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Issue 4 | Jan - March 2011

Foreword 2
Project Focus 4
New Orders 4
Technology 8
Events 10
People Focus 12
Special feature on Work Life Balance 16
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Life Time Achievement Award

For the first time in UBEL the “Life Time Achievement Award” has been
instituted. This year the award is given to Mr. Bidyut Chakrabarty, Sr. Vice
President-Operations in recognition of his long and meritorious service in UBEL.
He has put in a spell of 39 long years and is still NOT OUT. Having joined in
1972 as Jr. Engineer he rose through ranks and has acted as a TROUBLE-
SHOOTER for various projects in problem. His deep knowledge of erection
along with exemplary executive qualities brought him the achievements. UBEL
feels proud that even at the age of 61, he is full of energy and working
to fulfill the commitments in respect of the project of Adani's at
Tiroda (Erection & Associated Works of Boiler & Auxiliaries &
TG Auxiliaries of Unit No.2, 4 & 5 of 3300 MW (5x660 MW).
We expressed our gratitude by giving this Award to
Mr. Bidyut Chakrabarty.

Excerpts of an interview with
Mr. B Chakrabory
Tell us a little about your tenure with UBEL....
In December 1971 I joined Western India Erectors as a
temporary staff at Koradi Thermal Power station 4x120
MW ESP & Turbine, Unit # 5 - 1 x 200 MW Turbine & Aux. In
the year 1978 I was posted as Site Incharge at Parli 1 x 210
MW Turbine, Aux & TG Piping. 1981 was important year
for me as I was posted as Independent site In-charge at
Titagarh 4 x 60 MW Turbine, Aux, TG piping, Busduct.
My first overseas assignment came in 1983 when I was
deputed to Japan for Training in 300 MW Turbine
assembly. Next I was posted at Al Zour Kuwait as In-charge
of 8 x 300 MW Turbine assembly & erection.
In 1987 I was posted at Kolaghat as Project Manager for
2 x 210 MW Boiler erection.
1992 was the year I was at Anpara as Sr. Project Manager
for 2 x 500 MW Super Thermal Power Project - Boiler,
Bunker, Turbine, Electrical & Instrumentation of Boiler &
Turbine.
My proud moment was when I received the Gold Medal &
Certificate for best Performance in 1993 & 1994. And in
1995 I received the Gold Medal for Best Regional Office
while posted as Dy GM at Kolkata Regional Office and I was
awarded with gold medal for Best Regional Office
Functioning in 1995. At Kolkata we executed some very
prestigious assignments for clients such as IOC Barauni,
Numaligarh Refinery, Mejia Thermal Power station, ETP
project at IOC Haldia, MHI – PTA plant at Haldia. Burla
Hydel Project, Teesta Hydel Project, EPC project at Neyveli
Lignite Corporation for Ansaldo, Boiler / ESP / Critical
piping job at NTPC Vindhyachal for BHEL.
In 2003 I returned to Pune as Sr.VP. In the last few years the
major projects we handled are ETA Dubai, Alstom Sudan,
Burnpur, Usha Martin, Tirora etc.
What is your opinion about the UBEL work culture ?
The “Family environment” and “Team based” work
culture prevalent in our company is the main reason why I
never thought of leaving this organization. In today’s
professional environment it is heartening to see the new
generation making efforts to retain the earlier work
culture.
Please share with us your success mantra...
There is no limit to success. Whether I am successful or not
will be judged by others. Still I think there is much more to
achieve. Old fashioned virtues like hard work, honesty,
integrity, reliability, getting the job done on time and
within budget are my success mantra.
What were your guiding strategies and policies ?
I believe it is important to arrange all inputs to ensure best
productivity which in turn reduces the cost and improves
profitability. Then prepare a detailed work plan with
productivity and budgets. Then most importantly monitor
these closely to ensure success.
More about yourself.....
I was born in Bangladesh and my father was a doctor. In
1950 our family came to India as refugees from
Bangladesh. From 1955 to 1961 we lived in Burma.
We returned to India in 1962. This movement from place to
place taught me the very important lesson in life, to be
open to all challenges that life throws at you and overcome
them with dignity. After schooling I did Diploma in
Mechanical Engineering from Ramakrishna Mission
Polytechnic
I was married in 1976 and today have two happily married
daughters.
To stay fit I regularly play volley ball, badminton, chess,
carom. I spend my leisure time watching news channels.

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The last quarter of the financial year in any organization is always full of activities and
excitement towards achieving the Organizational as well as personal goals. While our senior
executives are pursuing targets at macro level, our supporting staff gears itself to deliver at
Editorial micro level. The moral of the story is to give full attention to the job on hand, as only then can
we march to progress and ultimately achieve our goal. As always, the turn of the year is the
time for introspection as well as looking forward. We have gained invaluable insights from the
projects we have executed – that are providing the strong base from upon which we shall continue to build. I look forward to the
future as we work to fulfill the mission of UBEL.
Every day we get involved in achieving our professional goals and to perform better and better to get the reward and recognition
from the management. After all, without work, we would not have money to provide the needs of ourselves as well as our family
members. The purpose of earning money is essentially the individual’s desire to provide security and comfort to his/her near and
dear ones. Every parent has dreams for his/her offspring and wishes to provide all that they themselves had yearned for and had
been met with or not met with for lack of affordability or some other reason. Almost always, a person toils hard only to ensure
that the needs of the family are met. But at what cost?
This issue of FACEBOOK addresses “Balancing Work Life”. It's been said that "All
work no play makes Jack a dull boy,". Finding a healthy balance between your work
and personal life is something nearly everyone struggles with. It's not always easy,
but it's important to make time for both since, too much of either can be
detrimental. We all agree that work is important, but finding time for yourself is just
as important. It's not easy to find time for both but it should be a priority.
Organizations have also recognized the importance of balance of work life and are
providing many benefits and recreational activities. Our Management also took a
step further to restore the energy and passion of the employees by organizing a
family day out at Pune as well as at our Delhi office. Exciting and thrilling Sports Facebook photography competition : AV Vartak
activities were organized throughout the year to keep us mentally and physically fit (First), N Supriya (Second), SB Behara (Third),
to overcome the pressure of work at office. Everyone enjoyed the Sports Hungama Gaurav Diwate (Third) at the hands of Mr. Hemal
Ghelani, VP (UB Ostan)
at UBEL.
We solicit your suggestions and responses at newsletter@ubengg.in
N.Supriya, Editor

Winners of Competitions
On the occasion of family function we had conducted essay
writing and drawing competitions. The winners received their
prizes at the hands of Mrs. Poonam Sardana.
Drawing competition: Above 10 years - Ravina More, Avani
Karyakarte, Vaibhav Chafle
Drawing competition: Below 10 years - Sarang Chafle, Ronak
More, Shravani Bhosle
Essay writing: Ravina More, Aditya Vartak, Vaibhav Chafle

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MECHANICAL INDUCED
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COOLING TOWER
Prestigious Orders bagged
Essar Projects, Hazira
Miscellaneous fabrication and erection of
various items at the site.
Order value : Rs.9.82 crores.
Madhya Pradesh Poorv Kshetra Vidyut

Higher Efficiency Vitaran Co. Ltd. Jabalpur

Execution of turnkey contract for supply of
Through Ingenuity materials, survey, installation, testing and
commissioning of 33/11 KV S/s, augmentation/
additional power transformer in existing
The cooling tower at Bokaro J-545, an energy saving steel frame
33/11 KV S/s, 33 KV & 11 KV feeders,
square shaped reverse-flow type glass steel cooling tower. This is
additional 33 KV/11 KV Bays, replacement of
high efficiency equipment for saving energy and water and
conductor in existing 33 KV & 11 KV lines,
protecting from pollution (Eco friendly) . This is an update product
distribution transformer S/s 11/0.433 KV,
depending on advanced process, reliable performance, complete
replacement of bare conductor of existing LT
variety, good quality at the leading status in domestic, the first of its
line by AB cable, new LT 3 phase 4 wire with AB
kind in India. .
cable, renovation of existing service line &
Client : JAINSU Seagull Cooling Tower Co., Ltd shifting / installation of energy meters for
Features: reduction in AT & C loss and Annual
Maintenance (for five year).
Standard circulating water quantity for each shell: 4000 m³/h
Standard circulating water quantity for ten shells: 40,000 m³/h. The Order value is Rs.159.43 crores.
Air flow rate: 3150×10³ m³/h | Air pressure: 97.4 kpa. | Fan Steel Authority of India Ltd. Bokaro
diameter: 9.144 m | Impeller speed: 127 rpm. Extension of LD Gas Pipeline from SMS-II area
Working principle of cooling tower: to TPP Area.
The hot water to be treated is pumped up to the top of the cooling Order value : Rs.13.03 crores.
tower and then is uniformly sprayed to the fillings through water
distribution systems. In the meantime, air enters from the bottom
or the side face of the cooling tower and flows up and then
exchanges heat with hot water. Finally, air becomes hot and is
Bees our
drawn out by the power of the fan, and water becomes cold. Guests of Honor !!
Ensuring less weight of the system for better efficiency :
Energy saving steel frame square shaped reverse-flow type glass
steel cooling tower is a light weight structure.
The drift eliminators, fillers are made of PVC (polyvinyl chloride).
These are also light weight materials.
Fan stack, fan blades, partition boards, casing segments and
shutters are made of FRP (fiber reinforced plastic).
Structural parts like columns are also less in weight as they are made
by Ø4“hallow pipe of length 9.8m which is made up of MS (mild
steel).
Tension rods, batter braces, transverse strut are also having less
weight.
More than 10.000 honey bees happily settled in a
AK Ghosh, VP (Projects) thick swarm on the exterior of 250 MT Boiler Drum
BB Singh, Project Manager were lifted from level `0’ to level `80.56M’ high at
BHEL, Malwa site without any bee getting disturbed.

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U.P. Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (UPPTCL)

UBEL has won a turnkey contract from U.P. Power 2 Nos. 132 KV spare Bays (without equipment) (1 No. in
Ÿ
Transmission Corporation Ltd. (UPPTCL), Lucknow. The each S/S)
project is located at Kaithi & Garwara. 2 Nos. 132 KV 10 MVAR Capacitor Bank Bay (1 No. in each
Ÿ
The scope of work: S/S)
Design, Engineering, preparation of final drawings.
Ÿ 8 Nos. 33 KV feeder Bays (5 in Kaithi & 3 in Garwara)
Ÿ

Manufacturing, testing at works, supply of all required

Ÿ 6 Nos. 33 KV spare Bays (without equipment) (2 in Kaithi &
Ÿ
equipment and material with accessories and auxiliaries. 4 in Garwara)
Handling, Erection, Testing and Commissioning.
Ÿ Nature of job: Construction of 132 KV Kaithi and Garwara
Maintenance for two years.
Ÿ
Substations on turnkey basis to be commissioned in 12
months. The value of the project is Rs.22.34 crore.
Both substations consist of following Bays:
Challenges of the Project : The piling foundation for
3 Nos. 20 KVA Transformer Bays including 132 KV & 33 KV
Ÿ towers is a time consuming activity. We achieved timely
sides (2 in Kaithi & 1 in Garwara) completion despite delayed clearances from various
2 Nos. 132 KV Transfer Bus Coupler Bays (1 No. in
Ÿ agencies.
each S/S) N.C. Pandey, Sr. Vice President, Delhi
3 Nos. 132 KV Bays (1 in Kaithi & 2 in Garwara)
Ÿ

Project competition in
Record Time
It is a proud moment for us that the 2.2 mtrs wide 3rd Slab
Caster, for JSW Steel, Bellary -has been erected,
commissioned and taken heat in record time. This, we
believe, has set an international record in the steel industry in
completing the erection of a slab caster within three months
time.
Congratulations to Mr. AK Ghosh, Mr. SB Behara, Mr. BK Rai
and the team at Bellary on this great achievement.
We applaud the dedication and hard work of all the team
members which should serve as an excellent example of team
work.
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Efficacious Accomplishment
Malwa Site:
Successful lifting of 600 MW boiler drum
(263 MT at 81 Mtr.) on March 8, 2011 by
strand jack method first time in UBEL history.
Warora Site:
Successful achievement of boiler light-up of
unit – 4 on 09.03.2011. All four units were
commissioned in this financial year.
UBEL has also successfully completed various
activities such as hydrotesting, chemical
cleaning, lightup & alkali cleaning within
scheduled period.
Pipavav Site:
Successfully completed insulation, painting &
illumination of 2 nos. Chimneys (70 mtr.
Height) for unit-1 & unit-2 within 1 month.
This is a remarkable achievement.
AIR PRE HEATERS erection at Unit-1 of 2 x 350 MW Thermal
MHIL Vizag Site : Power Plant, GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited, Kamalanga,
Successfully completed Phase II Ball Mill Trial Angul, Orissa.
Run on March 25, 2011. Air Pre heater is designed to heat air before transferring to Boiler
Congratulations to Mr.VM Sastry, VP Projects combustion chamber to increase thermal efficiency of the process. It
and his team. will recover the heat from the boiler flue gas which increases the
thermal efficiency in turn will reduce the useful heat lost in the flue gas.
Congratulations to Mr. AK Ghosh, VP Projects and Mr. SK Ojha, Sr.
P.M., GMR Angul.
Bees relocating !

Service to Society
UBEL in its mission to serve the society donated
funds to install the Pure Drinking Water Project at
Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya
Mahasamstanam at Sringeri.
The photographs were taken by
Mr. S P Karyakarte - HO -BD Dept.
during his visit to the math.

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Safety at its Best

We bagged the Best Quality PPE Compliance Award 2010 which was
given by Mr. Ishay Bala, VP-Operation (JERP FCC Unit) and received by
Mr. Manoj Choudhary, Mr. Grijesh Jha & Mr. Danish Anjum.
We also received the Winner Certificate for Maximum Near-Miss
Reporting Awards given by Mr. Sanjay Gangopadhyay VP-Operation
(DTA- Crude Unit) & received by Mr OK Pillai, Mr. M. Ansari,
Mr. Aromal B., Mr. Grijesh Jha & Mr. Danish Anjum.

We have once again been chosen as the

BEST CONTRACTOR for the year 2010-
2011 by both ESSAR PROJECTS and ESSAR
STEEL.
Our performance has been appreciated by
Mr.Dilip Oomen, CEO – India Region,
Mr P.Alagu Rajan, COO and Mr. Anil K.Jain.
V.P & Head –HSE from Essar Steel.
Mr.G.L.Pai, VP(Projects ) and Mr.K.S.Mavin
Kurve, Head-HSE. from Essar Prjects(I)Ltd also
appreciated our efforts.
Consistent performance of UB in the
efficiency and commitment safety were
lauded. 40th National Safety Day
was celebrated at RSP Rourkela site
“Nature has gifted each species with instinct and special safety
mechanism to survive in the wild. Nature provides maximum safety
through some simple yet effective measures like being alert, being
proactive or simply wondering in groups. At UBEL too, we
Haricharan Pandit (safety
supervisor), at Bellary site understand the importance of safety and have always strived to
has won two safety awards integrate with all our activities. Be it simple measures like
during safety competition empowering employees with safety related knowledge and
organized at JSW Steel Ltd. resource of taking unique initiative.
for safety posters & safety
Kabir Khan, Burnpur Site
slogan.

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Information Tension
Technology Free yourself...

IT is managing technology and spans a wide variety of

areas that include, but are not limited to, processes,
computer software, information systems, computer
hardware, programming languages, and data constructs. In The moment you are in TENSION
short, anything that renders data, information or perceived knowledge in any You will lose your ATTENTION
visual format whatsoever, via any multimedia distribution mechanism, is
considered part of the domain space known as Information Technology (IT). Then you are in total CONFUSION
IT professionals perform a variety of functions (IT Disciplines/Competencies) that and you'll feel IRRITATION
range from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and
This may spoil your personal RELATIONS
information databases. Other tasks of IT professionals may include data
management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and Ultimately, you won't get COOPERATION
software design, as well as management and administration of entire systems. And get things into COMPLICATION
IT Department @ UB Engineering
Then you may raise CAUTION
The IT department at UB Engineering takes care of a wide variety of hardware as
well as software technologies. The technologies cover the following major And you have to take MEDICATION
functions of Security, Monitoring, Protection, Prevention and Management of Why not try understanding the SITUATION
all the IT assets of the company.
And try to think about the SOLUTION
The sentry at the gate of UB Engineering is the Juniper Firewall. This firewall takes
care of the Intrusion Detection and Prevention System which is responsible for Many problems will be solved by DISCUSSION
preventing unauthorized access to the UBEL network and prevents leakage of Which will work out better in your PROFESSION
valuable data from the network. This system also provides seamless connectivity
between the Head Office, Delhi office, EPC office and UB Ostan office. All the Don't think this is a free SUGGESTION
internet access for these offices is provided from this centralized location and is It is only for your PREVENTION
controlled from this firewall.
If you understand my INTENTION
Next in line for security is the Websense Web Security which takes care of
monitoring and preventing unproductive access to the internet. This helps in You'll never come again into TENSION!!!!!!
saving valuable internet bandwidth. Another feature of this prevention method Contributed by
is that infections and malicious attacks can be reduced to large extent. Krushna Swain,
For the end user and server level virus protection we have the Kaspersky Anti Officer - Recruitment,
Virus solution which takes care of the virus attacks on these machines. HR Dept, HO
For the last two years we haven’t had any virus outbreaks in the enterprise
network.
For prevention and monitoring we have NAGIOS monitoring system which
continuously monitors all the servers and their respective services for any
disruption. This has helped us achieve 99.9% uptime.
The most important and critical part of the IT is backups. To take care of the same
we have two solutions in place. First we have VeritasNetbackup which is the
industry leader for backup solution. This software takes care of the backups for
the servers. Secondly we have Bacula backup system which takes backups of the
desktops.
These are the few of the systems which we have mentioned in
this issue. Please watch out for this space in the next issue for
further details of all the systems.
Contributed by
Ashutosh Kulkarni, Assistant Manager, IT

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KAIZEN SUCCESS MANTRA

SIMPLE STEPS FOR
A Low Cost Continuous Improvement Approach SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS

This article is in continuation to the ARTICLE ON KAIZEN published in the last
quarter.
We will now take up the GEMBA KAIZEN the real place of action. In our case
GEMBA is Project site and office management which has to have continuous
improvement without any investment.
GEMBA Real place of action (sites and office) - these are the places where value
added activities that satisfy the customer and give profits/loss to the company.
GEMBA is place where the product and services are formed. Managers normally
place more importance on other sectors than the GEMBA.
The three main activities directly related to earning profits are Tendering,
Procurement and Execution.
GEMBA and Management
Maintaining GEMBA at the top management structure requires committed
employees who should be inspired to fullfill their roles, to feel proud of their jobs
and to appreciate the contribution they make to the company and society.
Instituting a sense of mission and pride is an integral part of management
responsibility for GEMBA.
GEMBA
Customer Expectation Management Customer Satisfaction
to support
Roles of GEMBA and Management
GEMBA to provide the product and service that satisfies the customer.
Management to set strategy and deploy policies to achieve GEMBA goals.
Thrust for improvement both.
BOTTOM UP
AND
TOP DOWN
Mangers always tell GEMBA what to do. They should listen to and learn from
employees in GEMBA in order to provide appropriate help. GEMBA becomes the
source of achieving commonsense, low cost improvements. Respective ROLES
OF MANAGEMENT AND GEMBA should not be confused.
Conditions for successful implementation of GEMBA centred approach
GEMBA management must keep accountability for achieving QCD. Q = quality,
C = cost, D = delivery.
GEMBA must be allowed enough elbow room for Kaizen (continuous
improvement).
Management should provide the target for GEMBA to achieve but should be
accountable for the outcome and should assist GEMBA in achieving the target.
In the next series we will explain Benefits of GEMBA CENTERED
APPROCH………………………..
T C Ghera, Technical Advisor, Delhi
Great vision followed by brilliant execution by a
great team ... is the simple, one line success
mantra in business. One may say that luck plays
a vital role in determining success, one may
argue that strong leadership should be the key
mantra but again it's the three basic ingredients
in the above one liner that define what strong
leadership is all about .
Vision: Formulating a vision statement is an
exercise that large corporate can afford to
undertake. I strongly believe that it's an
important early mile stone in an entrepreneur's
journey. The need to have the vision statement is
an obvious one .
Team: An average leader has a myopic view of
the skills needed to execute the business plans,
rarely looking beyond the hard skill required for
the tasks to be undertaken. A great leader looks
beyond the immediate skill sets required. He is
looking for tomorrow's leader, today. A great
leader also knows that there may be many
people who are excellent for technical task, but
have limited managerial potential. Those too,
must be accommodated within a flexible
organization structure.
A word on management team, with regards to
team dynamics. Instead of a leader “hearing
out” his team's views and then taking a
decision, a better way would be to allow for the
team’s group dynamism to manifest itself. This
requires a leader to “Listen” to his team
members allowing for a consensus building
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process to take place.
Needless to say, he will always have the final say,
but that say must be seen as resulting from the
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consensus building exercise. It needs a certain
amount of self confidence, patience and focus.
Execution: Execution is not a one time push
towards achieving goal- it's a way of life. The
best way to establish a culture of execution is for
you to set an example of meeting goals,
responding to customers and measuring
employee progress.
Reward Achievers: Achievers become even
more motivated about doing their jobs, and the
underachievers know the company takes
execution seriously.
Contributed by,
Amit Kumar,
Administrative Office, Nandyal

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Family has always formed the very crux in every individual's life.
In today's hectic times, the interaction level among family
members is minimal. There is nothing quite like a family get
together to bring everyone closer together. It's all about
enjoying every moment of being together. It is an opportunity
for family members to come together and reconnect. Having
put in hectic efforts and a lot of hard work, we certainly need a
little change. To get the families together, we planned a family
get together on 26th Feb. 2011 at Chokhi Dhani, Wagholi.
Chokhi Dhani has several attractions such as Rajasthani Dance
Show, Folk Dances, Magic Show, Puppet show, Nut (Rassi Pe
Chalewala), Mini Train, Columbus, Tatto, Mehandiwali, pot
maker, bangle maker, etc, Fortune Teller, and other Games
counter like balloon shooting, ball game, etc.
We gathered at 6.30 pm at Ganga Retreat Club, which is
adjacent to Chokhi Dhani. The function started with lighting
the auspicious lamp at the hands of Mr.JK Sardana, Managing
Director, Mr. Sunil Nayyar, Chief Operating officer and Mr. GM
Bapat, Vice President-HR with Ganesh Vandana.
We had many entertainment programs which included songs
by our employees, professional artistes performing popular
songs and dances.
One highlight of the program was the Prizes and Awards
Distribution ceremony.
This year for the first time we announced the
`Life Time Achievement’ Award to Mr. Bidyut
Chakrabarty for all the efforts and success he
brings to our organisation .
Prizes were given to the winners of the Sports
Hungama. Drawing and Essay competitions of
the children of our employees were held in
office and the prize were given to the winners
at the family function.
The lucky winners were : RR Ghokhale -
Godown, L A Bhosale - EPC, Tabassum Attar-
Corporate, Abhishek Vyas - EPC, S Srinivasa -
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An event like this cannot happen overnight. The wheels start rolling
weeks ago. It requires planning and a bird's eye for details. The entire
event would not have been possible and a great success without the
efforts and hard work put in by the organizing team. We would like
to make a special mention of the team comprising of AV Vartak, YM
Thukral, Manoj Mahajan, Govind Tanawade, Rakesh Tembhare,
Amol Wankhede, Neeraj Pandey, Harsha Bhat, Chinmaya Krishna,
Raghuveer Mishra, Ashwin V, Rajeev Sai, Shreeraj Menon, Shefali
Shelar, Sulagna Gupta, Pratosh Bose, Shrikant Verma, Vivek Kumar,
Vandana Sardana, Nandini Chopra, H. Balaji, RK Kolhatkar, Harish
Kawatkar, Santosh Rout, Krushna Swain, P Sandeep and N Supriya.

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Welcome Aboard
V S TOMAR joined UBEL as Deputy General
Manager-Projects in the month of March
2011 at our Pune Office. He will be posted to
Rourkela Steel Plant. He is Diploma holder in
Instrumentation. He has an experience of 22
years in the field of Testing, Erection and
Commissioning of Boilers and structural
erections, PET Coke, Roller Press and Bio
Product Plant. Earlier he was associated with
ERA Infra Engineering Ltd.
PARANTAP K RAHA joined UBEL as General
Manager – Design in the month of January
2011 at our Delhi Office. He is B.E. (Electrical)
from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He has
rich experience of 20 years in the areas of
Protection Relay Engineering, EHV
Substation Engineering, Electrical Modeling
of Transmission Lines, shunt Compensation,
preparation of design basis reports for
Thermal Power Plants and detailed engineering of Gas Turbine,
Thermal & Furnace Oil Engine Power Plants. Earlier he was
associated with Lahmeyer International (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Gurgaon.
We welcome you to the UBEL family and look forward to a long and enriching association.
Curious Kittens
Mr. Sunil Nayyar, COO captured these little
kittens hiding on the wheel of his car in his
camera.
Here the curiosity of these cats did not kill
them !!!
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NARENDRA KUMAR GOEL joined UBEL as
Technical Advisor in January 2011 at Delhi
office. He is M.E. (Measurement &
Instrumentation) from IIT Roorkee. He brings
with him an experience of 36 years in Strategic
Planning & Execution, Telecommunication &
Railway Signaling, Project Management and
Construction of Works etc. He was Executive
Director in Railway Board. He has significantly contributed to the
Railways through Research Design and Standard Organization in
designing and developing the safety systems. He is fellow
member of Institution of Engineers, fellow member of Institution
of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers, Fellow member
of Institution of Signal & Telecommunication Engineers and a
Member of Institution of Rail Transport, India.
Corrigendum
In the Quarter III issue of Facebook, Mr.T C Ghera’s
designation was wrongly printed. His correct designation
is Technical Advisor, Delhi. We regret the error.
Meritorious students
Juilee Kulkarni daughter of
Satish Kulkarni, IT Dept of
Standard 10 scored 92.18% in
March 2010 exams
Sayali Kulkarni daughter of
Satish Kulkarni, BD Dept of
Standard 10 scored 91.64% in
March 2010 exams.
Sachin Paigude son of NK
Paigude of Purchase Dept stood
6th in BE (Mech) from Pune
University
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50 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW

(or 50 Completely Useless Facts!) ... cont. from previous issue

1. Women blink nearly twice as English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
much as men. 13. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
2. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, 14. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in
and had only ONE testicle. Nebraska, USA.
3. Honey is the only food that 15. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you
does not spoil. Honey found become an adult, you only have 206.
in the tombs of Egyptian 16. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any
pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found food!
edible. 17. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
4. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a 18. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
"Friday the 13th." 19. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years
5. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added old!
to it. 20. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
6. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a 21. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of
minute. cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every
7. More people are killed each year from bees than from three months, whether she needed it or not
snakes. 22. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.
8. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or 23. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69
write approximately 50,000 English words. years!
9. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other 24. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
food. 25. The average person laughs 10 times a day!
10. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from
blowing sand. Contributed by
11. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables Shuv Chakraborty, Jt. G.M.-Finance - Pune HO
it to see all four feet at all times!
12. The six official languages of the United Nations are:

We come across HR Jargon all the time. Some times it amuses us and at times irritates
HR Jargon ! Here we are trying demystify some routine jargon.
Competitive Salary: You work you take.
Join Our Fast-paced Company: You can implement your knowledge right from
today.
Casual Work Atmosphere : Be happy you have a family atmosphere people are
warm, friendly.
Must Be Deadline-oriented : Plan and perform you will be perfect.
Some Overtime Required : to earn more name and money.
Duties Will Vary : You should be king of one and jack of many.
Must Have An Eye For Detail: You will become perfect.
Career-minded : Female Applicants must be focused both officially and personally.
Apply In Person : If you are high-flyer job is immediate.
No Phone Calls Please : Your quality will speak, only when you meet us in person.
Seeking Candidates With A Wide Variety Of Experience : You will have lot of interesting assignment.
Problem-solving Skills A Must : Every problem has a solution.
Requires Team Leadership Skills : Move with group, but be a leader.
Good Communication Skills : A hall mark quality of a Manager.
Contributed by : Sandeep Pawath, HR Dept.

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Have you thought of the diverse range of the benefits of

playing sports? Have you realized the importance of
making sports a part of your daily activities?
Playing sports is one of our favorite activities. Apart from being a fun,
sports offer several health benefits. So they say "Sports keep you
physically healthy". But, do you know why? Sports can improve the 5
components of fitness namely: Strength, Speed, Skill, Stamina, and
Suppleness. Sports brings freshness and joy to our otherwise busy lives.
It helps to balance the pressures of work life. It's “not about winning or
losing, but how you played the game", and “The most important
thing... is not winning but participating".
A sports committee was formed headed by Ms. N Supriya for
conducting various sports activities within the organization like
Badminton, Carrom, Chess, Table Tennis during the year. We were
surprised and overjoyed by the responses we received from employees.
It was wonderful to see our colleagues bring out the sportsman spirit in
them. The matches were played with great enthusiasm, with the
audience participating by cheering.
Prize distribution ceremony was conducted on the occasion of Family
Get-Together of the employees of UBEL which was held on 26th
February 2011. Three prizes were declared for each sports in three
categories, Winner, Second and Runner-up with cash prize. And above
Best Sportsman of the year 2010 - Manoj Mahajan
all the “Best Sportsman of the Year 2010” trophy awarded to Mr. Manoj Best Sportswoman of the year 2010 - Nandini Chopra
Mahajan, and the “Best Sportswoman of the Year 2010” trophy
awarded to Ms. Nandini Chopra.

Chess : Srinivasa S (Winner), Manish Mohan (Second), KM Guruprasad

(Runner-up)

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Badminton Men's Singles: Harish Kawatkar (Winner), A V Vartak Badminton Women's Doubles: Nandini Chopra & Pratibha (Winner),
(second), Krishna Swain (Runner-up) at the hands of Badminton Women's Singles: Nandini Chopra (Winner), N Supriya & Sulagna Gupta (Second), Tabassum Attar & Soma Mishra
Mrs. and Mr. VM Sastry Sulagna Gupta (Second), Tabassum Attar (Runner-up) (Runner-up)

Badminton -Mixed Doubles : Harish Kawatkar & Soma Mishra (Winner), AV Vartak & Badminton -Men's Doubles: Harish Kawatkar & Ashutosh Kulkarni (Winner),
Nandini Chopra (Second), Ashutosh Kulkarni & N Supriya (Runner-up) AV Vartak & MV Rao (Second), Krishna Swain & Raghuveer Mishra (Runner-up)

Table Tennis Singles: Manoj Mahajan (Winner), Vishal Jindal (Second), Table Tennis Men’s Doubles : Ashwin V & Dipanjan Sen (Winner), AV Vartak & Manoj
Dipanjan Sen (Runner up) at the hands of Mr. Sunil Nayyar Mahajan (Second), Shiv Kumar Yadav & Arvind Kumar Singh (Runner up)

Carrom Singles: Manoj Mahajan (Winner), Amol Wankhede Carrom Doubles: Manoj Mahajan & JG Kulkarni (Winner), Ashwin V & Shiv Kumar Yadav
(Second), AV Vartak (Runner-up) at the hands of Mr. GM Bapat (Second), AV Vartak & MV Rao (Runner-up)

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 Work Life Balance
Is Your Life in Balance? How much is work
invading your personal life, and how much of
your personal life is affected by the stress of
trying to balance all the many responsibilities
in your life?
You get so involved with the everyday
demands of achieving your professional goals
that you let your personal goals and
relationships suffer. It's easy to say that career
must take priority. After all, without work you
wouldn't have the money to provide for
yourself and your family - and these are the
ultimate personal goals. So you justify the
added hours spent at the office by saying it's
for the good of the family. But at what cost?
Anyone who's fallen victim to this knows the
answer. You miss a lot!
I'm not suggesting you deny or suppress your
emotions, but just discover for yourself what
it takes for you to handle your emotions and
stay balanced.
Responsibility of the employer
I am always inspired when I read about
workplaces that recognize that their
employees are real people with real needs -
that they are "humans" not just "human
resources." The employees always try to
identify and select an employer which will be
friendly to their family commitments and
support their work life balance priorities.
An employee is required to fulfill the duel
responsibility of managing his home and
work simultaneously. There is a need for
him/her to maintain a balance between these
two roles. If he/she gets over involved with
his/her work, it can lead to a break up of
home and family life, leading to mental stress
which later starts affecting his work life.
Organizations have begun to realize how
important the work-life balance is to the
productivity and creativity of their employees.
Employers can offer a range of different
programs and initiatives, such as flexible
working arrangements in the form of part
time, casual and telecommuting work. More
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proactive employers can
provide compulsory
leave, strict maximum
hours and foster an
environment that
truly important.
encourages employees not
to continue working after Achievement and
hours. Enjoyment are the front
and back of the coin of value in
Today there are many young women who do
life. You can't have one without the other, no
not want to just stay at home and do house
more than you can have a coin with only one
work, but want to have their careers. In fact,
side. Trying to live a one sided life is why so
women may lose their self-esteem and
many "Successful" people are not happy, or
identities when they stay at home.
not nearly as happy as they should be. You
A number of benefits and services would cannot get the full value from life without
create greater bonding of the employee and BOTH Achievement and Enjoyment. Simple
his family with the organization, like coping concepts. And once you focus on them as key
with balancing work and family life. components of your day, they are not that
hard to implement. So, make it happen, for
How you can cope up with balancing
yourself, your family and all the important
work and family life..
individuals you care about…every day for the
By following these simple steps you will soon rest of your life… Achieve and Enjoy.
begin to realize that balancing work and
family life is indeed possible through effective We need to maintain a proper balance in our
time management. life by allocating the time we have. There are
occasions where saying no is the best time
What is Effective time Management? management practice there is."
ŸIdentify time wasters
"Life's demands may not slow up any time
ŸDo not Mix Work and Personal Life
soon, and learning life balance is an ongoing
ŸSpend weekends for private life
art. If you think one day you will get it all
ŸDo not over Work
done, and then you can relax, you are bound
ŸDelegate effectively
to be disappointed."
ŸSet time limit for tasks
ŸMaintain a Diary or Organizer You wouldn't dream of missing a meeting
with a client so treat your meetings with your
Effective time management is setting up
family and friends the exact same way. And
goals and the time frame for achieving each
while you're at it, schedule a meeting with
goal and stick to the plan. Once you set up the
yourself! If you're busy with work
goals and time lines and following them up
responsibilities, make an appointment to take
strictly and draw boundaries accordingly you
yourself out to lunch or go for a walk. Treat
will be easily able to balance both work and
the appointment like any other. It's a
life.
commitment that is not to be missed.
You must learn to balance your personal
Work life balance cannot be successful
responsibilities, relationships and goals with
without effective priority setting. Learn ways
your professional ones. They must all live in
to set priorities on the things that matter most
harmony together. Otherwise, you end up
and to say "no" to the things that matter
resentful. You grow distant from the people
least.
you love, feel overwhelmed by the pressure to
keep up the pace, and lose sense of what is N Supriya
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