Vol. 4 Issue 1 January 2014

Editorial

We've stepped into 2014 and I'm sure each one of us would have made new resolutions, some to keep

and some to break, including some in our respective fields of work. The New Year was welcomed

differently in different parts of the world - North America and UK witnessed peculiar natural phenomena

at the beginning of the year. While the Polar Vortex is making parts of North America compete with Mars,

recording lowest temperatures in centuries, across the Atlantic 30 ft. odd waves have been battering the

coasts of UK. However, back home it was a moment to cheer with India emerging as a key space capable

nation with only three others to give us company. We also saw an interesting 'first of a kind' political

development with the emergence of a new political party and a new Chief Minister for the capital state.

2014 is destined to bring even greater change in the political ecosystem of the country with General

Elections unfolding in a few months’ time. Hope 2014 brings with it a more economically successful and

vibrant year than the year gone by.

Come January and we gear up to participate in the most awaited event of the year - The Foundation Day.

This year the 148th Foundation Day will be celebrated across locations on 2nd February 2014. Our hearts

are filled with immense pride and joy as this day reminds us of our great heritage and the fact that our

Company has stood the test of time, and emerged as a leading business house of the country.

Preparations have begun at all locations in full swing and we are confident of enjoying a fun filled show

with our colleagues and families.

As always please do not hesitate to send your feedback, suggestions and contributions to me at

mukhopadhyay.mohar@balmerlawrie.com.

Bloom wishes you and your families a very happy, prosperous and healthy 2014!

Mohar

Top Management Meet

The Top Management Meet was held at Tolly Club in Kolkata on 20th and 21st December 2013.

SBU:LI organized a Customer Meet on 6th December 2013 at GRT Grand Hotel in Chennai. The event was

organised for an interaction with the trade, to appreciate their concerns and suggestions for further

improvement. Key officials from the Shipping lines, NVOCCs, Importers and Exporters had gathered in

large numbers and the response was very good.

BL Updates

With the advent of the New

Year, Budget Meetings were

held across SBUs and other

functions. In photo is a

glimpse of a budget meeting

being held in the Conference

Room of the New

Administrative Building of

G&L – Silvassa. This was the

first meeting held in this new

conference room.

On 25th December, the New Administrative Office Building at IP-Asaoti was inaugurated by Mr. Anand Dayal,

Director [Manufacturing Businesses]. On this occasion a plantation program was also organized.

As part of its continuous branding efforts, G&L –Kolkata was one of the sponsors of the Jamini Mela

organized to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of the famous painter Jamini Roy. It also sponsored

a cultural programme organized by Acharya Jayanta Bose at Kalamandir.

A free Health Check-up Camp for all employees was organised at HO, Kolkata on 11th December, at CFS

and W&D, Kolkata on 24th December 2013, at G&L, Kolkata on 3rd January and IP, Kolkata on 8th January

2014. In photo are glimpses of the camp held at HO, Kolkata.

Around Christmas, a "Secret Santa" celebration was organised at the Tours & Travel Office in Mumbai. All

the employees including the outsourced staff participated with much enthusiasm. Participants were truly

delighted to receive their "Secret Santa" gifts that were chosen keeping in mind their personalities.

BL participates in AIMA HR Quiz

Mr. Abhilash Ramaria, Asst. Manager [HR] - CFS Mumbai and Mr. Aniket Preetish, Asst. Manager [HR] -

Silvassa formed a team to represent the Company at the inaugural HR Quiz competition ‘Shakti’ organized

by AIMA. The team answered some truly tough questions and won attractive prizes in the regional round

held at Mumbai on 19th December 2013. It was a good platform for the duo to interact with HR

professionals from the industry, and they were grateful for the opportunity given to them.

CHEMICAL HYGIENE & ITS RISK CATEGORIZATION:

Many chemicals are routinely handled in the laboratory. The hazardous nature of a chemical depends not

only on what it is, but also on how it is handled. In determining the hazardous nature of a chemical, please

consider the characteristics of the chemical. Most chemicals fall into one of four categories:

IGNITABLE - a chemical with a flashpoint of less than 140°F

CORROSIVE - a chemical with pH less than 2 or greater than 12.5 (i.e. strong acid and bases)

REACTIVE - a chemical that is explosive, shock sensitive, reacts to produce heat, light or toxic products or

combines violently with air or water

TOXIC - a chemical that has an adverse effect on organisms in relatively low doses or small quantities

The NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) system utilizes a diamond diagram, divided into four color

coded sections:

1. Blue for health hazard

2. Red for fire hazard

3. Yellow for reactivity hazard

4. White for other hazard information

Within each section, a number ranks the degree of hazard:

4 means extreme hazard; 3 means serious hazard; 2 means moderate hazard; 1 means slight hazard; 0

means no or minimal hazard;

The white section alerts the user to special hazards the material may possess, such as:

water reactivity; strong oxidizer Ox; corrosivity; radioactivity; Poison.

Example:

HSE (Health, Safety & Environment) Corner

पदोन्नति / Promotion

श्री अरव िंद स िंह की पदोन् नति ाखाख ्रबंधकक [टी&टी], टी&टी – लानऊ के रूप में हुई । Mr. Arvind Singh has been promoted as Branch Manager [T&T], T&T - Lucknow.

श्री गोपाल दा की पदोन् नति कतन्‍ धिककखी ी [जीडी & ी खभख], क्षेत्रीय मख.सध. – प.ूक्षे. के रूप में हुई । Mr. Gopal Das has been promoted as Junior Officer [GD & OL], Regional HR - ER.

ंकखई एवध भवव्‍ य में पपकी सललि ख की कखमनख की ि ेह । Congratulations and wish you all the best in your new role!

स् थानान् िरण / Transfer

श्री श् यामल ल षोच धुर री, कतन्‍ धिककखी ी [सखििववक], पी ओएलएस – कोलकखि ख को जी&एल – कोलकखि ख में कतन्‍ धिककखी ी [सखििववक] के रूप में स् थखनखधि ती ि यकयख ायख ह। । Mr. Shyamal Ghosh Chowdhury, Junior Officer [Secretarial], ROFS - Kolkata has been transferred to

G&L - Kolkata as Junior Officer [Secretarial].

श्री कमल लेश क मल ार लादेर, ्रबंधकक [तनमखाण], पईपी – धसौटी को एिटीपी – ि लोजख में ्रबंधकक [तनमखाण] के रूप में स् थखनखधि ती ि यकयख ायख ह। । Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Lader, Manager [Manufacturing], IP - Asaoti has been transferred to HTP - Taloja as

Manager [Manufacturing].

पपको नए कखयाभखी की ाुभकखमनखधए। Wish you all the best in your new role!

कासमल िक धूना – दद िंबर 2013 / Personnel Information – December 2013

Mr. HK Bhoklay, Executive Director

[Corporate Affairs] handed over water

backpacks to beneficiaries at Thayong

village, Manipur on 12th December 2013.

The function was organized by ANMA

Integrated Village Development Agency

(AIDA), the implementation partner of BL

based at Dimapur, Nagaland for

distribution of water backpacks in the

North East.

On 26th December 2013, Mr. Satyabrata

Sahu, Joint secretary & Director, Rajiv

Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, New Delhi

along with Mr. HK Bhoklay, Executive

Director [Corporate Affairs] gave away

water backpacks to beneficiaries of

Titlagarh in Bhubaneswar in a function

organized by BL’s implementation partner

NGO, UDYAMA.

CSR Update

व दाई / Farewell

श्री िंजीबन रर, वती ्‍ पपख्‍ यक्ष [पती सधपत्ति यतु्ति की ण & ववाषे धसखइनमेंट], कखपोीे ट कखयखालय – कोलकखि ख 30 वषों की सललि खपवूाक सेवखएध सधपणूा की 31 ददसम् ंी को सेवखतनवतत ि हो ाएध । Mr. Sanjiban Dhar, Senior Vice President [Asset Rationalization & Special Assignment], Corporate Office -

Kolkata retired on 31st December after successfully completing 30 years of service.

श्री पोन्न्नआ थिंगप् पा ना र, सह-पपख्‍ यक्ष [एिएसई], िेन् नई 00 वषों की सललि खपवूाक सेवखएध सधपणूा की 31 ददसम् ंी को सेवखतनवतत ि हो ाएध । Mr. Ponniah Thangappa Nadar, Associate Vice President [HSE], Chennai retired on 31st December after

successfully completing 20 years of service.

श्री प्रकाश ाहू, मखु् य ्रबंधकक [वखणणत्ययक] – ई&पी, इधजीतनयती धा & पती योजनख ्रबभखा – कोलकखि ख 07 वषों की सललि खपवूाक सेवखएध सधपणूा की 31 ददसम् ंी को सेवखतनवतत ि हो ाएध । Mr. Suprakash Sahoo, Chief Manager [Commercial] - E&P, Engineering & Projects Department - Kolkata

retired on 31st December after successfully completing 27 years of service.

श्री ए के शामल ी, ्रबंधकक [पयाटन & यखत्रख], टी&टी – ददल् ली 35 वषों की सललि खपवूाक सेवखएध सधपणूा की 31 ददसम् ंी को सेवखतनवतत ि हो ाएध । Mr. S K Shami, Manager [Tours & Travel], T&T - Delhi retired on 31st December after successfully

completing 35 years of service.

श्री रमेल श ए किं धन, पप ्रबंधकक [समदु्री], एलएस – मुधं ई 31 वषों की सललि खपवूाक सेवखएध सधपणूा की 31 ददसम् ंी को सेवखतनवतत ि हो ाएध । Mr. Ramesh S Kanchan, Deputy Manager [Ocean], LS - Mumbai retired on 31st December after

successfully completing 31 years of service.

श्री ोमल नाथ धटजी, पप ्रबंधकक [एससीएम], जी&एल – कोलकखि ख 33 वषों की सललि खपवूाक सेवखएध सधपणूा की 31 ददसम् ंी को सेवखतनवतत ि हो ाएध । Mr. Somnath Chatterjee, Deputy Manager [SCM], G&L - Kolkata retired on 31st December after

successfully completing 33 years of service.

श्रीमल िी ऐनेट जे आर नोरोन् हा, तनदेाक ववत ि के कखयापखलक सििव, कखपोीे ट कखयखालय – कोलकखि ख 06 एवध ½ वषों की सललि खपवूाक सेवखएध सधपणूा की 31 ददसम् ंी को सेवखतनवतत ि हो ाईं ।

Ms. Annette J R Noronha, Executive Secretary of Director Finance, Corporate Office - Kolkata retired on

31st December after successfully completing 26 and 1/2 years of service.

हम पपके भवव्‍ य की मधालमय कखमनख की ि ेह । We wish you all the best in your future life.

नए दस् य / New Member

श्री गोपाल दा की तनयतु्ति 9 ददसम् ंी , 0013 को जी&एल, ससलवखसख में कतन्‍ धिककखी ी [लेाख & ववत ि ] के रूप में हुई । Mr. Gopal Das joined G&L, Silvassa as Junior Officer [Accounts & Finance] on 9th December, 2013.

श्री सश क मल ार एमल की तनयतु्ति 9 ददसम् ंी , 0013 को पईपी, धसौटी में कतन्‍ धिककखी ी [इलेत्तिकल/इलेतिॉतनत स] के रूप में हुई । Mr. Siva Kumar M joined IP, Asaoti as Junior Officer [Electrical/Electronics] on 9th December, 2013.

श्री प्रोज् ज ल षोराई की तनयतु्ति 16 ददसम् ंी , 0013 को जी&एल, कोलकखि ख में धिककखी ी [औद्योिाक ववपणन] के रूप में हुई । Mr. Projjwal Ghorai joined G&L, Kolkata as Officer [Industrial Marketing] on 16th December, 2013.

श्री रजि क मल ार ाहू की तनयतु्ति 16 ददसम् ंी , 0013 को जी&एल, ससलवखसख में कतन्‍ धिककखी ी [पत पखदन] के रूप में हुई । Mr. Rajat Kumar Sahoo joined G&L, Silvassa as Junior Officer [Production] on 16th December, 2013.

श्री नीलेश मल हादे रा पाटे की तनयतु्ति 00 ददसम् ंी , 0013 को जी&एल, िेन् नई में पप ्रबंधकक [औद्योिाक ववपणन] के रूप में हुई । Mr. Nilesh Mahadeorao Sapate joined G&L, Chennai as Deputy Manager [Industrial Marketing] on 20th

December, 2013.

श्रीमल िी शसमल िला बमल िन की तनयतु्ति 03 ददसम् ंी , 0013 को जी&एल, कोलकखि ख में मखु् य ्रबंधकक [ि कनीकी सेवख & ओईएम ऑयल] के रूप में हुई । Ms. Sharmila Barman joined G&L, Kolkata as Chief Manager [Technical Service & OEM Oil] on 23rd

December, 2013.

ंखमी लॉी ी पती वखी में पपकख स् वखाि ह। एवध पपलोाक को हखददाक ाुभकखमनखएध । Welcome you to the Balmer Lawrie family and wish you all the best!