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First EditionINSIDE THIS ISSUE:•An exclusive interview from CFO•What’s happening @ BALIC•Fun corner•Employee Engagement activitiesaround the country! An EE Team Publication

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Inside the Newsletter!•Get to know our CBFAOLImCo)r.e...outside work!•Fun & CelebrationoRepublic DayoWomen’s DayoMother’s DayoHoli CelebrationsoICC World Cup Live ScreeningoIPL Live Screening•Health & Work-life balanceoWorld Health Day- Launched Biggest Loser ChallengeoHerbal Life BMI & Body Weight consultationas part of Biggest Loser ChallengeoVLCC wellness campaignoWomen’s SafetyoSwine Flu Camps•RecognitionoGift An AppreciationoIPL-II Distribution at HO & PAN-India•Organization communication & DevelopmentoDigital TownhalloCEO communication & HOD communicationoAES FGDoOpen House at HO and Sampark at branchesoRegional CounciloAES/OHS score on target FunctionsoUTSAAHoFun Corner & Comi-Corner!

Behind The Desk ! Know Your ColleagueA moment withMMBoArrLe.!IRCa).m..a. ndeep (CFO)Describe yourself in one If you could go back in time,word/sentence: Taskmaster what year would you travel to and why?If you could live anywhere, 2006- lost my cousin andwhere would it be? would want to meet him again.New Zealand What are your hobbies?What is your biggest fear? Watching TV, spending timeLiving in Pune forever with son.Who makes you smile the What is the best gift you havemost in the office? been given?Sameer Joshi (HR Head) My sonWhat would you sing at If you could only eat one mealKaraoke night? for the rest of your life, whatHotel-California would it be? Zinger BurgersHow would your friendsdescribe you? What's your favorite type ofVery calm foreign food? ChineseWent hunting with my four friends in my own car andchased a wild animal with a gun !!

Behind The Desk ! Know Your Colleague More!A moment with Mr. Ramandeep (CFO)Are you a clean or messy What's the most daringperson? thing you've ever done?Clean Have gone for hunting in my own car and chased a wildWhich is your favorite fast food animal with a gun with fourchain? of us.Burger King (original one) What celebrity would youWhich is your favorite movie? like to meet at Starbucks forScarface a cup of coffee? Salmaan Khan Are you related or distantlyrelated to anyone famous? If you had to describeNo, I am famous enough yourself as an animal, which one would it be? Rabbit Who knows you the best? My wife



Republic Day CelebrationsThis Republic day an online quiz was organizedat HO where 250 employees had registered andparticipated PAN-India. The event was a greatsuccess and the response was over-whelming.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (March’15)An interesting initiative taken A “Women’s Daythis year was the women’sday celebration which was Online quiz” washeld at the HO(Pune).A part ofthis initiative a “VLCC- organized forwellness camp” wasorganized by VLCC for all employees PAN India,employees at HO which wasattended by 100 employees.In where we receivedcontinuation with thewomen’s day celebrations a registrations for 500“Self defense training” forwomen employees was employees. Fiveconducted which wasattended by 70 employees. winners were declared as a part of this initiative

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (March’15)An entire week was The HOD’s also sharedcelebrated on account of some messages onInternational women’s day. women’s day which wereInvited broadcasted on different‘Thank you’ messages from social media platformsemployees for influentialwomen in their lives. Their An online message waspictures and messages shared with all thewere broadcasted as employees carrying someposters PAN India. useful self defense tips forAn e-excerpt of the book women.”Lean-In” was sent fromHead-HR’s desk for allwomen employees.

Mother’s Day CelebrationAn attempt to bring a smile on her face thatshe truly deserves!

HOLI CELEBRATIONS AT BALICHoli was celebrated with fun and frolic acrossIndia All employees came together to dive intothis fun where they were all soaked in a pool ofcolours! It was indeed a fun event and broughtout some big smiles amongst our employees.

ICC WORLD CUP 2015 (March’15)Howzzat!! This march for To add to this fun andthe very first of its kind at laughter was theBALIC was the ICC World launch of the “PhotoCup which was aired live Booth” which was afor our employees at Head great success! We hadoffice and Finserv! It was many employees whoindeed an exciting event cam forward to be awhich was equally part of this fun rideenjoyed by all and addedto a large amount of teambonding. “Bleed Blue”was the theme on the dayof quarter an semi-finals !

LIVE SCREENING OF IPL 2015 MATCHES AT HO (APRIL’15) Screening of IPL matches from 11th April at HOIPL matches were screened live at the Head Office(Pune) on the 11th of April where all employeesgathered to be a part of this exhilarating match!

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WHAT’S HAPPENING @ BALIC?!?Did you ever think losing could be so rewarding! Well now it is! At BALIC we are THE CHALLENGERS!running yet another season Rajashree Nandaof our very own BIGGEST Pranshu ThakurLOSER challenge, where we Harshal Anil Yadavhave invited our employees Shikha Guptato be a part of this contest Kinjal Desaiand have the opportunity to Suaid Rasheedgrab tons of exciting gifts on Parikshit Morethis occasion. This contest Subhendu Mishrawas launched on world Shraddha Gaikwadhealth day and will run for Sadhana Narkeduration of 2 months. The Geetanjali Sabharwalcontestant who loses the Shabbirhusenmaximum weight at the end Kathewadiof this time period will be N Nirmal Royandeclared the winner! We Bivek Kumarhave many enthusiastic Sourabh Vaygaonkaremployees who have shown G. Sabarishthe courage to take up this Jitendra Kumarchallenge. We congratulatethem all and wish them thebest of luck for thischallenge.

As a part of the challenge “Sante” was a fitnessvarious events were session organized on 27thcarried out to keep the April 2015 at HO for all theemployees motivated to employees.keep up with thisHercules challenge. Bollywood stories go aA wellness campaign long way! To keep ourwas organized with contestants motivated“Herbal Life-wellness” as “Celebrity Diaries- If theythe wellness partner. This can do it, so can you”campaign provided a BMI was shared with alland body weight employees wherein thecalculation to all the best of the dieting mantrasemployees at HO. of Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha was“Become a Healthier U” shared with all theSome of the best Weight employees.loss tips were sharedwith all employees to aidthem in bringingabout healthy eatingand dieting habits.

A campaign to sensitize the office hours for women employees Your safety is important to us!!This drive was focused on strengthening on time office leavingculture for all employees, specially women employees toensure that they reach their homes safe and sound on time.

SWINE FLU CAMPSMore than 90% of employees participated in the drive including their FamiliesPrevention is better thanCure!Swine Flu Camps wereconducted at high alertareas as a preventionmeasure against swineflu. The camp wasconducted at all the highalert locations across thecountry



GIFT AN APPRECIATION To create a culture ofappreciation, an appreciation box named as “Gift anappreciation” has been kept in all offices PAN-India Employees will write their appreciation on the card foranyone and put it into the box. This will help in creating a positive spiral at workplace.

Gift an AppreciationAt Delhi-CPAt Head Office-Pune



IPL II PRIZE DISTRIBUTION CEREMONYThis April the most awaited results of IPL-2 were declaredand the prizes were distributed to all the winners! Investment Team

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DIGITAL TOWNHALLOn the 18th of May 2015, Digital Town Hall was organized tobring all the employees at different locations together toconnect with the CEO and all the HODs. 69 Locations were connected LIVE. ! There was an active participation PAN-India, 1208 employees attended the Townhall . 80% of those who attended the Townhall found it to be an Excellent and Insightful Event.

CEO & HOD communicationsTo enhance the visibility of HOD communications isCEO communications andto make sure the a recent initiative whereemployees have fullyunderstood the latest all the HODs have startedupdates, the HR team hastaken this initiative to sharing monthlydicuss the communicationin various forums – Open communications fromhouse sessions andSampark visits their desks in order to bring more clarity on departmental changes, achievements, Key Focus Areas Recognitions

AES FGDAES (Allianz Engagement Survey) Focused GroupDiscussions were conducted to discuss solutionsbased on Organizational Key focus areas (OKFAs)derived out of AES conducted in sep’14. TheOrganizational Key Focus areas are as listed below:•Employee Engagement•Learning and Development•Performance and Compensation•Work Life and Heath Management

OPEN HOUSE SESSION at HO & Sampark at BranchesAn Open house session This is to get the support of the employees in order towas conducted to engage work together to make our company theour employees through ”Best company to work for” in line withdialogue. This session is our vision statementintended to have an “Sampark” visits have successfully conducted atinteraction with the CEO, to various branches to interact with employees and addressbring out any HR related their queries, making them aware of the importantqueries, Organizational organizational announcementsAccouchements OHS KFA’s.This is to encourage theteams to give feedbackabout issues that they thinkare most crucial infacilitating businessdevelopment or the factorsconstraining business and toprovide the support theyrequire from their leaders.HRuses this forum to indicatetheir aspirations and howthey think management andHR can fulfill them together

LAUNCH OF REGIONAL COUNCILSOn the 6th of April 15 an initiative at BALIC-State level was taken which was aimed at providing acommon platform to bring all departments togetherand bond as ONE TEAM. This was spread across 19locations. This will act as a platform for al departmentsto come together and discuss their issues ,achievements and ideas.The states where regional council was conductedinclude: UP, Jalandhar, Jammu, Haryana, Rajasthanand many others.

UTSAAHTo add to the list of Organizational Development Is “UTSAAH”a committee which consists of our enthusiastic, creative andoutgoing employees who have taken up an initiative to takeup more than their designated work and contribute to theorganizations growth at a larger level. We congratulate all thechosen ambassadors and wish good luck for their futureendeavors!

Fun Corner Comi-Corner

FUN CORNER!! Identify the company logos! 1) 6) 2) 7) 3) 8) 4) 9) 5) 10)Spice it up! We invite all employees to come up withslogan for our very own Newsletter!Send in your answers to:[email protected] ComiCorner

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