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Vol. 20 No. 4 July – August 2015 H O U S E J O U R N A L O F B L U E C R O S S L A B O R A T O R I E S P V T L T D .

Congo and Kenya Audits for Goa Plant

The BCL Goa Plant was audited by MOH Auditors, Ms. Céline Nsumbu Feza,

Mr. Jean-Pierre Bitibiri Bitilon and Mr. Sympho Kalala Mujanay from the Democratic Republic of Congo for continuation of validity of export registration, on July 22-23, 2015. They were accompanied by two persons from the company’s Congo Distributor - Mr. Edmond Edourd Dieyi Selo and Mr. Eric Tarick Kalume.

The BCL Goa Plant was audited by Ms. Sarah Chebet Chesaro and Mr. Eric Omondi Apiyo from the Kenya Government for continuation of validity of export registration, on August 24-25, 2015.

Blue Cross Labs exports a number of medicines to Kenya and Congo. Both audits went well and all employees participated with enthusiasm.

MOH Auditors and Distributor personnel from the Democratic Republic of Congo with Blue Cross Goa team members.

Ms. Sarah Chebet Chesaro and Mr. Eric Omondi Apiyo from the Kenya Government with members of the Blue Cross team.

QMS in the Pharma Industry

Mr. B.G. Barve, Jt. MD, inaugurates the programme.

The Indian Drug Manufacturers’

Association and the Nasik Drug Manufacturing Association jointly conducted their first seminar in Nasik on ‘Implementation of Quality Management Systems (QMS) in the Pharma Industry’, on July 24, 2015.

It was inaugurated with the lighting of the traditional lamp by Mr. Sanjay Chapalgaonkar, Sr. GM - QA, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals; Mr. Dushyant Bhamrey, Joint Commissioner, FDA Nasik; Mr. Daara B. Patel, Secretary - General, IDMA;

Dr. Gaurav Pathak, Member - IDMA Quality Management & Technical Sub-committee, Mr. B.G. Barve, Joint MD, Blue Cross Labs; and Mr. S.G. Pathak, former FDA Commissioner, Nasik. Many of them, as well as others from the industry, spoke on various aspects of QMS in the Pharma Industry.

The seminar which was coordinated by Mr. Prakash Rijhwani, GM - Costing &

Management Services, Blue Cross Labs, Nasik, was a grand success and was attended by over 100 participants.

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SEs Visit Nasik Factory

‘Avishkar 2015’ at MET BKC

‘Avishkar 2015’, an expert guidance lecture series, was organised by MET’s Bhujbal Knowledge City

(BKC) Institute of Pharmacy (IOP), in joint association with Savitribai Phule Pune University. It was recently

inaugurated at the BKC Campus in Nashik. The presentaton theme was ‘Current State of Pharma Research’.

Mr. Jagdish C. Koshti, Director – R&D, Blue Cross Labs, made a presentation on the basic principles of dosage, form

development, analytical method development and validation.

Mr. Jagdish C. Koshti, Director – R&D, Blue Cross Labs, is welcomed at ‘Avishkar 2015’.

Warm Felicitations

Hearty congratulations to Dr. Arva Bhiwandiwala, daughter of Ms. Masuma Hatim Rangwala, Dy.

Manager, Systems - IT, who completed her Masters in Physiotherapy in Neurosciences from K.J. Somaiya College of Physiotherapy in July 2015.

Mr. B.G. Barve, Jt. MD, presents Dr. Arva Bhiwandiwala with a bouquet.

A Warm Welcome

Mr. Harshinder Sharma was recently welcomed to the Blue Cross team as

Sr. GM – HR & Admin., Mumbai. A result-driven Learning & Organizational Development professional with over 20 years of rich experience, he is focused on organizational, personal & cultural development issues and enhancing employee performance, as well as on building a learning culture and improving organizational effectiveness.

SEs were happy to visit the Nasik Factory In August 2015.SEs visited the Nasik Factory In July 2015.

He also briefed the gathering about quality by design and quality by conformance.

Ms. Shefali Bhujbal, Chief Administrator, MET BKC and Dr. Sanjay Kshirsagar, Principal, IOP, presided over the event. During this lecture series, pharmacy students were guided on making different drugs and on analytical chemistry by Dr. J.C. Koshti and Padma Shri Dr. R.L. Sawant, Department Head, Vitthalrao Vikhe Pharmacy College.

A.K. Burman Felicitated

Mr. A.K. Burman, Director – Production, is the

past President of the Goa Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association (GPMA). He was facilitated by Mr. Arun Goyal, IAS, Principal Secretary, Goa, in the presence of Mr. Salim Velgi, Director, FDA Goa and Mr. Bangaru Rajan, Dy. Director, CDSCO, at a function organized by GPMA in June 2015, at the Taj Vivanta, Goa.

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Training Time

ACP Surekha Pratap Dugge, w/o Pratap Dugge, Sr. GM - Outsourcing, who works with the State

Intelligence Department, Maharashtra Police, has been selected and deputed to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan as Police Advisor. This selection was made after she went through numerous examinations conducted by the United Nations. She is the only lady police officer from Maharashtra who has been deputed on UN missions three times.

Recently Mrs. Dugge was awarded the ‘UN Police Medal and Memento’ by the Police Commissioner of UNMISS. In addition to this, she has also been recognised as a ‘Mission Expert’ in Entebbe, Uganda, after going through the rigorous training and tests.

She will now be sent to other member states/countries of UN to conduct an examination in order to select Police Officers for peace keeping missions.

Warm congratulations and best wishes to Mrs. Dugge.

Since writing skills are an important part of communication, a Written Communication Workshop was held at Plateau

Hall, Peninsula Club, Peninsula Corporate Park, Mumbai, on August 22, 2015. It was conducted by Ms. Mou Dutta Choudhari for Managers and Executives.

In Goa a half-day session titled ‘Make Training Work’ was conducted by trainer Mr. Amey Hegde on August 28, 2015,

for Functional Heads. Participants learned about the training process, the utilization of soft skills at the workplace, creating awareness about their human resource role, understanding barriers to transfer of training and the Importance of a Supervisor’s role in getting better results from training.

A Focus on Fire Safety

In-house Fire &

Safety Training was conducted at Goa Plant on August 10, 2015.

Expertise Wins Recognition

ACP Surekha Pratap Dugge, w/o Pratap Dugge, Sr. GM – Outsourcing, is honoured.

A training programme was recently conducted in Lucknow for SEs of the Excel Division.

Confidence is the result of good discipline and regular training.

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A number of Disease Detection Camps (DDCs) – to detect

Diabetes and Hypertension - were conducted during the past two

months with the help of GPs and Junior Consultants.

A few glimpses...

DDCs Across the

Country

An In-depth

Focus on the TUSQ /

KOLQ rangeIn order to help a large number of patients, Blue Cross RMs and SEs conducted Chota (Mini)

Patient Benefit Camps focussing on the TUSQ/KOLQ range.

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Independence Day Eve Celebrations

The Blue Cross team participated enthusiastically in the Independence Day eve celebrations on August 14, 2015. The celebrations had begun earlier with a

200-word contest titled ‘Why am I proud to be an Indian?’ It saw participation from 38 team members and the winning entry by Ms. Kalpana Imbraj was chosen by the HR-Admin. team with help from Mr. B. G. Barve, Jt. MD. Seven other good entries were also rewarded with Spirit of Unity Prizes.

Team members included the colours of our national flag in their attire and it was a tough task for judges Ms. Ketki Wadhwa and Mr. Deepak Israni to choose the winners - Ms. Diana Pinto for women and Dr. Jitendra Ranade for men. Spirit of Independence prizes were awarded to two other participants for their attire. The whole team participated in and enjoyed the Patriotic Antakshri and the Tricolour Balloon contest, a well as the snacks.

It was this spirit of camaraderie and unity as members of the Blue Cross family that made this event enjoyable and fun for everyone.

Monthly Celebrations

July and August 2015 Monthly Celebrations

were held at the staff cafeteria and were opportunities for plenty of fun and enjoyment.

Long Service Awards were presented, those promoted were congratulated, new joinees were welcomed and those who clebrated their bithdays in August 2015 were warmly wished.

Glimpses of the Long Service Awards and August 2015 birthday celebrations...

Mr. Deepak Israni, Asst. GM - Purchase, addresses the gathering.

A celebratory cake is cut.

Mr. Sameer Pawar was welcomed as Product Executive.

Mumbai

GoaCheers to Mr. Awdhut Patil on his recent promotion.

Long Service Awards were presented to Mr. Dhananjay Shire (above (left) and Ms. Sharmila Kasbekar (above right).

A good life is a collection of happy experiences!

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Picnic Fun

The Head Office team went on a fun-filled picnic to Suvi Resort, Vasai on July 31- August 1 2015.

Moving Upwards & Onwards!

Cheers to Our Long Servers

30 Years

Mr. Inayat-Ul-Haque Shaikh, Hubli

Mr. Ashok Dandavate, Nasik

Mr. Debabrata Mukherjee, Nasik

20 Years

Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Dehri-on-Sone

10 Years

Mr. Manoj Kumar Ronte, Gulbarga

Mr. M. Ramarao , Nellore

Mr. Amit Kumar Mopkar, Goa

Ms. Manisha Krishnaji , Goa

Mr. Nilesh Raut, Nasik

Mr. Umesh Pai, Mumbai

5 Years

Head OfficeMr. Awdhut Patil as Production Manager, Outsourcing

FieldMr. Riyaz Amudin as Regional Manager

Mr. Mohd Farukh as Regional Manager

Mr. Gajula Maheshwar as Regional Manager

Mr. Vivek Malhotra as Regional Manager

Mr. K.N. Srivastava as Regional Manager

Mr. Sachin Srivastava as Regional Manager

Mr. A.P. Raghuraman as Sr. Area Business Manager

Mr. Arbind Kumar Dwivedi as Area Business Manager

Mr. Sravankumar D. as Area Business Manager

Mr. Ravi Pandey as Area Business Manager

Mr. Rameshwar M. as Area Business Manager

Mr. Jitendra Tiwari, Ujjain

Mr. Vikas Munde, Adilabad

Mr. Subhash Patidar, Indore

Mr. Sachin Chavhan, Indore

Mr. K. Nagendra Kumar, Nandyal

Mr. Nagaraj Sarasambi, Gulbarga

Mr. H. J. Prasad, Hassan

Mr. Debasis Ganguly, Kolkatta

Mr. Purvendu Singh, Jaipur

Mr. Narender Yadav, Solan

Mr. Dinesh Jaju, Nasik

Ms. Sunanda Patil , Nasik

Dr. Kiran Dhbolkar, Mumbai. He is seen with Mr. B.G. Barve, Jt. M.D.

Mr. Umesh P. Singh, Lucknow

Mr. M Ghouse Basha, Proddatur

Mr. Kamlesh V. Sasale as Area Business Manager

Mr. Brijendra K.R. Sharma as Area Business Manager

Mr. Vikas Srivastava as Area Business Manager

Mr. Manjanna P. Akkasali as Territory Manager

Mr. Syed M. Rizwan Ali as Territory Manager

Mr. Hitesh Kumar Arora as Territory Manager

Mr. Amit Gharat as Territory Manager

Mr. Mohammad Ilyas as Territory Manager

Mr. Dnyaneshwar J. Kaste as Territory Manager

Mr. S. Santosh Kumar as Territory Manager

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Mourya as Territory Manager

Mr. Govind Ratwadkar as Territory Manager

Mr. Dileep V. R. as Territory Manager

Mr. Gulab Singh as Territory Manager

Mr. B. Srinivas as Territory Manager

Mr. Manoj Kumar Tiwari as Territory Manager

Mr. Sandeep Tripathi as Territory Manager

NasikMr. Rajesh Mantri as as QA Executive

GoaMr. Sudhir Wadkar as Dy. GM, Engineering Service & Projects

Mr. Kamlakar Nawghare as Sr. Manager, Accounts

Mr. Rajesh Kapolkar as Asst. Manager, Plant Engineering

Mr. Pranesh Dharwadkar as Asst. Manager, Production

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Mule in the Well

A farmer owned an old mule. One day, the mule fell into the farmer’s well. The mule brayed loudly and

caught the attention of the farmer. Upon assessing the situation, the farmer ruled out any possibility of a rescue as it was simply too much trouble to lift the mule out of the well. Out of sympathy for the animal, he decided to enlist his neighbors’ help to haul dirt into the well to put the mule out of his misery.

The old mule was hysterical upon learning that his life would thus end. However, as the farmer and the neighbors shoveled the dirt into the well, a thought struck the old mule. He realized that if he could shake off every dirt that landed on his back, the dirt would hit the floor and he could step on the dirt.

Shovel after shovel, he continued relentlessly to shake off the dirt and step on top of it. He fought the sense of panic and distress and just went on shaking off the dirt and climbing higher up the well.

With much determination and perseverance, the old mule eventually stepped out the well, battered and exhausted, but otherwise triumphant that he had survived the ordeal. Through the way he handled the situation of adversity, the act of burying him in fact saved his life.

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