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Issue 4 | Jan - March 2011

ENGINEERING

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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For the first time in UBEL the Life Time Achievement Award has beeninstituted. 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

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.

Tell us a little about your tenure with UBEL....

Life Time Achievement Award

What is your opinion about the UBEL work culture ?

Please share with us your success mantra...

What were your guiding strategies and policies ?

More about yourself.....

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 todays

professional environment it is heartening to see the new

generation making efforts to retain the earlier work

culture.

There is no limit to success. Whether I am successful or notwill 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.

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.

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 marrieddaughters.

To stay fit I regularly play volley ball, badminton, chess,

carom. I spend my leisure time watching news channels.

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Editorial


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

micro level. The moral of the story is to give full attention to the job on hand, as only then canwe 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 individuals 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 "Allwork 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

activities were organized throughout the year to keep us mentally and physically fit

to overcome the pressure of work at office. Everyone enjoyed the Sports Hungama

at UBEL.

We solicit your suggestions and responses at [email protected]

N.Supriya, Editor

On the occasion of family function we had conducted essaywriting and drawing competitions. The winners received theirprizes at the hands of Mrs. Poonam Sardana.Drawing competition: Above 10 years - Ravina More, AvaniKaryakarte, Vaibhav ChafleDrawing competition: Below 10 years - Sarang Chafle, Ronak

More, Shravani BhosleEssay writing: Ravina More, Aditya Vartak, Vaibhav Chafle

Facebook photography competition : AV Vartak(First), N Supriya (Second), SB Behara (Third),Gaurav Diwate (Third) at the hands of Mr. HemalGhelani, VP (UB Ostan)

Winners of Competitions

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MECHANICAL INDUCED

COOLING TOWER

The cooling tower at Bokaro J-545, an energy saving steel frame

square shaped reverse-flow type glass steel cooling tower. This is

high efficiency equipment for saving energy and water and

protecting from pollution (Eco friendly) . This is an update productdepending on advanced process, reliable performance, complete

variety, good quality at the leading status in domestic, the first of its

kind in India. .

Client : JAINSU Seagull Cooling Tower Co., Ltd

Features:

Standard circulating water quantity for each shell: 4000 m/h

Standard circulating water quantity for ten shells: 40,000 m/h.

Air flow rate: 315010 m/h | Air pressure: 97.4 kpa. | Fandiameter: 9.144 m | Impeller speed: 127 rpm.

Working principle of cooling tower:

The hot water to be treated is pumped up to the top of the cooling

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 isdrawn out by the power of the fan, and water becomes cold.

Energy saving steel frame square shaped reverse-flow type glasssteel 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 4hallow pipe of length 9.8m which is made up of MS (mildsteel).

Tension rods, batter braces, transverse strut are also having less

weight.AK Ghosh, VP (Projects)

BB Singh, Project Manager

Ensuring less weight of the system for better efficiency :

Higher EfficiencyThrough Ingenuity

Essar Projects, Hazira

Miscellaneous fabrication and erection of

various items at the site.

Order value : Rs.9.82 crores.

Madhya Pradesh Poorv Kshetra Vidyut

Vitaran Co. Ltd. Jabalpur

Execution of turnkey contract for supply of

materials, survey, installation, testing and

commissioning of 33/11 KV S/s, augmentation/

additional power transformer in existing

33/11 KV S/s, 33 KV & 11 KV feeders,additional 33 KV/11 KV Bays, replacement of

conductor in existing 33 KV & 11 KV lines,

distribution transformer S/s 11/0.433 KV,replacement of bare conductor of existing LT

line by AB cable, new LT 3 phase 4 wire with AB

cable, renovation of existing service line &

shifting / installation of energy meters forreduction in AT & C loss and Annual

Maintenance (for five year).

The Order value is Rs.159.43 crores.

Steel Authority of India Ltd. Bokaro

Extension of LD Gas Pipeline from SMS-II areato TPP Area.

Order value : Rs.13.03 crores.

Prestigious Orders bagged

More than 10.000 honey bees happily settled in athick swarm on the exterior of 250 MT Boiler Drumwere lifted from level `0 to level `80.56M high atBHEL, Malwa site without any bee getting disturbed.

Bees ourGuests of Honor !!


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

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It is a proud moment for us that the 2.2 mtrs wide 3rd SlabCaster, 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 monthstime.

Congratulations to Mr. AK Ghosh, Mr. SB Behara, Mr. BK Raiand 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 teamwork.

UBEL has won a turnkey contract from U.P. Power

Transmission Corporation Ltd. (UPPTCL), Lucknow. The

project is located at Kaithi & Garwara.

The scope of work:

Design, Engineering, preparation of final drawings.

Manufacturing, testing at works, supply of all required

equipment and material with accessories and auxiliaries.

Handling, Erection, Testing and Commissioning.

Maintenance for two years.

Both substations consist of following Bays:

3 Nos. 20 KVA Transformer Bays including 132 KV & 33 KVsides (2 in Kaithi & 1 in Garwara)

2 Nos. 132 KV Transfer Bus Coupler Bays (1 No. in

each S/S)

3 Nos. 132 KV Bays (1 in Kaithi & 2 in Garwara)

2 Nos. 132 KV spare Bays (without equipment) (1 No. in

each S/S)

2 Nos. 132 KV 10 MVAR Capacitor Bank Bay (1 No. in each

S/S)

8 Nos. 33 KV feeder Bays (5 in Kaithi & 3 in Garwara)

6 Nos. 33 KV spare Bays (without equipment) (2 in Kaithi &4 in Garwara)

Nature of job: Construction of 132 KV Kaithi and Garwara

Substations on turnkey basis to be commissioned in 12months. The value of the project is Rs.22.34 crore.

Challenges of the Project : The piling foundation for

towers is a time consuming activity. We achieved timely

completion despite delayed clearances from variousagencies.

N.C. Pandey, Sr. Vice President, Delhi

Project competition inRecord Time


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AIR PRE HEATERS erection at Unit-1 of 2 x 350 MW Thermal

Power Plant, GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited, Kamalanga,

Angul, Orissa.

Air Pre heater is designed to heat air before transferring to Boiler

combustion chamber to increase thermal efficiency of the process. It

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.

Malwa Site:

Successful lifting of 600 MW boiler drum(263 MT at 81 Mtr.) bystrand jack method first time in UBEL history.

Warora Site:

Successful achievement of boiler light-up ofunit 4 on 09.03.2011. All four units werecommissioned in this financial year.

UBEL has also successfully completed variousactivities such as hydrotesting, chemical

cleaning, lightup & alkali cleaning withinscheduled 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.

MHIL Vizag Site :

Successfully completed Phase II Ball Mill TrialRun on March 25, 2011.

Congratulations to Mr.VM Sastry, VP Projectsand his team.

on March 8, 2011

Efficacious Accomplishment

Bees relocating !


Service to Society

UBEL in its mission to serve the society donatedfunds 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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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.

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

understand the importance of safety and have always strived to

integrate with all our activities. Be it simple measures like

empowering employees with safety related knowledge andresource of taking unique initiative.

Kabir Khan, Burnpur Site

We have once again been chosen as theBEST 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.

Haricharan Pandit (safetysupervisor), at Bellary sitehas won two safety awards

during safety competitionorganized at JSW Steel Ltd.for safety posters & safetyslogan.

40th National Safety Daywas celebrated at RSP Rourkela site

Safety at its Best


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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. Inshort, anything that renders data, information or perceived knowledge in any

visual format whatsoever, via any multimedia distribution mechanism, is

considered part of the domain space known as Information Technology (IT).

IT professionals perform a variety of functions (IT Disciplines/Competencies) thatrange from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and

information databases. Other tasks of IT professionals may include datamanagement, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and

software design, as well as management and administration of entire systems.

IT Department @ UB Engineering

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

functions of Security, Monitoring, Protection, Prevention and Management of

all the IT assets of the company.

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

preventing unauthorized access to the UBEL network and prevents leakage of

valuable data from the network. This system also provides seamless connectivitybetween the Head Office, Delhi office, EPC office and UB Ostan office. All the

internet access for these offices is provided from this centralized location and is

controlled from this firewall.

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

saving valuable internet bandwidth. Another feature of this prevention method

is that infections and malicious attacks can be reduced to large extent.

For the end user and server level virus protection we have the Kaspersky Anti

Virus solution which takes care of the virus attacks on these machines.

For the last two years we havent had any virus outbreaks in the enterprise

network.For prevention and monitoring we have NAGIOS monitoring system whichcontinuously 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 theindustry 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 inthis 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

Information

Technology

The moment you are in TENSION

You will lose your ATTENTION

Then you are in total CONFUSION

and you'll feel IRRITATION

This may spoil your personal RELATIONS

Ultimately, you won't get COOPERATION

And get things into COMPLICATION

Then you may raise CAUTION

And you have to take MEDICATION

Why not try understanding the SITUATION

And try to think about the SOLUTION

Many problems will be solved by DISCUSSION

Which will work out better in your PROFESSION

Don't think this is a free SUGGESTION

It is only for your PREVENTION

If you understand my INTENTION

You'll never come again into TENSION!!!!!!

Contributed by

Krushna Swain,

Officer - Recruitment,

HR Dept, HO

TensionFree yourself...





A Low Cost Continuous Improvement Approach

KAIZEN

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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.

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 animportant 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

teams group dynamism to manifest itself. This

requires a leader to Listen to his team

members allowing for a consensus building

process to take place.

Needless to say, he will always have the final say,

but that say must be seen as resulting from the

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 takesexecution seriously.

Contributed by,

Amit Kumar,

Administrative Office, Nandyal

Customer Expectation Customer Satisfaction

GEMBA

Managementto support

SIMPLE STEPS FORSUCCESSFUL BUSINESS


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SUCCESS MANTRASUCCESS MANTRA



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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. Havingput 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 PeChalewala), 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 lightingthe 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.

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

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 .

Ghokhale -

Godown, L A Bhosale - EPC, Tabassum Attar-

Corporate, Abhishek Vyas - EPC, S Srinivasa -

A/Cs

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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 theefforts 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, ShefaliShelar, 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 GeneralManager-Projects in the month of March2011 at our Pune Office. He will be posted toRourkela Steel Plant. He is Diploma holder inInstrumentation. He has an experience of 22years in the field of Testing, Erection andCommissioning of Boilers and structural

erections, PET Coke, Roller Press and BioProduct Plant. Earlier he was associated withERA Infra Engineering Ltd.

PARANTAP K RAHA joined UBEL as General

Manager Design in the month of January2011 at our Delhi Office. He is B.E. (Electrical)from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He hasrich experience of 20 years in the areas ofProtection Relay Engineering, EHVSubstation Engineering, Electrical Modelingof 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 wasassociated with Lahmeyer International (India) Pvt. Ltd.Gurgaon.

We welcome you to the UBEL family and look forward to a long and enriching association.

NARENDRA KUMAR GOEL joined UBEL asTechnical Advisor in January 2011 at Delhioffice. He is M.E. (Measurement &Instrumentation) from IIT Roorkee. He bringswith him an experience of 36 years in StrategicPlanning & Execution, Telecommunication &Railway Signaling, Project Management and

Construction of Works etc. He was ExecutiveDirector in Railway Board. He has significantly contributed to theRailways through Research Design and Standard Organization indesigning and developing the safety systems. He is fellowmember of Institution of Engineers, fellow member of Institutionof Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers, Fellow member

of Institution of Signal & Telecommunication Engineers and aMember of Institution of Rail Transport, India.


Sachin Paigude son of NKPaigude of Purchase Dept stood

6th in BE (Mech) from Pune

University

CorrigendumIn the Quarter III issue of Facebook, Mr.T C Gherasdesignation was wrongly printed. His correct designationis Technical Advisor, Delhi. We regret the error.

Mr. Sunil Nayyar, COO captured these littlekittens hiding on the wheel of his car in his

camera.Here the curiosity of these cats did not killthem !!!

Meritorious students

Juilee Kulkarni daughter of

Satish Kulkarni, IT Dept of

Standard 10 scored 92.18% inMarch 2010 exams

Sayali Kulkarni daughter of

Satish Kulkarni, BD Dept of

Standard 10 scored 91.64% in

March 2010 exams.

Curious Kittens


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1. Women blink nearly twice asmuch as men.

2. Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian,and had only ONE testicle.

3. Honey is the only food thatdoes not spoil. Honey foundin the tombs of Egyptian

pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and foundedible.

4. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a"Friday the 13th."

5. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't addedto it.

6. On average a hedgehog's heart beats 300 times aminute.

7. More people are killed each year from bees than fromsnakes.

8. The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long orwrite approximately 50,000 English words.

9. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any otherfood.

10. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves fromblowing sand.

11. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables

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

! 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.

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

English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.13. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.14. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in

Nebraska, USA.15. You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you

become an adult, you only have 206.16. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any

food!17. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!18. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.19. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years

old!20. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds21. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of

cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once everythree months, whether she needed it or not

22. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue.23. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69

years!24. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!25. The average person laughs 10 times a day!

Contributed byShuv Chakraborty, Jt. G.M.-Finance - Pune HO

HR JargonHR Jargon


50 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW


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Have you thought of the diverse range of the benefits ofplaying 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 youphysically 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 orlosing, 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 forconducting various sports activities within the organization likeBadminton, 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 theaudience 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

all the Best Sportsman of the Year 2010 trophy awarded to Mr. ManojMahajan, 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)

Best Sportsman of the year 2010 - Manoj Mahajan

Best Sportswoman of the year 2010 - Nandini Chopra


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Carrom Singles: Manoj Mahajan (Winner), Amol Wankhede(Second), AV Vartak (Runner-up) at the hands of Mr. GM Bapat

Carrom Doubles: Manoj Mahajan & JG Kulkarni (Winner), Ashwin V & Shiv Kumar Yadav(Second), AV Vartak & MV Rao (Runner-up)

Badminton -Men's Doubles: Harish Kawatkar & Ashutosh Kulkarni (Winner),

AV Vartak & MV Rao (Second), Krishna Swain & Raghuveer Mishra (Runner-up)

Badminton -Mixed Doubles : Harish Kawatkar & Soma Mishra (Winner), AV Vartak &

Nandini Chopra (Second), Ashutosh Kulkarni & N Supriya (Runner-up)

adminton Men's Singles: Harish Kawatkar (Winner), A V Vartakecond), Krishna Swain (Runner-up) at the hands ofrs. and Mr. VM Sastry

Badminton Women's Singles: Nandini Chopra (Winner),Sulagna Gupta (Second), Tabassum Attar (Runner-up)

Badminton Women's Doubles: Nandini Chopra & Pratibha (Winner),N Supriya & Sulagna Gupta (Second), Tabassum Attar & Soma Mishra(Runner-up)

Table Tennis Mens Doubles : Ashwin V & Dipanjan Sen (Winner), AV Vartak & ManojMahajan (Second), Shiv Kumar Yadav & Arvind Kumar Singh (Runner up)

Table Tennis Singles: Manoj Mahajan (Winner), Vishal Jindal (Second),Dipanjan Sen (Runner up) at the hands of Mr. Sunil Nayyar


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Your Life in Balance? How much is work

nvading your personal life, and how much of

our personal life is affected by the stress of

rying to balance all the many responsibilities

n your life?

ou get so involved with the everyday

emands of achieving your professional goals

hat you let your personal goals and

elationships suffer. It's easy to say that career

must take priority. After all, without work you

wouldn't have the money to provide for

ourself and your family - and these are theltimate personal goals. So you justify the

dded hours spent at the office by saying it's

or the good of the family. But at what cost?

Anyone who's fallen victim to this knows thenswer. You miss a lot!

m not suggesting you deny or suppress your

motions, but just discover for yourself what

takes for you to handle your emotions and

tay balanced.

esponsibility of the employer

am always inspired when I read aboutworkplaces that recognize that their

mployees are real people with real needs -

hat they are "humans" not just "human

esources." The employees always try todentify and select an employer which will be

riendly to their family commitments and

upport their work life balance priorities.

An employee is required to fulfill the duel

esponsibility of managing his home andwork simultaneously. There is a need for

im/her to maintain a balance between these

wo roles. If he/she gets over involved withis/her work, it can lead to a break up of

ome and family life, leading to mental stress

which later starts affecting his work life.

Organizations have begun to realize how

mportant the work-life balance is to the

roductivity and creativity of their employees.

mployers can offer a range of different

rograms and initiatives, such as flexible

working arrangements in the form of part

me, casual and telecommuting work. More

proactive employers can

prov ide compu l so ry

leave, strict maximum

hours and foster an

e n v i r o n m e n t t h a t

encourages employees not

to continue working after

hours.

Today there are many young women who do

not want to just stay at home and do house

work, but want to have their careers. In fact,

women may lose their self-esteem andidentities when they stay at home.

A number of benefits and services would

create greater bonding of the employee and

his family with the organization, like coping

with balancing work and family life.

How you can cope up with balancing

work and family life..

By following these simple steps you will soon

begin to realize that balancing work and

family life is indeed possible through effective

time management.

What is Effective time Management?

Identify time wastersDo not Mix Work and Personal LifeSpend weekends for private life

Do not over Work

Delegate effectively

Set time limit for tasks

Maintain a Diary or Organizer

Effective time management is setting upgoals and the time frame for achieving each

goal and stick to the plan. Once you set up thegoals and time lines and following them up

strictly and draw boundaries accordingly you

will be easily able to balance both work and

life.

You must learn to balance your personal

responsibilities, relationships and goals with

your professional ones. They must all live in

harmony together. Otherwise, you end up

resentful. You grow distant from the people

you love, feel overwhelmed by the pressure to

keep up the pace, and lose sense of what is

truly important.

Achievement and

Enjoyment are the front

and back of the coin of value in

life. You can't have one without the other, no

more than you can have a coin with only one

side. Trying to live a one sided life is why somany "Successful" people are not happy, or

not nearly as happy as they should be. You

cannot get the full value from life without

BOTH Achievement and Enjoyment. Simple

concepts. And once you focus on them as key

components of your day, they are not thathard to implement. So, make it happen, for

yourself, your family and all the important

individuals you care aboutevery day for the

rest of your life Achieve and Enjoy.

We need to maintain a proper balance in our

life by allocating the time we have. There areoccasions where saying no is the best time

management practice there is."

"Life's demands may not slow up any time

soon, and learning life balance is an ongoing

art. If you think one day you will get it alldone, and then you can relax, you are bound

to be disappointed."

You wouldn't dream of missing a meeting

with a client so treat your meetings with your

family and friends the exact same way. Andwhile you're at it, schedule a meeting with

yourself! If you're busy with workresponsibilities, make an appointment to take

yourself out to lunch or go for a walk. Treat

the appointment like any other. It's a

commitment that is not to be missed.

Work life balance cannot be successful

without effective priority setting. Learn ways

to set priorities on the things that matter most

and to say "no" to the things that matter

least.

N Supriya

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