transmission development has not kept pace with electricity generation in the 10th and 11th plan, resulting in the lack of sufficient transmission capacity. India has installed capacity of 225 GW, yet we are able to meet peak demand of only 123 GW – one of the key reasons being lack of sufficient transmission lines. In Chhattisgarh alone, more than 20,000 MW of power will soon be bottlenecked. As per a recent POSOCO report, 30 transmission lines in India are severely over-loaded and stressed. Despite the severe need for having robust capacity, implementation challenges are restricting quicker project delivery. Forest clearance is a major cause of delay, as the government has laid out very cumbersome procedures for private developers of transmission lines as compared to government-built lines. Inorder to build the much needed Transmission capacity, the Government needs to expedite clearances, especially forest clearances and Right of-Way in case of certain critical lines.

With the completion of this Purnia- Bihar Sharif transmission line, Sterlite Grid has successfully completed installation of one transmission line in the East North Interconnection (ENICL)Transmission Project. ENICL would respectively connect the Indian states of Assam with West Bengal and Bihar. The project has been awarded on a ‘ Build , Own, Operate and Maintain’ (BOOM) basis and will provide a stream of annuity revenues for Sterlite Grid for 25 years.

Sterlite Grid Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sterlite Technologies Limited , has successfully commissioned a 231 km long, 400 kV double-circuit quad transmission line that connects Purnia and Bihar Sharif substations in the state of Bihar. This line was identified as the highest priority line by Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO), India’s national power grid operator. Sterlite was selected to build India’s first Ultra Mega Transmission

Project (UMTP) with two 400 kV transmission lines under tariff-based competitive bidding. The line provides critical connectivity for power transfer from the Hydro power plants in the North Eastern (NE) region. This will bring on-line enough transmission capacity to power more than 1 million homes in North East Bihar and Northern India.

“We are extremely delighted to have commissioned India’s first UMTP line and dedicate this to the country. We are building several critical lines which are crucial for evacuation of power and are hopeful that with continued support from the State and Central Government, we will be able to deliver these as per our commitments,” said Mr Pravin Agarwal, Director, Sterlite Technologies Limited. Sterlite is confident of commissioning all its subsequent lines and substations at regular intervals so as to achieving commissioning of all its projects by the middle of next year.

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... To bring on-line enough transmission capacityto power more than 1 million homes in North EastBihar and Northern India

Sterlite Grid successfully commissions India’s first Ultra Mega Transmission project

... Projects valued at Rs 650 Crore

... The RAPP-Unit 7, 8 transmission project involves establishment of 400 kV ouble circuit line; to further strengthen power transfer capability from Northern Grid to Western Grid

... The ERRS-7 project will transmit power using two 400 kV double circuit lines as well as 400 kV Multi-circuit towers a first in private sector in India

... Forms a part of the transmission systems strengthening project awarded to Sterlite Grid Limited on a 'Build, Own, Operate and Maintain' (BOOM) basis

...Transmission lines to be commissioned in 28 months; Sterlite Grid Limited Company would thereafter operate and maintain the same for a minimum tenure of 35 years thereafter.

The first project – Rajasthan Atomic Power Project “RAPP-Unit 7, 8” transmission project – will transfer power from the atomic power plant near Kota in Rajasthan to Shujalpur in Madhya Pradesh. The transmission systems will evacuate and transmit power through a network of about 200 km long 400 kV double circuit line. This line, when commissioned, will further strengthen power transfer capability from Northern Grid to Western Grid.

The second project, namely “ERRS-7” will include establishment of two 400 kV double circuit lines between Ranchi & Chaibasa in Jharkhand; besides Kharagpur & Purulia in West Bengal. The total line length is around 450 km and the project will include 400 kV Multi-circuit towers near Ranchi substation. This is considered to be the first of its kind private sector transmission projects in India. The project will further strengthen Sterlite’s presence in the Eastern region after the recent commissioning of the Purnia-Bihar Sharif line in Bihar.

“These projects strengthen our presence in Eastern and Western regions and will also mark our entry into the states of Rajasthan and Jharkhand.” says Pravin Agarwal, Director- Sterlite Technologies Ltd.

Sterlite Grid winstwo more power transmission projects

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Sterlite Technologiesrecords sales of Rs.680Crore in Q3

Pune, India – January 30, 2014:

Sterlite Technologies Limited [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], a leading global provider of transmission solutions for the telecom and power industries, today announced its third quarter results for Financial Year 2014.

Financial highlights for Q3 FY14 Sterlite closed Q3FY14 with total

revenue of Rs. 680 Crore and EBITDA of Rs. 54 Crores, translating in a profitability margin of 8%

The EBITDA margin for 9M FY14 at 9.5% shows improvement compared to same period last year

Exports account for 35% of total revenues in Q3 Fy14, with addition of 6 new key customer accounts

Open order book at end of the Q3 FY14 at Rs. 2600 Crore with exports constituting close to 50%

Segment Review:

Telecom Segment Highest ever sales volumes in a quarter

for optical fiber cable at 1.6 million fiber km

Secured largest share for supply of Optical fiber cables and accessories in the prestigious National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) project to connect 2,50,000 village panchayat

Power Segment Healthy flow of orders supported by

addition of new strategic customer accounts in the European and African region. Open order book at end of the Q3 FY14 at Rs. 2400 Crore with an exports accounting to around 55%.

Received a certificate of appreciation for best product by an Indian exhibitor at ELECRAMA 2014 for registered product UltraEFF®, low loss power cable that reduces energy loss by 10%.

Infrastructure Segment The first line of the East North Inter

connect project commissioned successfully in September 13, generating Rs. 16 Crore of revenue in Q3 FY14

The execution of next two projects: Work on Bhopal-Dhule Transmission (BDTCL) and Jabalpur Transmission (JTCL) is in full swing. The revenues from these projects expected to come in next fiscal.

The commissioning of recent two new projects- RAPP (Rajasthan Atomic power project) and ERSS - 7 scheduled in February 2016

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We see a clear upside in both telecom and power

segments fueled by a number of greenfield

infrastructure investments across the world. Sterlite is focused on expanding the

business in new geographies backed by our

experience in executing large national

infrastructure projects.

-Mr Pravin Agarwal, Whole-time Director,

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network. A key point in fiber selection for metro networks is to maximize bandwidth capacity, there by avoiding the high installation expenses of continually adding more and more fiber. Operating wavelength of CWDM system covers several wavelength bands like O, E, S, C and L bands i.e. from 1310nm to 1610nm.

As per ITU G.694.2, 16 channels are available for transmission with CWDM channel spacing of 20nm, andeach channel has transmission capacity of 2.5Gb/s with repeater less transmission distance of 70 – 100km.

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Fiber optics cable installation and deployment is a long-term investment in optical networks. Fiber installed today must be extremely versatile and support network needs for 20 –25 years in the future, and also provide compatibility with any already installed standard single mode fiber. Due to its reduced water peak characteristics, its stability against H2 aging, its enhanced bend sensitivity, its low attenuation over a large wavelength bands (O, E, S, C, and L) and its low PMD, ITU-T G.652.D reduced water peak fiber is an ideal candidate for metro networks. Additionally, ITU-T G.652.D fiber combined with enhanced bend insensitive series of G.657 fibers will be ideal for FTTH/P networks, especially as network connectivity goes closer to the home.

Ideal Fiber for CWDM Metro Networks

Optical fiber cable deployment is expensive because it requires complete geographical audit, digging and trenching of city streets, and right of way access to network points of presence. It is therefore important to deploy the right fiber, which not only meets today's network requirements, but also future-proofs the

The most challenging fiber requirement is full spectrum coverage of 16 channels. This is extremely difficult with conventional single mode fiber (ITU-T G.652.B), where the loss peak due to hydroxyl ion (OH)virtually eliminates E-band 1400nm region for use in metropolitan networks. The hydroxyl ion is a residue from moisture or water incorporated in glass during manufacturing process. Figure-1 shows comparison of attenuation curve between ITU-T G.652.B & G.652.D where dispersion curve remains the same for both types of fibers.

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A fiber with reduced water peak (G.652.D) meets all requirements for an ideal fiber in metro networks, including 16 channel full-spectrum CWDM capabilities. As no optical amplifiers are used in CWDM systems, reduction in attenuation provides direct benefit in power budget and subsequently increases transmission distance. Water peak attenuation for commercially available reduced water peak fiber typically is 0.34 dB/km.

ITU-T G.652.D fiber is fully compatible with G.652.B fiber, and it meets all requirements for an ideal fiber in metro local networks. Like G.652.B, it supports all standards protocol and major access solutions. It fully supports 1310nm and 1550nm system specifications such as SONET, SDH etc. It is compatible for splicing with G.652.B fiber as there is no difference in Mode Field Diameter (MFD). G.652.D combines previously untouched 1400nm region (E- band) where water peak loss renders G.652.B fiber useless. This ability opens an extra 100nm of bandwidth, which can support at least four more CWDM channels as compared to G.652.B fiber, representing a channel gain of at least 33%. At higher data rates (10Gb/s), Polarization Mode Dispersion

(PMD) associated with optical fiber and network components can add to system penalty. G.652.D fiber with tight PMDQ

specifications of 0.2ps/�km ensures network upgradability to higher data rates.

Fiber for premises networkFor the deployment of broadband access technology called Fiber to the Premises/Home (FTTP/H), a question arises about which optical fiber should be used. Keeping in mind the long-term view of deployed FTTP/H system, it must support voice, video and data transmission. Passive Optical Network (PON) is an important type of FTTP/H system, consisting of central office to serve multiple subscribers through optical splitters. The split ratio can vary from 2 to 64 depending upon the number of subscribers. PON uses WDM to enable multiple data stream at different wavelengths over single fiber. Different kinds of PON networks like EPON, GPON and BPON have transmission data rates from 155Mbps to 2.45Gbps to a reach of 20kmto 60km.Multimode fiber can support 10Mbps to 10Gbps but only for 2km and 100m distances respectively. Therefore, PON exclusively needs single

mode fiber to support the distance required in access networks. There are two choices of single mode fiber according to PON requirements: 1) Conventional standard single mode fiber ITU-T G.652.B, 2) Reduced water peak standard and/or bend insensitive single mode fiber ITU-T G.652.C, G.652.D & G.657.A1 or G.657.A2.Reduced water peak fiber enables services in 1360 – 1480nm band (E Band), which is not available with G.652.B fiber because of high attenuation loss at 1383 ± 3 nm due to water peak. G.652.D and G.657.A1/G.657.A2 provide potential upgrade path to PON networks, with little or no added cost to the overall FTTP/H network cost. Therefore, G.652.D or G.657.A1 or G.657.A2 is the best choice for PON FTTP/H networks. The selection between these 3 categories of fibers is dependent on macro bend loss requirement and as one goes deeper into the access part (so near the home), the macro-bend loss requirement increases and bend insensitive G.657.A1 or G.657.A2 fibers are needed. Fiber used in cables in side home is generally of an even higher grade with better bend sensitivity, and G.657.B3 fiber is generally used for inside home cabling.

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Sterlite Grid's Heli-stringingfor challengingtransmissionscenario

In its continued pursuit of excellence, Sterlite Grid recently deployed 'Helicopter Stringing' for executing Bhopal – Indore 765 kV and Bhopal – Bhopal 400 kV power transmission lines of Bhopal Dhule Transmission Company Limited Project. In this process, a helicopter was utilized to string pilot strings onto new transmission towers. In the process, Sterlite joined the elite club of global transcos adapting best industry practices for building power transmission networks.Helicopter stringing is a highly skilled operation that requires flying with precision and concentration. Apart from special pilot rollers and attachments, a helicopter pilot specially trained and licensed to carry out such flying is an essential element of the operation. For this operation, services of an expert helicopter pilot in partnership with 'Chopperworx', South Africa were used for stringing that used 'AS350B3' helicopters provided by 'Himalayan Heli Services'. Adherence to safety standards with planned safety procedures throughout the execution is of paramount importance. With a total flying / pulling time of about 55 minutes respectively, the stringing was carried out on around 8 kms of 765 kV S/C

Right of way (ROW) as we all know remains a top hurdle in efficient and effective execution of most of the transmission projects in the country. Transmission solutions providers have to work extra hard to negotiate this during the project construction phase of the transmission lines that consumes lot of time, energy and resources. The towers are erected with relatively lesser difficulty but when it comes to stringing, there are several issues that Transco project teams on ground have to face. The conventional method of pulling a pilot string with the help of tractors becomes arduous in terrains where access is difficult for example in hilly areas or projects sites having water bodies. Vehicles plying on farm lands often end up destroying the crops, because of which, land owners often oppose to operating on their lands. Also, manual operations become challenging due to difficult ground working conditions. As a result safety of the workers demands a lot of time and energy investment. Majority of the Transco project teams are always in search of a solution that will help eliminate these bottlenecks while executing transmission projects.

and 17 kms of 400 kV D/C lines.

Sterlite endeavors to bring innovation and continuous improvement in the project execution methodology and process to enhance productivity. Heli-stringing enables quick execution of stringing, which otherwise is a tedious process and results in reduced total project execution time. The stringing operation is carried out in a short span of time enabling shortening of the transmission line shut-down time. Since the pilot stringing is done via aerial route, there is minimal disturbance to local community and environment, which in turn avoids majority of right-of-way intrusions. By engaging minimum human participation during heli-stringing process, all safety issues are kept under control.

The process involves few challenges like securing statutory permissions from concerned government agencies for low flying, landing etc. for every flying and stringing schedule. Success of Heli-Stringing in India is at a nascent stage while in few developed countries it is an established project practice mainly because of the huge labour costs involved.

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Compared to the conventional methods of stringing, the operation turns out to be somewhat uneconomical but in turn it helps completing the project considerably ahead of planned schedule. For private service providers doing these projects on Build-Own-Operate-Maintain (BOOM) basis, early completed projects translate into early start of tariff and easily compensate for the extra money spent on

the helicopter based operation.Sterlite Grid Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of Sterlite Technologies Limited. The Company is executing multi-million dollar power transmission system projects, pan-India via its fully owned subsidiary companies - East-North Interconnection (ENICL), Bhopal- Dhule Transmission (BDTCL) and Jabalpur Transmission (JTCL). The Bhopal- Dhule

and Jabalpur transmission lines would form part of a system, which would help evacuate power from a large number of IPP projects totaling to an installed capacity of 35,000 MW which are proposed to come in the states of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Gujarat and West Bengal.

Enabling Lowest Cost of Energy Transmission Over the Life Cycle

Ajay Bhardwaj, COO-Power Infrastructure Businessgives Private sector perspective of Indian Transmission Industry and the need for high performance conductor solutions

Siraj Bhattacharya. Head- Technical Marketing, Power Transmission Business throws light on Sterlite’s High Performance Conductor solution and its various applications

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One of the most developed renewable energy markets in South Asia, India is considered to be the third most attractive country to invest in renewable energy. It is also proposed to double the renewable energy capacity in India from 25000 MW in 2012 to 55000 MW by the year 2017. This would include further exploiting abundant non-conventional energy sources such as solar, wind power and energy from biomass.Further, the country's 12th Five Year Plan recognised the importance of evolving a low carbon footprint strategy for environment friendly sustainable growth. Besides, setting a national target of increasing the efficiency of energy use, the Plan envisaged an expanded role for clean energy, including hydel, solar and wind power.

The global scenarioAcross the globe, the renewable energy sector continues to be more attractive as technology improves and costs decline. Also, transmission and distribution (T&D) of electric power is predominantly accomplished through bare overhead electric power conductors. For efficient use of energy and resources, reduction in

(T&D) losses, high ampacity conductors to meet the ever increasing power requirement, lower sag property of the conductor to allow retrofitting on existing lines, robust and low maintenance conductors still remain a challenge to be met on priority.

The challengesResistive losses incurred during T&D of electricity through electric power conductors is a major factor contributing to T&D losses. A popular solution to reduce resistive losses incurred in electric power conductors is the use of high conductivity material (or a material having low electrical resistance). While selecting an electrical conductor material, apart from its conductivity, there are several other factors too which need careful analysis. These include economic viability, physical and chemical properties of the material, safe operating temperature range for continuous power transmission at specific range of load, modulus of elasticity, strength, coefficient of linear expansion, ultimate tensile strength (UTS), resistance to corrosion, etc.

Apart from using high conductivity material, resistive losses of power conductors can also be reduced by improving their structure, components and design. Besides, the structure, components and design of overhead power conductor also play an important role in its overall performance such as ampacity, safe operating temperature for continuous power transmission at a specific range of load, robustness etc.

Special Low Loss Conductor Solution for T&D networksAs is known, the T&D network has technical losses as well as commercial losses. While commercial losses are a matter of law and order, technical losses can be reduced by the use of new generation conductors called 'Sterlite Eco Conductor'. Family of these conductors has a low resistance and therefore results in low distribution network technical losses. Besides, these conductors have a property which offers high resistance to corrosion, which make these conducive for oceanic climate as well as polluted atmosphere.

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Today, there is a need to have power conductors with improved current

carrying capacity, reduced losses lesser sagging as well as lower aging effects.

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ConclusionThe Indian industry offers numerous opportunities in the energy sector, particularly in the case of clean energy technologies. However, the power sector, which is witnessing higher transmission infrastructure growth needs greater power transfer capability per unit cost of ROW. In such a scenario, conductors that deliver large quantity of current as compared to the conventional ACSR Conductors, offer best alternative. Further, any additional cost spent on new generation conductors and corresponding additional cost of supports, foundations or line material can be offset within a small gestation period due to increase in power transfer capability of the transmission line. This clearly indicates that the improvements have to be prioritized, and those giving very high returns with less investment, such as replacing conductors and releasing overload on the 11 kV -33kV line, should be identified and taken up first.

Sterlite Technologies has been in the forefront of developing and offering this technology to its customers, as a result of which they are able to increase the capacity of their transmission and distribution networks without the need to modify the structure and/or foundation of existing towers.

In India, the distribution network is the largest segment of power network with distribution voltage ranging from 11 kV to 33 kV. Even 0.1 % saving in technical losses will mean saving in multi million units per day at national level. This would bring down the fossil fuel consumption. And, eco friendly conductors are a step towards this measure. Further, the cost of these conductors can be offset within a very short time by saving in losses offered by them. It may be important to note that these conductors may not need any special type of supports or line material.

Technical Dimensions and EffectivenessThe Eco Series conductors consist of trapezoidal shaped special aluminium alloy containing magnesium, silicon and copper stranded with round core. Further, the trapezoidal shape provides compactness to the extent of 96%. When arranged and laid intelligently within an electrical power conductor, the non-circular cross-sectional shape of strands is useful in providing more conductor material per unit volume of the electrical power conductor. Hence, though the structural dimensions of electrical power conductor remain the same, due to better compaction and availability of more conductor material, current carrying capacity i.e. ampacity of the electrical power conductor is increased. In a particular embodiment of Eco Conductors, each of the non-circular cross-section

For same output runs cooler by 5-10OC, hence lower carbon emissions

Contributing to reducing greenhouse gases

Can be deployed with existing structural designs

strands are arranged within the conductor in a manner such that there is substantially little or no voids left in between said strand and strands which lie adjacent to it. Also, better compaction of strands helps in enhancing the robustness and reduction of sagging of the power conductor when hung between pylons.Thus, these conductors are an innovative, efficient, low loss and most importantly an economical solution for re-conductoring power lines and constructing new lines. The higher efficiency of Eco Series Conductors also enables significant savings when substituted in grid systems for normal ACSR or AAAC conductors. Also for delivery of same power to the customers, Eco Series Conductors enables power generators to reduce the amount of power they must generate and hence lesser emissions. Hence with Sterlite Eco conductors I²R losses of distribution lines can be brought down by almost 30%.Some of the other benefits of Eco Conductors include:

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6. Designed the load sharing between the customers so that to start the service customer has to come on the sharing mode only.

ChallengesDuring entire journey of Conceptualization to product development, the project has gone through multiple challenges -1. Development in very small size,2. Vendors agreement on Intellectual

Property3. To ensure steady voltage input for ONT

and WIFI, inspite variable customer premise distance (from 20 Mtrs to 80 Mtrs) resulting variable DC voltage drop

3. High Cost4. Briefing the technology to service

providers and make service providers agree for deployment on existing and upcoming network

5. Ensuring steady sufficient safety features

Benefits1. Being patented technology, we will be

able to protect the techology use by competition

2. By introduction of RPoE, we will be benefitted in following ways -

RPoE TECHNOLOGY

RPoE is abbreviation of "Reverse Power Over Ethernet". The team has conceptualized and developed RPoE products (Customer premise unit and 4x4 Unit for Telecom box ) which will take reverse power feed from multiple customers and power ON the ONT in load sharing mode. With introduction of mentioned technology they have overcome requirement of commercial power arrangement in the telecom shafts in residential complexes . It will save electricity OPEX bills ,improve operational efficiency and network uptime, resulting in to greater customer satisfaction

The Development Journey1. Conceptualization of RPoE in FTTS and Its

Patent filing2. Very small size RPoE products. Product

development with help of SMC technology

3. Inclusion of multiple safety features like, foldback power, protection against short circuit, EMI, surge suppressor, continuous high input voltage supply, Ripple etc

4. Designing of the additional fixtures for mouting of RPoE unit in the old and new model TBs

5. Roadmap for migration of live customers in existing telecom boxes and necessary training across hubs to the field staffs for migration

Easy and fast deployment, Better CMI and CCI scores, since power

related complaint should come down drastically

Huge Opex saving month on month on the ONT electricity bills

In current senario, limited hours power back up is taken care with help of SMPS + Battery unit, which require repeat capex involvement since12 V battery life is only 2-2.5 years, so with this technology, we will avoid repeat capex exposure

With introduction of RPoE, we shall be able to connect SOHO or Row houses as well under sharing mode.

3. With inclusion of safety features, we shall be able to protect our ONT and WiFi units against power surges

4. With reduced size to such an extent, we are able to fix such four devices in our telecom box to cater all the 4 ONT's, similarly in customer premise we combined dual power supply adaptor with RJ-45 ports in a very small size similar to laptop adaptor.

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from MTBF to Frequency Mode. Team has engaged to understand root cause of break rather than to allow B/D.

BenefitsThis has resulted in Tangible and In tangible gain for the organization. One end it has given proper engagement and quality work to our task force and other end it resulted in Improving OEE, Spare Quality index improvement and Opex cost for Department.

Tangible BenefitsA. Draw Breaks reduced after eliminating

take up and furnace tripping problems.B. Warts Issue minimized from 60 no./month to 5 no./month.C. Rotation stop issue reduced from 10 no./month to 1 no./month.

Break down frequency has reduced from 811 to 224 numbers at Sterlite’s Facility at Waluj

Details of InitiativeWaluj Assets or machine had poor reliability leading to loss of Quality, Quantity and opportunity loss. Team had focus to improve reliability of machine through systematic approach consist of—---a. Deep cleaning of Machineb. Addressing Lose wiring and connectionc. Analysis of past breakdown Historyd. Design of proper Preventive Maintenance

Schedulee. Close monitoring of compliance and PM

on monthly Basis along with OEM Spare Usage Only.

This have led to reduction of B/D Frequency month after month also has made to shift

D. In house PLC conversion of Sinter/ Deposition(SOC) Machines from card based system for reliability improvement of Machine.

E. PC Hang issue reduced from 8 no./Month to 1 no./Month by

upgrading computers and PLC which result in reduction of SOOT scrap.

F. Automation related jobs to reduced Customer Complaints (Beta Hang, Nexus,).

G. Physical Winding reduces from 13% to 5 % in PT

Intangible BenefitsA. Productivity and quality improvement

because of Increase in Machine Uptime.B. OEE increased up to 64% C. FTR increased from 62% to 65%D. Machine UP Time—--- 99.7%--Core 98.5%-- Soc Dep 99%--Sinter 98.8%--Draw Tower 99.4%--PTE. Physical Winding reduces from 13% to 5 % in PT.

This is a sustainable and continuous improvement in the breakdown frequency reduction which was achieved with an excellent team work and 100% focus on preventive maintenance compliance.

Team Members

Saurabh Kumar

Brajesh Rai Madhusuddhan Reddy

Manoj Dharmadhikari R. Rasasekaran

R.R.Khardekar R.R.Gawate

Aneesh Bhat Vipul Prakashpant Kavitkar Bharat Jagannath Pagare

Aniket Satish Jadhav

S.D.Pawar

Umair Ansari

Mukesh Ramkrishna Pawar

BenefitsBenefits to the organization:1.This contract will mark a big bang entry

of STL into LATAM market2. Provide a reference to the other global

customers3. Increase profitability for the business4. Will ensure sustainable sales for 20

months starting April 2014. 5. Further orders are exepected ensuring

deliveries through 2015-176. Set a benchmark for the customer

engagement and bidding process for the organization which has been replicated for other orders as well

Details of Initiative1. This supply order/contract is the largest

ever from LATAM market and is the largest ever for Sterlite Technologies across all business.

2. It is a long term contract3. The contract has favourable commercial

terms and conditions for STL covering all risks.

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Saurabh Mahajan Kunal Jhaveri

Pankaj Aggarwall

Sandeep Deshmukh Mukesh Kumar

Vishnu Ojha Santosh Karra

Vivek Goel

Benefits1. Broader Supplier Enablement2. Supplier Self-Service3. Collaborative Processes4. Change Management5. New Business Process Automation6. Auction Process Design

PARTNER PORTAL

Details of InitiativeThis is an e-Sourcing Portal, throughwhich both our existing and aspiringpartners can do business with Sterlite

Team Members

Pankaj Priyadarshi Prasanth Puliakottu

Srinivas Kali

Kiran Awargaonkar Touseef Khan

Aaditya Hamine Mayank Mishra

Suresh Satapathy

Bhushan Dev Abhijeet Koleshwar

Shagun Modgal

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Arvind Verma

Shirish Babubhai Pancholi

Mahesh L Deshpande

Kanu P. Patel

Fasil. PA. Pathakullah

Charles Lella

Karan Ahuja

Avkash Kathiriya

Vinayak Deore

Amit Gupta

Ajay Jhanjhari

Mona Deshpande

Abhijeet Koleshwar

Rohit Kabra

Kishore Amitraj

Sundeep Pamulapati

S Krishnan

Harish

Sandeep Choudhury

Laxmi Narayan Dash

Sandeep Choudhury

Debashis Sikdar

Mukesh Kumar Trivedi

Aniruddha Kulkarni

Amitesh Dubey

Mangesh S Vadam

Vinod Haribhai Lad

Bharat Patil

Jeetendra Bisht

Dilip Kumar

Sumit Jena

Amit Charan

Priyank Patel

Jitendra Kaurav

Ajeet Kshatriya

T Ganesh Kumar

Rajnish Kumar

R Ananthakumar

Ganesh Vingkar

Amardeep Singh

Vengatesh Gupta P

Muhammad Fazil MP

Rakesh Pai

Mahesh Ravaso Bagane

R.Ramesh

Akhil Garg

Nitish Sudhir Shetye

Prashant Salunkhe

Ravi Kumar Khatri

Shashanka Some

Sachdev .D, Khedkar

Kiran C .Nikole

Ravi Shankar Tiwari

Jaideo Kumar Yadav

Nandkishor Damodar Paturkar

Mamta Patel

Saravana Kumar

Dharmendra Yadav

Pragneshkumar V Makwana

Kailash B Ghuge

Joshi Venkat Rao

Arun Mathais

Rakesh D Pai

Suhas Kulkarni

Sanjay K Phapale

Sandeep Rangnath Hole

Yogesh Nandkumar Kharade

Vignesh S

Ashok Kumar Jadhav

Nachiket Satam

Manoj Kumar Garg

Sunil Senapati

Sanjeev Kumar Sharma

Viren Patel

Nitin Panchal

Rakesh Kumar Jha

Nikhil Chavan

Nishant Shashikant Mehta

Dive Rajendra Shankar

Rathod Dharmesh

Nitin Dattaram Panchal

Deepakbhai

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HUMAN CAPITAL

Swamy LT

Ashish Agrawal

Vivek Prakash

Yogesh Sharma

Rajkumar Pradhan

Swapnil Patil

Amit Deshpande

Raghu Babu Gabu

Ishan Tiwari

Rohit Mishra

Yogesh Kumar Dewangan

Amol Deshmukh

Bhargav Krosuru

Vivek Kumar

Uttam Kumar Suthar

Bhaskar Pandey

Manish Kabra

Mayank Mishra

Phool Singh

Nripendra Nitesh

T Raja

Vijay Kumbhar

Vivek Kumar

Yogesh Kharade

Hemlata Thakur

Nandkishor Bhagat

Abdul Khalik

Guman Singh

Anurag Bisht

Vishnu R

Kishor Dattatray Khule

Sushant Navagekar

Amardeep Singh

Farvath. V

Raj Kishor Pandey

Anita Kulkarni

Nilesh Patil

Farzana S Shaikh

Devendra Singh Chundawat

N Jaganmohan Reddy

Girish G Pillai

Ashutosh Trivedi

Om Jay

Shiv Kumar Baghele

Vishal Soni

Arun Agarwal

Ravi Mundra

Vishal Soni

Bhushan S Dev

Ravi Mundra

Suresh Vilas Kharade

Govind Prasad Nagar

Vivekanand K.S

Debiprasad Mishra

Ritesh Nanda

Parvez Rangwalla

Savita Singh

Sahebrao M Jadhav

Anshul Kashyap

Mahendra Kumar Khatri

Rohit Singh

Sagar Patil

Viky Das

Abhishek Singh

Varun Pandey

Dheeraj Gaur

Bhushan Dev

Vinil Reddy

Yogesh Girase

Thirumalairaja R

Vijay B. Kumbar

Sathish P

Darshana Bhatt

Sandeep Singhal

Anil Sahoo

Mahesh Baburao Walande

Vijay B Kumbhar

Manish Kabra

Kapil Subashchandra Mahire

Mohit Omprakash Gupta

Ganesh Walke

Abdul Mannan

Ajay Kumar Ranjan

Ashok Kumar Jadhav

Ashutosh Pandey

Kamlesh Kumar Paswan

Kishor Dattatray Khule

Mahim Mittal

Raj Kishor Pandey

Sumit Kumar

Tanuj Milind

Saabir Khalil Ashraf

Mayank Gupta

Ravishanker Tiwari

Randhir Singh

Gaurav Sethi

Umesh Kumar Sharma

Anil Chauhan

Jai Kumar Singhal

Nachiket Satam

R Ananthakumar

Santosh Kumar Naga Karra

Sandeep Rathore

Rajendra Agarwal

Ashutosh Trivedi

Rakesh Tripathi

Parveen Sharma

Rajiv Rai

Shiv Kumar Mallah

Jignesh U Panchal

Iqbal Daruwala

Jignesh U Panchal

Mangesh Nilkanth Jadhav

Tushar Dagaji Borase

Bharat Kumar Mali

Phani Kumar Ayyagari

Sagar Prakash Patil

B Venkata Suresh

Dhramesh Rathod

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Chairman Workshop

Pratik’s Visit to BDTCL

Heli stringing

Team Delhi

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Airtel Marathon Yellow Day

Airtel DelhiHalf Marathon

October Mission

Diwali Pooja

Diwali Pooja

Republic Day

Diwali Celebration

Christmas & New Yr Bash

Team Mumbai

Jeevan Lakshya

New Year Party

Team PTBRakholi

Naturopathy Seminar

Team Pune

Christmas Celebrations

Handwriting Analysis

Republic Day

House of Fame

Inter unit football

Christmas Celebrations

Aspire- bendingfor bonding

Vishwakarma Pooja

TeamOFC, Rakholi &Copper Cables, Dadra

Employee MedicalHealth Check-up

Shramdaan

New Year Celebration

Diwali Celebration

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th09 September, 2013 Baby Girl- Neha Gupta & Raja Dhagast

21 October 2013 Baby Girl- Arjun Nair & Lakshmi Nairth13 November, 2013 Baby Girl- Shashank Goenka & Richa Goenka

STERLITE BABIES

STERLITE FAMILY

th16 Sep 2013 Rakesh R Shankar weds Shalvi Arunprakashth

31 Oct 2013 Mansuri Mohammedamin Jamalbhai weds Mansuri Nilofer Aminbhaith18 Nov 2013 Ritesh Nanda weds Khushabuth

25 Nov 2013 Shivabhai Navaji Prajapati weds Pinkyth

27 Nov 2013 Sumeet Kapila weds Indirath8 Dec 2013 Pradeep Kumar weds Sarika

th25 Dec 2013 Noufal. K.T weds Shahina

th26 Jan 2014 Uttam Kumar Suthar weds Rekha

STERLITE WEDDING BELLS

Avyan KabraS/o Manish & Khushbu Kabra S/o Amit Kumar Gupta

Anvi ToshniwalD/o Vinod & Monu Toshniwal

Sohang SourabhS/o Rohit & Namita Sourabh

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Staff Engaged in the project Trainers- 4 Part time Office Assistant -2 Outreach Worker -1

Curriculum Completed in This Quarter: Safe drinking water Clean air & health, Waste disposal & health Hand wash &sanitary measures Changing behaviour of patient Care of patient with love Anatomy -bones & joints Muscles & ligaments Digestive system Respiratory system

Practical Training Completed in Wards: Bed making of patient Hand washing Nail cutting Sponging Mouth wash Back care pulse reading temperature recordgenerating Rs. 16

Patient Assistant Training Program

Sterlite Technologies is conducting Patient Assistant Training Program in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, in collaboration with Savitribai Pule Mahila Ekatm Samaj Mandal

The project is intended to provide Healthcare training to underprivileged youths enabling them in dealing Hospital/ home based Healthcare Issues. Total 30 Patient Assistants will be trained in one year.

Eligibility criteria:

As per Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University: For new students -10th pass/fail or

appearing for 10th or YCMOU preliminary test pass

For those who are already working in hospitals -7th pass or YCMOU preliminary test pass &2 yrs experience of working in hospitals/clinics .

For our project we have selected the students from lower socio economic background & mainly from urban slum & rural area.

Tailoring

Sterlite initiated 2 basis tailoring batches in Pune & Wing village, as well as 1 fashion designing course in Pune in June 13. Basic tailoring batch had an enrollment of 20 women in Wing village while fashion designing course has currently 13 participants in Pune city.

Pune basic tailoring batch, comprising of 10 students, completed the course last quarter in Dec 13.

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Under the Agro extension activities , a new fruit plant is introduced to Pophala villagers. 'Dragon fruit' which is popular fruit in Thailand, Indonesia, and grown in India at a very few places is brought in at Pophala . This plant grows well in hilly areas and requires very little amount of water. Around 360 plants are given to the villagers .

This fruit has very high nutritional values and can give a good income to the villagers.

Sterlite's initiatives are driving a cultural change in Pophala

For the first time in Pophala, villagers are growing wheat crop, which has been possible only because of the ample water availability and enhanced soil fertility in Pophala this year.

Sterlite will continue to support the activities for the upliftment of the village .

AchievementsThis year the total rainfall was around 470mm in the village and because of the Sterlite initiatives, this rain water is successfully stored in the village pond.

For the first time in the history of the village, the entire pond is 100% full of water . Even all the 16 wells in the village are full of water.

Cotton Cultivation on silted land and with newly installed drip irrigation

MODEL VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT- PHOPHALA, MAHARASHTRA

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

As the project entered in its year 2, activities like the water management activities like Well deepening , silt excavation , Mati nala bands, CCT on east side of hill , WAT (water absorption trenches ) continued for increasing water storage capacity for the village to overcome water scarcity.

As water scarcity was a major concern for the village, various rain water and water management activities were in focus in the 2nd year also.

Public Well Deepening

To improve storage capacity, 2800 tractors silt were taken out from the pond and put in the farms to improve the fertility.

Our director, Ankit Agarwal, inaugurated year 2 of this initiative

Year 2 Inaugration by Ankit & Shweta Agarwal

19MARCH 2014

children recuperating during their Cancer treatment and their parents, along with free nutritional support, transportation services to take these children to the Tata Memorial hospital, counseling services as well as activities such as 'art-based therapy' to keep them engaged and motivated during their time away from the hospital.

Their goal is to create a "home away from home" for these children, by providing them with the physical and emotional necessities that will give them a better chance of beating Cancer.

They have incorporated the highest quality standards in all aspects of the care they provide – including the hygiene and cleanliness, food and the quality of educational and recreational

There is a deeper joy in giving than receiving. Joy of Giving week involves giving someone a bit of your time, money, resources or skills. On 4th October 2013, few employees from Sterlite Networks visited St Jude Child Care Centre in Parel and spent time with children recuperating from cancer treatment.

The employees had initiated a collection drive and collected books, crayons and stationary. The items were handed over to St Jude Child care centre along with other food items. The team spent time with children and did several activities like decorating diyas and painting. Seeing those happy faces and just experiencing the joy together with them was magical and beautiful. St. Jude with its centres in different cities provides free of cost housing for the

support. In a country where care for the needy, has long been accepted as dismal, at best, St. Jude is working to not only fill in a large unmet need, but also to fundamentally change this mindset.

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