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The Employee Engagement Quotient - Oct. 2016 - June 2017Celebrating our culture of togetherness

Welcome to the third edition of Wellbeing@Work – The EmployeeEngagement Quotient (Oct’16-Jun’17). Decked with glimpses from the75th Anniversary Grand Celebrations, the various learning sessions,International EHS Day Celebrations, National Safety Week Celebration,International Women’s Day celebration and the various Reward andRecognition programs, this edition is a pictorial collage of severalfestivities that were organized and celebrated with much gusto acrosslocations. As always, we hope this issue would engage and entertain youand make you look forward to more in the days to come.Correspondents: Shweta Pagedar – HalolAsif Khan & Kartik Nerurkar – AMG Nikunj Thakur – Himachal PradeshNishi Priyakankshi & Shweta Dubey – Bangalore Karan Jakhar – MoraDewan Thapa & Divya Raj Rai – Bhutan George Geevarghese & Kushal Mehta – NagpurAshwini Mandhare, Priti Sinha & Narendra Purra – TirupatiShraddha Sawant – HO & FSSCParikshit Singh – SG INDEC Content Management Team: Neeraj Kelkar & Kushal Mehta Contact: [email protected] Manager: Anupama VaidyaEditor: Medha Shanbhag

F un A happier work environment, where � events & festivals are celebrated together, creates a sense of bondingWork and belongingness.

F un 75th Anniversary Grand Celebrations � The year-long 75th Anniversary celebrations concluded with the ‘Grand Celebrations’Work organized across all locations within GNO in the month of November-December. The Grand Celebrations brought together the young and the old, and the very many who Delhi have been a part of the GNO’s journey for all these years. The enthusiasm and excitement seen at every celebration illustrated that GNO is indeed SOALIVE@75. Here are the glimpses of the glittering celebrations that took place across locations. Himachal PradeshEmployees and their families cutting Families visiting the shop floorthe Anniversary cake KolkataBhutanWelcome song by employees Attendees competing with each other during the fun games HO, Mumbai HaloleGmanpelosyheVeasnadnadntah-eiDradnacuegpheterfrosrmance by women A comedy skit by employees that left the audience in splits

Bangalore Tirupati A captivating dance performance by employees Posing at the photo boothNagpur MoraGEmNOplwoyreitetse'nspboyutsheesesminpglionyge'eTsarana', a song on A fashion show by employees’ kids themed around GNO’s productsWinners of Click It! – Photography CompetitionAnnounced in the month of October 2016, Click It! – Photography Competition, encouraged our people to submitphotographs related to nature & wildlife, festivals & functions, portrait photography, street photography andabstract. The contest provided them an opportunity to put forth their creative side, and it received anoverwhelming response across locations.Here's a snapshot of the winning entries…BangaloreWinner - Preethi Agnes, Executive - HR Runner Up – Kaushik M., Manager - Logistics (Exim)

F un � 75th Anniversary Grand CelebrationsWork Halol Winner – Dushyant K J, Manager - Production (Kiln) Winner – Narayanlal Parihar, OperatorHO, MumbaiWinner – Jaanvi Shah, Graduate Trainee - FSSC IRnutenlnliegreUncpe–(ASbatratasmiveDs)utta, Manager - MarketINDECWinner – Anupam More, First Runner Up – Kunal Patil, Second Runner Up – Kiran Babu,Technical Lead - INDEC Infra Technical Lead - INDEC Apps Trainee - INDEC Apps

Mora Winner – Bhagwan Varadkar, Asst. Engineer - Runner Up – Niranjan Chandanapurkar, Manager - PPC QualityNagpur PRruondnuecrtUMpa–naPguesmhkeanrtKulkarni, Engineer - Winner – Sagar Pardhi, Engineer - Manufacturing EngineeringTirupatiWinner – Narendra Purra, GFiersnteRraulnMnearnUagpe–r -BS. SiChankaraiah, Second Runner Up –Executive - Administration Saina Kumari Raulo, Executive - Finance

F un 75th Anniversary Grand Celebrations � And the Winners Are…Work Memory Lane Contest Joined Grindwell in Dec 1979 as a Stenographer in Project Department. At the time of my joining I was just SSC (old i.e. 11th standard) passed in 1975; Stenography Trade completed thru ITI in 1977 and with odd 3 years’ experience. It was a time when our factory used to have Friday as weekly off and Sunday working day due to Power shut down on Friday by MSEB.Dipak Thakur, Mora During those days, every Sunday Mr. Anand Mahajan and Mr. JAJ Pereira used to come to factory. Mr. JAJP used to take complete round to all offices. That time I was working in Project Department.One day he asked me, Thakur what are you doing. I said Sir, doing my work. Then he said no; not that. What are youdoing means what further education you are taking. I said nothing. No! I want you to complete your Graduation.You find out the way how you can complete it. I got encouraged and started searching for way. And I could completemy B.Com. Thru Distance Education Scheme from Pune University in 1988.I met Mr. JAJP and gave him good news. Again he told me don’t seat idol, do something LIKE Management course etc.That time I was transferred to Purchase Department since 1985. And once again I searched and did my GraduateDiploma in Materials Management in 1992 thru I.I.M.M. Delhi/ Bangalore.Because of these qualifications, with my experience; today I am in a position of Manager – Procurement and withGrindwell for >36 years (nearly 50% of GNO’s life).Yes……… this I could achieve just because of Mr. JAJP’s encouragement and Management support. I have high regardsfor Mr. JAJP and our Management. I still remember those days in Pune Branch. We were more than colleagues… more than friends and can call as FAMILY. We laugh together, celebrate together and motivate together. Month end was always fun for us! We were working late nights, try to exceed the plan and finally achieve and here celebration will start…Harshit Rathi, Delhi Branch For bachelors especially me, never need to worry for food… You just need to ensure that you will be in branch in Lunch Time. I can assure that you will eat more than anyone who brought the tiffin.To sum up, it was exciting to be the part of Pune branch & always cherishthose moments spent with Kaushal, Sudhir, Abhishek, Amit, Kedar, AnilSawant, Sudeshna and Milind!!!

Memorable days in GNO When somebody asks me to pen down memorable days in GNO from 2000 till 2016, I will have many good memories to tell….it’s about people, interaction, enjoying each and every movement ALONG WITH professional commitment resulting in self-growth and organizational sustenance for so long in a competitive environment.Kiran Taula, Bangalore Coming from Voltas my earlier company, way back in Feb 2000, 1st day in GNO – Mora plant, I was shocked to see strike going on and I had to go inside the plant through Mora laboratory gate in place of the main gate. Since then it was a fantasticmemorable journey professionally and personally…dark, rainy nights In the Bachelors quarters with young bachelors ( inMora ), many wonderful BQ parties in Rendezvous, Stretched working hours in Mora plant to learn with IT team andfinance colleagues, bumpy rides during rainy days in the launch / fish boat while travelling back form then GNOcorporate office in Army and Navy building to Mora in the evening, participation and facilitation to old colleagues on theoccasion of wonderful Long Service Award functions in Mora Campus, Rangapanchami on scooter with Nagpurcolleagues in Nagpur followed by tasty lunch with all the families together, Half marathon practice sessions with thecoach in 2007 after office hours in Mora campus and early morning Juhu beach jogging and exercise sessions in 2009along with various colleagues of GNO HO, Various finance conferences in different parts of India containing day full ofinside room meetings in the initial years, ending up with intense dance with loud music to reduce the calories of thejunk food pushed inside the belly, was awesome. Visit to all the 24 Saint-Gobain plants in India, Bhutan and also variouscountries and Saint-Gobain offices of the Group while heading the IA function in delegation was a very memorableexperience professionally (debates and discussion on Code of conduct examples, values, ethics, internal control bestpractices etc. professional commitment of colleagues kept me to move along GNO) as well as personally, shifting todifferent parts of India with family. Supporting and encouraging management and dedicated team members inprofessional as well as personal life across Mora, Nagpur, Himachal, HO and now in Bangalore gives me immensepleasure and happiness to be part of GNO during last 16 years.Lines That Rhyme – Poetry Writing Contest So Alive – GNO turns 75 Together we stand in bad and good Anchored solid in typhoons Young we came and Grew Within Never feel alone , some to back us Classic days of joy and cheer Being in GNO is all about it …4 Every single day we cherish Being in GNO is all about it ….1 Standing tall and hands spread Waiting for more to come and learn Never before and never to fall Alive at 75 , Strong and stout, Courage, strength and power Being in GNO is all about it … 5 Nothing can compensate the strongerAditya Shirole, Nagpur will Being in GNO is all about it ….2 Hand in hand and eye to eye Principals are base and respect for all This is the life that lead us all Being in GNO is all about it …3

F un 75th Anniversary Grand Celebrations � The GNO, we know!Work She went to a picturesque boarding school, by the Mora shores, Graduated on Bangalore shop-floors, Kaushik Joshi – HO, Mumbai The GNO we know, strongly grounded in values of honest-hard-work, made Profitable Growth, Betrothal to Saint-Gobain got her World Class, and she went on a Sustainable Path, She is now the Alma mater of Men & Women strong at Heart, and continues to be a leader in the Indian Mart, On her 75th Birthday and many more to follow, let’s celebrate and continue to live the GNO we know!Purva Joshi – HO, Mumbai Journey with GNO Be it Abrasives or Silicon Carbide, Journey with GNO is like a fun ride, People are collaborative & really warm, It’s a company who breaks no norm. Knowing GNO entirely is like a deep sea dive, That’s why we say “SO ALIVE @ 75”!VolleyLive – All India Volleyball ChampionshipWinners – Team Himachal Warriors Runners Up – Team Moracians(L-R) Abhishek Thakur, Vinod Jaswal,Vivek Kumar Rana, (L-R) Ravindra Naik, Parminder Singh, Sudeep More,Mohd. Iftikhar, Devender Kumar, Bhushan Pawar, Narayan Khoje, Jayprakash G, Avinash Patil, KunalSanjay Kumar and Vikram Singh along with Ghodake and Prakash Agrawal along withMr. Anand Mahajan (in centre) Mr. Anand Mahajan (extreme right)

Movie Time – Short Film Making ContestTeam Himachal Pradesh Balwinder Sharma, Jeetendra Pattnayak, Jyoti Bala, Nikunj Thakur, Ravinder Singh, Rohit Sharma, Satish Rana, Tapender Singh & Vishal Kumar Team Mora Pradip Dange, Sachin Vaidya, Nilesh Gham, Manoj Mhatre & Karan Jakhar

F un Festivals and Other Events � Along with the events centered around the 75th Anniversary celebration, ourWork teams also celebrated several festivals and events across locations within GNO. Here are the glimpses of the different celebrations that took place… HO & F SSC, Mumbai Onam was celebrated on 14th September, 2016 at HO, Mumbai. The event was celebrated in the traditional Kerala style with pookalam’ (floral carpet), employees dressed in traditional Kerala attire and payasam was served to all.Navaratri CelebrationHimachal Pradesh HO & FSSC, Mumbai Dancing to the beats of Garba RaasRangoli Competition Diwali Celebration HO & FSSC, Mumbai ‘Lantern/Kandil Making’ Contest

Christmas CelebrationHO, MumbaiSecret Santa Fun EventLohri Celebration Sankranti CelebrationsHimachal Pradesh TirupatiLohri was celebrated on 13th January, 2017. The factory premises were decoratedEmployees gathered around the bonfire and enjoyed beautifully with a Rangoli. Employees, dressedgur rewri, peanuts and popcorn which were offered in traditional attire, gathered at the Bhogias refreshments bonfire as a part of the celebrationHoli Celebration Rajasthani Food FestivalNagpur HO & SG INDEC, MumbaiEmployees enjoyed the Holi bash organised at The Rajasthani food festival was organized on 28ththe site April 2017 at HO and SG Indec, Mumbai. A wide variety of Rajasthani delicacies were served

Mind From learning sessions to safety � workshops to value-add courses, we have been doing it all to nurtureWork a conducive work culture at GNO.

Mind Learning Sessions �WorkAMG The Abrasives Business conducted a training program on Advanced Grinding Technology at Delhi in December, 2016. The objective of the program was to provide an in-depth understanding on key concepts in grinding to drive productivity improvement BangaloreThe Industrial Risk Prevention (IRP) team from the IndianDelegation organized a training program to provideessential theoretical and practical knowledge pertaining toindustrial risk prevention in accordance with theSaint-Gobain Group expectations. The program wasconducted in March, 2017Nagpur Nagpur plant conducted iSpeakSmart, a training program for select employees in the month of November-December 2016. The objective of the program was to help the participants enhance their competencies with respect to spoken and written English

Tirupati As a part of the 46th National Safety Week, GNO Tirupati organized a training program on ‘Ergonomics and Physical fitness’ for its employees at the plant. Two separate sessions on the subject matter were facilitated by experts from the industry. The sessions were conducted in March, 2017

United Be it International Women’s Day or � the Road Safety Week, we ensure that we live the spirit of a safer,Work healthier & happier workplace.

United International EHS Day Celebrations � The 7th International Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Day was celebratedWork across all sites within the Saint-Gobain Group in India on 13th October, 2016. Several activities involving the staff and workmen were organized as a part of Bangalore the celebration. These included sapling plantation, EHS training sessions, exhibition of Personnel Protective Equipment (PPEs), Walkathons etc. Here’s a snapshot of the celebration across all GNO sites. BhutanThe celebration began with a lamp lighting A sapling plantation ceremony was organized as aceremony followed by a host of initiatives part of the celebration. All the employees fromincluding special address by the EHS committee the plant took part and vowed to follow the EHSand safety pledge norms to the TeamHalol Himachal PradeshThe event began with employees assembling for To commemorate the occasion, a walkathon wasthe flag hoisting. This was followed by the EHS organized within the site. A series of events werePledge. Video messages by Pierre Andre de organized at the plant which included GroupChalendar and Anand Mahajan emphasizing Discussion on EHS objectives, PPE demo, MiniSaint-Gobain values encompassing environment, Marathon, Painting competition, Bike Riding withhealth and safety were screened and actions Safety competition and sapling plantationtoward meeting the EHS objectives were discussed

HO, Mumbai MoraAt HO, kids from Aseema, NGO supported by The celebration began with a safety pledge andSaint-Gobain India Foundation were called as a Flag hoisting. An EHS awards ceremony waspat of the celebration. The kids sang songs on the organized which felicitated employees for theirtheme and reinforced the commitment required commitment towards EHSwith respect to EHS.Nagpur TirupatiThe celebrations began with safety pledge The celebration began with a safety pledge andfollowed by safety march to a nearby school. Flag hoisting. An EHS awards ceremony wasSaplings were gifted to students to plant them at organized which felicitated employees for theirtheir homes commitment towards EHS

United �Work Republic Day CelebrationMora NagpurThe event was attended by employees, campus The event was attended by workmen as well asfamilies, Mora police personnel and kids from the staff. After the Flag hoisting ceremony and theMora government school. Flag hoisting ceremony National Anthem, sweets and snacks wereand a group song by the school girls were the distributedhighlights of the celebration

National Safety Week CelebrationThe 45th National Safety Week was celebrated from 4th to 10th March, 2017across locations. As a part of the celebration, a host of awareness programswere organized.Himachal Pradesh MoraAs a part of the week long celebration, a variety of Team Mora celebrated the National Safety Day oninitiatives were organized at the plant which 7th March, 2017. The event began with flagincluded quiz competitions (on-the-spot and hoisting followed by the safety pledge andonline), screening of road safety awareness videos speeches by few of the staff members. A fireand a safety awareness session. External training safety demonstration was organized as a part ofsessions on Material Safety Data Sheet and the celebration at the plantEmergency Response was also organized. Thewinners of the Safety quiz were felicitated as a Tirupatipart of the concluding ceremonyNagpurNagpur team organized events like Safety Quiz, With a view to spread awareness on the subject,PPE Race and safety trainings as a part of the Road Safety Quiz and Skit on Road Safety werecelebration. A range of topics were covered in the organized at the plant. The winners weretrainings which included fire prevention & felicitated with gifts as a part of the concludingcontrol, working at heights, confined space safety ceremonyand emergency response

United International Women’s Day � CelebrationWork A host of events were organized across locations in-line with the global theme - Be Bold For Change. Each location celebrated the event with a lot of gusto and cheer making it an occasion worth remembering.Bangalore HalolThe celebrations began with cake cutting As a part of its celebration, Team Halol presentedfollowed by fun games and lunch. A token of plant saplings to its women employeesappreciation was presented to the women applauding the importance of women workforceemployees towards making an organization sustainable in today's eraHimachal Pradesh HO, MumbaiA day long celebration was organized at Himachal An out of office get together was organized forplant to commemorate the occasion. Bashed with women employees at HO. Women employeesfun games, talent showcase, paper dance and attended an exclusive fun games sessionsharing experiences on the theme, the organized at a nearby location. The highlights ofcelebration turned out to be worth remembering the event included gifts for all the winners, cakefor each women employee at the plant cutting to mark the occasion and the competitive spirit displayed by all the participants

INDEC, Mumbai NagpurINDEC team saluted the spirit of its female The only women employee at Nagpur plant, Archiemployees through a series of activities spread Madane was given a memento as a gift to cherishacross 3 days. On 6th March the team organized a the special day. This was followed by cake cuttingSelf-Defense workshop, followed by a Zumba and a small speech by Archi.(dance) workshop on 7th March. On 8th March, aTed Talk on \"Why do we have few leaders in topmanagement\" was shown to all and was followedby the cake cuttingTirupati The day long event kicked off with an introductory speech by Mr B. Shankaraiah , General Manager-Sic, followed by the cake cutting. Motivational videos on “Work Life Balance”, “8 minute morning workout” and “Inspiring Indian women Achievers” were screened as a part of the celebrationHealth Checkup CampMora In an endeavor to raise health awareness and to highlight the importance of regular health check-ups amongst our employees, Annual Medical Camp was organized on 20th March, 2017. The camp benefited all the employees at the plant, including workmen and contractual employees

Reward Our performance is in our people - and men & women who strive constantly towards excellence. OurRecognition Reward and Recognition program allows us to encourage and endorse the efforts made by our people. From a simple message to as elaborate as a formal event, we do it all to appreciate good work.

Reward Reward and Recognition (internal) and within grindwell Norton & the Saint-Gobain GroupRecognition GNO’s Mora plant receives a Bronze Status at the WCM Audit The Mora plant was awarded a Bronze status at the WCM audit conducted in June 2017SG INDEC Stars Nite 2016The 6th SG INDEC Stars Nite was held inMumbai on 2nd December, 2016. Outstandingteams and individual performers werefelicitated for their achievements underseveral categories for the year 2016. Thecategories included Bright Spark,Outstanding Performer, Valued Contributor,Best Project Manager, Best New Team, BestTeam and Special Award. Along with this, twonew award categories were introduced–Innovation Award and INDEC IntimacyAward. The former category recognized someof the best innovative projects while thelatter category awarded a token ofappreciation to the team members who havebeen a part of the INDEC team for more than5 years

Reward Long Service Awards 2016 and Long Service Awards, an initiative that recognizes employees’ contributionRecognition towards the organization was organized across 3 locations. The initiative, which celebrates the achievements of those who have dedicated 15, 25 and 35 years’ service, holds a special place within GNO.Mora �3rd Feb, 2017� Tirupati �21st Feb, 2017�Bangalore �22nd Feb, 2017� For more details refer to the LSA special e-newsletter uploaded on the intranetGNO Abrasives wins Leader of Reference Award 2016 GNO Abrasives team won the prestigious ‘Leader of Reference Award - 2016’ for achieving top market ranking second year in a row. The award recognizes consistent efforts taken by the team through various initiatives across sales, marketing, manufacturing and customer service functions

GNO Abrasives' National Operational Excellence Awards 2016The National Operational Excellence Awards 2016, an initiative by GNO’s Abrasives Business, was held on 9th February,2017 in Mumbai. Organized as a part of the annual conference - Group Concord, the projects and teams thatundisputedly stood out from a host of nominations were recognized at the ceremony. The projects were judged onthe bases of Quality Impact, Service Impact, Innovation & Technology, Business Impact and Business Partner. Withtwo winners per category, a total of ten teams emerged as the National Champions. The winning teams received atoken of appreciation from Mr. Anand Mahajan, Managing Director, GNO and Mr. Samir Bou Obeid, Vice President,Abrasives India

Reward Glimpses from Plant Level Operational and Excellence AwardsRecognition Bangalore The award ceremony was held on 17th January, 2017. Winners were declared from 69 team nominations receivedAward Category Sub-Category Awardee/s Function Quality Impact Quality Consistency Lokesha M S & Sreedar Prasad Coated Service Impact Material Losses Non-Woven Kamal Sundar, Prashant Shiggaon, Innovation & Pushkar Yeola Non-Woven Technology SuperBusiness Impact Shopfloor Service Gopal Banerjee, Ramesh V R &Business Partner Saravana Moorthy Abrasives Business Process Anantharaj Rangasamy, Aneesh T M, Non-Woven Naseer Ahmed, Senthil Rajaram & Sunil Desai Coated New Product Prashantha C, Pushkar Yeola, Coated Development Rishwanth Sathyamurthy, Sandhya Verma Non-Woven Coated Manufacturing & Soumyajit Basu Technology Keshava Kumar & Mohan Lingappan Highest Savings Manjunatha N, Niya Jacob & Ravi S R Increased Capacity Manjunatha N & Prashantha C People (H&S, Skill) Anoop S P, Kalleshwara N M, Mahantesh H, Systems Nagabhushana G S & Srineevasa G C Improvement Anoob Navakumaran, Deepak Niranjan, Narayanan R & Senthil Rajaram

Himachal Pradesh The ceremony was conducted on 18th January, 2017. Winners were felicitated by Mr. T. S. Narayana Prasad, Business Head – Thin Wheels & Construction ProductsAward Category Sub-Category Awardee/s Function Quality Impact Coated Service Impact Material Losses Amrinder Singh, Ashok Kumar & & Thin Wheels Balwinder Sharma Coated Innovation & Internal Customer & Thin Wheels Technology Atul Kumar, Kirpa Sindhu Pathak, Thin Wheels External Customer Vinod Jaswal & Vivek Kumar RanaBusiness Impact Coated New Product Amit Kumar Sharma, Manish Kumar, & Thin WheelsBusiness Partner Development Neeraj Kumar & Sandeep Sharma Manufacturing Thin Wheels Technology Ashok Kumar, Balwinder Sharma, Jeetendra Pattnayak & Lakhwinder Kumar Thin Wheels Highest Savings Amrinder Singh, Kirpa Sindhu Pathak Coated Increased Capacity & Pankaj Kamdi Coated People Harish Kumar, Kirpa Sindhu Pathak & Thin Wheels (H&S, Skill) & Manish Kumar Thin Wheels Systems Arun Kumar, Lakhwinder Kumar Improvement & Satish Rana Amit Kumar Sharma, Bhushan Pawar, Manish Kumar, Nikunj Thakur, Vivek Bekal Bhushan Pawar, Kirpa Sindhu Pathak, Rajiv Sharma & Vivek Kumar Rana

Reward andRecognition Mora The award ceremony was held on 16th December, 2016. Awardees were felicitated by Mr. V. R. Mahadevan, Business Head – Bonded Abrasives Award Category Sub-Category Awardee/s Function Quality Impact Bonded Quality Consistency Abhay Jadhav, Ajay Deshpande, Kailas Pawar, Bonded Innovation Kunal Ghodake, Makarand Tadwalkar, Bonded & Technology Material Losses Nilesh Gham & Tyagee Chavan Bonded BondedBusiness Impact New Product Abhinav Vishwakarma, Makarand Tadwalkar Bonded Development & Tyagee Chavan BondedBusiness Partner Manufacturing Bonded Technology Kishor Suryawanshi, Makarand Tadwalkar, Salman Ali & Tyagee Chavan Highest Savings Jayanta Dey, Sabyasachi Samanta, Sagar Padekar, Sandip Rane Jayanta Dey, Kailas Bhoir, Kirodimal Sharma, Narayan Khoje & Pankaj Bawne Increased Capacity Kailas Pawar, Madhavacharya Inamdar, Narayan Khoje, Sachin More & Shivendra Singh People Chetan Mhatre, Kailas Bhoir, Narayan Khoje (H&S, Skill) & Pankaj Bawne Systems Improvement Pravin Gotawade, Sandeep Deshpande & Vinayak Dervankar

Nagpur The award ceremony took place on 19th December, 2016. The awardees received their token of appreciation from Mr. T. S. Narayana Prasad, Business Head – Thin Wheels & Construction Products Award Category Sub-Category Awardee/s Function Quality Impact Service Impact Quality Consistency Abu Raihan,Ajay Gupta, Praful Waghmare, Bonded Innovation & Rajesh Rathod & Vrundan Jagtap & Thin Wheels Technology Material Losses Afzalkhan Ansari Shirol, Anant Nimbalkar, Thin Wheels Palla Prabhakar & Vishal BorkarBusiness Impact Shopfloor Service Ajay Gupta, Bhupendra Chopde, BondedBusiness Partner Bhushan Kathale & Sanjay Navghare New Product Akash Dongre, Dhawal Popat Thin Wheels Development & Pushkar Kulkarni Bonded Manufacturing Ajay Gupta, Anil Singh, Bhushan Kathale Thin Wheels Technology & Prashant Tiwari Highest Savings Ajay Shingnapure, Ashish Ugale, Mangesh Sahare & Vaibhav Borgaonker Increased Capacity Ajay Gupta, Anil Singh, Bhushan Kathale, Bonded Prashant Tiwari & Shivaji Shelke & Thin Wheels People (H&S, Skill) Ashish Ugale, Devendra Tiwari, Mangesh Sahare, Thin Wheels Tirupati Bandukwar & Vinod Dhamankar Systems Improvement Archi Madane, Debendra Mishra, Thin Wheels Sanjay Tiwari & Ujwal Pattiwar

Reward andRecognition Reward & Recognition Ceremonies at Plants Bangalore Popularly known as Samparka, the Best The Spot Award recognizes best Quick Kaizen Quarterly Award recognizes contributions from employees/ operators/ the operators whose suggestions have housekeeping members to improve been implemented for process, system process, system and production. Between and production improvement. Between Oct'16-Apr'17, 12 employees received the Oct'16-Apr'17, 18 entries received the award for their outstanding contributions award from 38 nominations5S Rolling Trophy - Started in April 2017, The Operators' Annual Award recognizesthe award recognizes outstanding employees for their exceptional contributionscommitment exhibited by the Abrasives that result in long term benefit for the Company.plants from the Bangalore campus on For the year 2016, the Coated Disc team receivedtheir journey to reach the next level in 5S. the award for in-house development of cylinderThe Non-woven plant became the first mounting that led to the savings of more than Rs.recipient of the award 1,00,000/- for the CompanyHimachal Pradesh The monthly felicitation ceremony was held in February-March 2017. Employees received their token of appreciation in various categories including Star of the Month, Special Recognition, Best 5S team, Best Kaizen and Best Suggestions. Apart from this, employees were also felicitated for completion of all the mandatory e-learning modules on Boost!