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Volume 7 đ January Issue 2018 1
As they say, a Brand is the ‘promise of a pending
experience’, so it is, and this holds true to its
entirety for organizations too. Every employee
in an organization is responsible for delivering
the brand promise of their organization and who
other than a motivated and engaged employee
can make it happen.
Experts from the Gallup Organization say
customers are affected by their experiences with
your employees three to six times more than
any other marketing initiative and thus there is a
compelling link between employees satisfaction
and customer experience which in turn leads to
improved financial performance.
Very often than not we ask or are being asked
“where do you work?” This happens all the
time when we meet someone new and we have
both good and bad stories to share. So it all
comes down to this: How can we assure that
our employees have many more good than bad
stories to share with our prospective employees
and customers?
In the age of social and digital marketing, we
often find ourselves looking for new ways of
developing brand ambassadors that can help
us forge an emotional connection with our
customers. But all too often, when we are on the
lookout for outside voices that can help us to
spread a brand’s message; we overlook the most
valuable assets of any business – the employees.
They are the people living and breathing our
brand every day.
At India Power, we know our employees are the
greatest asset we have and our endeavour is to
cultivate a workforce that lives up to the core
values and advocates the organization’s culture
comprising of 3 D’s – Discipline, Dedication and
Devotion.
We have tried to build the organization’s
culture into every aspect of the HR deliverables,
from finding right talent, to inspiring talent,
assessing and developing performances, and
in appreciating, rewarding and celebrating
achievements at every stage.
‘Meet, Greet and Seat’ is the most important part
of the talent acquisition process we pursue. The
process is driven with fairness and objectivity.
Not every candidate we interact with is inducted
into the system. However, we value the time
and interest shown by every candidate and
provide adequate feedback to them at every
stage. The prospective candidates are provided
with a detailed job description which consists
of the technical and behavioural competencies
expected out of the role. The selection process
is a fusion of both technical and behavioural
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE
OUR BEST BRAND AMBASSADORS

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checkpoints. A good interview experience also
creates a good perception about the brand of
the organization. We also believe in keeping our
passive seekers active and from time to time
share articles and news about the company. We
also make extensive use of social media platform
for connecting, and sharing information with
professionals across the globe.
While employee engagement is an ongoing
activity, it is true that employees talk about the
new organization and lot more in the first few
months of joining when they go through several
anxious moments. In India Power, our effort is
to ensure that this experience is as seamless as
possible. On the day of joining the employee is
greeted by one of the members of the HR team
and during the day he/she is given a complete
run through of the organization, its various
businesses, its culture, vision, mission and the
important guidelines, policies and procedures of
employment which he/she might look for during
the initial days. This is to keep him/her engaged
and make him/her feel comfortable and happy
with the decision to join the organization.
Right from the day the employee joins to the first
three months he/she spends in the organization,
he/she is taken through the ‘FORMULA 1’
review and feedback model, where feedback
is obtained from the new comer at the end of
the 1st day, 1st week, 1st month and 1st quarter
in carefully designed forms. The feedback is
closely evaluated to comprehend the views of
the new comer. This mechanism ensures high
engagement with the new hire and effective
two way communication where the organization
reaches out to the employee constantly to seek
feedback and the employee can also raise issues
and grievances with the comfort and confidence
that it will be resolved.
India Power has completed 98 years of operation
in the power distribution business and the only
reason why it still stands tall is going with the
pace of digital transformation. The company
is adorned with a mix of people of different
generations; Baby Boomers, Generation X, Gen
Y (the Millennials) and Gen Z (the Centennials).
More than 48% of our workforce is Millennials,
and one of their predominant traits is they are
extremely ‘tech-savvy’. With this idea in mind, the
company came up with ‘employee self service
portal’, ‘online pms module’ and ‘e-learning
platform’ and we are continuously working on
developing other online employee engagement
tools.
The learning centre in India Power is committed
to providing incessant training and development
to the employees through various means
because as brand ambassadors our employees
must truly embrace the values of our company.
It has created a platform called ‘Sparkz’ to
engender sharing of knowledge, soft skill
development techniques, tips on physical fitness
and motivational talks. Nominations are invited
across all levels including leadership team for
conducting sessions. This not only helps in
building affinity amongst employees but also
provides opportunity to employees to build
upon their soft skills. The learning centre takes
initiative to conduct workshops in the areas of
common interest like ‘Self Defence’, ‘Meditation’,
and ‘Physical Fitness’.
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High involvement from the leadership team
increases faith and trust that an employee has
in an organization. Weekly, Fortnightly and
Monthly meetings with the Business Head and
Management Committee ensure that employees
are updated about the business development
and forthcoming challenges to cope with.
We have a robust online performance
management system which starts with the goal
setting exercise followed by mid-year review
and annual appraisal. During the mid-year the
targets are reconsidered and revised after a
one-to-one discussion between the appraiser
and the appraised. The constraints and training
needs are recorded and addressed adequately.
We do conduct employee feedback surveys
and dipstick study. This is primarily done to
give voice to our employees, involve them in
the development process and enhance their
engagement levels. It helps us identify areas
which are appreciated by employees and ones
which need to be acted upon for organizational
growth. Of late we have also tied up with the
‘Great Place to Work (GPW)’, to understand
where we stand as an employer and what we can
do to build high-trust culture in our organization.
We have started with the initiative ‘Friday
DEAL (Drop Everything and Listen)’ in which
an article / a video / a TED Talk clip is shared
with the Leadership Team every Friday. It is an
initiative to foster motivation, inspiration and
engagement. In order to create a ‘Sharing and
Caring’ culture we have created a platform ‘HR-
LR (HR – Listen and Respond)’ where employees
are encouraged to reach out to the Head of HR
directly during a stated time on every working
Saturday, share their concerns and queries and
have them addressed.
‘My-Story-Worth-Sharing’ is an initiative taken
to encourage employees share the stories on
how they chase their passion/hobby or some
interesting event which has impacted their
lives. This helps grow fellow-feeling amongst
employees and makes them feel that the
company respects and encourages their creative
side too.
Another such initiative is the formation of ‘Special
Interest Group (SIG)’. To start with, six groups
have been created based on hobbies/interest
areas of employees namely ‘Singing & Dancing’,
‘Nature Walk’, ‘Cooking’, ‘Photography’, ‘Sports’
and ‘Social Service’. Employees are encouraged
to become part of one or more of these groups
based on their interest areas. On occasions where
the company represents a bigger platform for an
event or a cause, employees in the SIGs relevant
to that event or cause will be participating
collectively to represent the company. This
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Employee morale often gets a boost
when they are recognized through
workplace celebrations.
helps employees think beyond work and keep
their creative self alive. The employees are
also encouraged to share ideas on improving
productivity, new businesses etc and the ones
found to be worth sharing are rewarded with
credit points.
In India Power, we truly feel that rewarding
exceptional performers and celebrating
achievements are the best motivators
for achieving greater results and building
employee commitment and loyalty towards the
organization. ‘Star of the Month’ and ‘Flashman
of the Quarter’ are some of the monetary
rewards we have introduced. Besides this we
have ‘On the Spot Award Scheme’ where the
idea is to appreciate the extra ‘effort’ put in
by the employee in performing the day to day
activities and encourage out of box thinking by
the employee which results in saving time and/
or money.
Employee morale often gets a boost when
they are recognized through workplace
celebrations. Celebrating birthdays once in a
month and arranging small events occasionally
on festivals provide an enjoyable break from the
monotony of the workplace and helps recharge
our employees. We also organize intra/inter
departmental football/cricket matches and
family picnics. This not only encourages team-
building and brings the employees together for
one purpose but also gives them a chance to get
to know one another beyond work and create
moments to reminisce in future.
Apart from our employees, we also feel that the
commitment, trust and loyalty shown by our
clients, vendors and other stakeholders towards
us and our commitment towards the society at
large, are also imperative in the overall growth
of the company. They all are our valued brand
ambassadors who carry forward the brand of
India Power in a big way.
As a responsible corporate citizen we are
constantly working in the areas of Education,
Health, Women Empowerment, Sports and
Rural Development. We are also in the process
of devising a tool/platform where we can have
periodic feedback of our clients and vendors
and work upon to enhance our services towards
them. All our beneﬁciaries and partners in
these social activities are also our valued brand
ambassadors.
We in India Power work continuously towards
doing everything possible to empower our own
employees to be the best advocates they can be.
As is rightly said ‘Treat your employees like they
make a difference and they will’.
Article contributed by HR Team
COVER STORY

INDIA POWER PARTICIPATES IN THE 12TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ON POWER DISTRIBUTION IN INDIA
The government’s most ambitious reform move
for the distribution segment, the Ujwal Discom
Assurance Yojana (UDAY), is now nearing the
two-year mark. While there is still a long way
to go, discoms have begun to show some
tangible results on the ground. Twenty-seven
states (including union territories) are now on
board UDAY. With ﬁnancial re-engineering, the
composition of discom debt has changed in the
favour of state-guaranteed debt. The average
AT&C losses for UDAY states have come down
by 4 percentage points to 20.2 percent in
2016-17. There has also been a reduction in
the gap between cost and revenues as well
as in interest costs. In order to leverage the
infrastructure created under these programmes
and upgrade it to the next level to include smart
grid capabilities, the National Smart Grid Mission
has been a key initiative. Four new projects are
currently being implemented under the mission,
inadditiontothe14pilotprojectsapprovedbythe
power ministry in 2012. Once completed, these
projects are expected to serve as business cases
for the introduction of new technologies. An
integral component of the various government
programmes are smart meters. Around 1 million
smart meters are proposed to be deployed
under the pilot projects and the National Smart
Grid Mission projects, while another 1 million are
being considered for deployment by various
discoms and private utilities. To encourage the
uptake of smart meters and remove the cost
barrier, the government is working out a business
model that would aggregate demand and bring
down prices. With the roll-out of smart meters
and advanced solutions such as DAS, outage
management, asset management software, IoT,
big data analytics and cloud computing, utilities
are expected to progressively move towards the
goal of digital transformation. However, as most
utilities are still at early stages of digitalisation,
they need to evolve their business and operating
models to address the issues of costs, skills,
cyber security NS vulnerabilities etc.
The mission of the conference was to analyse the
key trends and developments in the distribution
segment, discuss the impact and progress under
key government programmes, and showcase
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THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
INDO-CANADIAN BUSINESS CHAMBER
India Power Corporation Limited partnered with
Indo-Canadian Business Chamber for its Annual
National Convention 2017 which was held on
13th November, 2017 at Hotel Shangri-La’s Eros,
New Delhi.
ICBC organized the conference with the support
of the High Commission of Canada in India
and Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.
Approximately 100-200 Canadian companies
participated in the summit and the Convention
INDIA POWER AT CII’S CSR MEET
Confederation of Indian Industry has always been cognizant of the role
industry can play. Towards this, CII has extended its agenda beyond
business and has been closely working in the social development
sector for the last two decades. With this objective CII‘s ITC Centre for
Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) organized the 10th
edition of Corporate Social Responsibility Meet on 29th November
2017 at The Gateway Hotel, Kolkata with the theme, “Exploring CSR -
Rediscovering Avenues: The Journey of Social Responsibility”.
Mrs Bonnya Bose, DGM – PR & Communications participated at this
prestigious congress and marked the participation of India Power
amongst other industry stalwarts.
best practices and new initiatives that are being
taken by discoms. It also highlighted new and
emerging technology trends and solutions,
and examined the potential opportunities and
challenges associated with digitalisation.
Mr Sanjeev Seth, CEO - India Power participated
in this conclave which highlighted the issue
on “New Initiatives, Best Practices, Promising
Technology” on November 15-16, 2017 at
Le Meridien, New Delhi. He spoke on DISCOM
PERSPECTIVE on the state of the distribution
segment, new initiatives taken in the recent past
and the future plans with the key issues and
challenges faced.
SEMINARS & CONCLAVES
covered cross sectors such as Fintech, EduTech,
AgriTech, Intelligent data etc.
Mr Somesh Dasgupta, President – IPCL and Mr
A K Goswami, Whole-time Director – IPCL were
present at the congress. Mr Dasgupta was one
of the key panellists of the prestigious event and
shared his vast knowledge and experience on
the chosen topic of the conference “Innovation,
Entrepreneurship & Digitization”.

11TH ENERGY SUMMIT
India Power took part in the 11th India Energy
Summit titled “India’s Energy Transitions:
Opportunities and Challenges” organized by
Indian Chamber of Commerce on the 28th
& 29th November 2017 at Hotel Le Meridien,
New Delhi.
Thisyearthefocusoftheconferencewasonissues
like India’s Energy Transitions: Opportunities &
Challenges, Unlocking the Demand for Power,
Cleaner Environment through E-Mobility, Euro 6
and Cleaner Kitchens, Building Synergy between
Renewables & Fossil Fuels, Financing Energy
Projects in a dynamically changing Energy
Sector, the Power Utilities and Maximizing gains
of UDAY Scheme and Exclusive Panel Discussion
with Private Discoms.
The key highlights of the Summit were on
Technical Aspects and Policy Discussions,
presence of Senior Government Officials, Policy
Makers and eminent Industry Players, presence
of International Experts and Release of Exclusive
Knowledge Report on Indian Energy.
Alongwitheminentspeakersandindustryleaders
namely Mr R K Singh, Chief Guest and Hon’ble
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power
and New & Renewable Energy, Government of
India; Summit Chairman Mr Anil Razdan, Former
Union Power Secretary, Government of India
and Summit Co-Chair Mr Rajesh Pandey, IAS,
CMD, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution
Company Limited (WBSEDCL); Mr Sanjeev Seth,
CEO – India Power, was one of the honorable
speakers of this esteemed summit.
The CEO commenced with his emphasis on the
topics of challenges of “Fuel Security Concerns,
Poor Financial Health of State DISCOMs,
Under Procurement of Power by State, Inimical
Financing Environment Imbalance Regulatory
Interventions” and proceeded to state the key
points, issues and prospects of Regulatory
Constraints, Capacity Creation, Financial
Needs, Technological Obsolescence and HR
Development. Narrating the government
interventions thereafter and initiatives taken by
MOP, Mr Seth highlighted the way forward by
focusing on Electricity Act 2003 Propositions,
Current Status, and expected Amendments EA
2014. He concluded with Power Distribution
Opportunities through Analytics and machine
Learning, Block Chain Technology and the
Initiatives taken at IPC(B)L to reduce losses.

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APFHRM BOARD MEETING AND REGIONAL CONFERENCE
AT HONG KONG
INDIA POWER PARTICIPATES AT TECHNO INDIA’S
“LEADERS TALK AT CAMPUS” INITIATIVE
Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (HKIHRM) ﬁrst time organised their next Annual
Board Meeting and Regional Conference of Asia Paciﬁc Federation of Human Resource Management
(APFHRM) during the period of November 20th – 24th, 2017 at Hong Kong. Mr Somesh Dasgupta,
President – India Power Corporation limited, was invited to attend the meeting as a Board member
and was also invited as a guest speaker in their regional conference.
Participations of this stature on an international platform help our organization gain recognition and
visibility in the international forum among other industry .
The Techno India University organized their “Leaders Talk at Campus” on November 17, 2017 at their
Rajarhat, Kolkata, campus where Mr Jiban Krishna Das, VP – Engineering and Project Management,
IPCL, was invited to share his knowledge and experience with the budding engineers.
The primary topic of the session was “Smart Grid in Smart City” and Mr Das shared a vivid knowledge
on - state of the art smart grid technologies and their application in township distribution particularly
in smart cities.

As a continuous pursuit to equip itself with the state of the art technologies, IPCL is going to install new
generation Network SCADA in the T&D Network of Asansol to achieve higher Operational Efficiency,
Reliability & improved Customer Satisfaction. Implementation of SCADA is for the ﬁrst time in the
history of IPCL. The Corporate Engg. & Project Team is executing the Project.
The J K Nagar Substation will be Master Control Center from where Control & Monitoring of the
downstream 33/11kV substations like Feeder Road, Ikhra, Dhasal, Mangalpur, Gopalpur, Seebpur,
Dishergarh, Satgram & Luchipur will be done with the implementation of SCADA. The selection of
the above substations has been done on priority basis and execution will be in phases with MPLS as
communication backbone.
IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORK SCADA
AT ASANSOL T&D SYSTEM
PROJECT UPDATE
JK Nagar Master Monitoring & Control Centre
(Central SCADA)
New City office
of IPCL, Asansol
SLDC, Howrah &
IPCL HO, Saltlake
Satgram
Substation
Seebpur
Substation
Luchipur
Substation
Dishergarh
Substation
Gopalpur
Substation
Mangalpur
Substation
Dhasal
Substation
Ikra
Substation
Feeder Road
Substation
PROPOSED SCADA CONNECTIVITY
Phase-I: J K Nagar will be Master Control Center and 33/11kV substations like Feeder Road, Ikhra,
Dhasal, Gopalpur & Mangalpur will be made SCADA compatible and will be connected in SCADA
network.
Phase-II: 33/11kV substations like Dishergarh, Seebpur, Mangalpur & Luchipur will be made SCADA
compatible and will be connected in SCADA network.
Why SCADA?
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We are glad to declare that in our TD system, we are going to install Indoor type Gas Insulated
Switchgear (GIS) for the ﬁrst time in the history of IPCL. It will be the 132kV GIS which will be installed
at J K Nagar with extension of existing 220kV system. This will improve operational reliability by great
extent and ensure reduced maintenance cost. The Project is under execution in full swing by the
Corporate Engg. Project Dept.
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PROJECT UPDATE
The revamping of J K Nagar with extension of existing 220kV system, installation of 2 nos 220/132kV
Transformers, 132kV Indoor GIS is required to supply Traction Power to Eastern Railway at its
Pandabeswar TSS in 132kV supply voltage.
MEENAKSHI ENERGY LIMITED
Mr Kamal Kant, CEO Meenakshi Energy Limited and his team successfully started Steam Blowing for
the Unit 3 2x350 MW on 20 December 2017.
Kudos To the Entire Team of Meenakshi Energy Limited

NEW SCHEME IN FATEHPUR TOWN
In order to ensure better power supply at Fatehpur town area, IPC(B)L launches a scheme
for bifurcation of existing 11 kV feeder dividing Fatehpur town in two parts. Presently the same
power is taken for Fatehpur town as well as the adjoining rural areas. This will facilitate for power
supply exclusively in the town and other parts of the rural areas. In this process, the area MLA
Mr Kumar Sarvjeet along with DGM Technical and Mr Sunil Mishra, Manager – Vigilance and Liaisoning,
visited the site and met all the relevant people of the area and announced the implementation by end
of January, 2018. Mr Kumar Sarvjeet also appreciated our attempts to reach the people of rural area
and also urged the people to pay the bills for better power supply.
Article contributed by PR Team - IPC(B)L
INDIA POWER (BODHGAYA)
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NEGOTIATE TO WIN
Negotiating effectively requires the ability to change the game – moving away from conﬂict and
towards collaboration. To reach an agreement that’s acceptable to both parties we need to negotiate
effectively and have a number of key strategies and tactics at our disposal.
Mr Arindam Chatterjee, a Senior Faculty and Freelancer, attended the session for our employees on
28th November, 2017 at IPCL HO. There were 13 employees from Purchase, HR, Admin and Finance
Departments who have attended the programme. By the end of the session, participants were able
to gain knowledge on the following topics:
TRAININGS
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WRITING SKILL FOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS
During the course of Need Identification Exercise, Senior Leadership Team suggested to organize
a programme on developing the writing skill of their Executive Assistants so that they can support
themselves while drafting official communication, addressing the employees, drafting Minutes of the
meeting etc.
Ms Minakshi Pal, an US certified Trainer conducted this exclusive programme for our 6 EA’s on
30th November, 2017 at IPCL HO. This kind of programme has helped the EAs to understand the
technicalities of written communication on behalf of the Senior Leadership Team.
TRAINING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY TEAM
For our Renewable Energy Team we have organized a programme at HO from 30th October to 4th
November, 2017. This is for the first time, all the employees of sites also assembled together to attend
the training programme. Industry experts on Wind, Mr Amit Patel and Solar, Dr Debjyoti Sarangi
conducted the sessions. There was training through webinar also on Scheduling and Forecasting by
Mr Siddhartha Priyadarshi.
This was an exclusive session organized based on Training Need identified for the Team.
Article contributed by HR Team
TRAININGS

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LAUNCH OF BHARAT PAY CARD
Launch of Bharat Pay is an initiative taken up
by Kanoria Foundation for providing complete
solution to prepaid Cards Management, eKYC
services, AEPS based Banking Services and
Transactions, Domestic Money Transfer Services,
POS solutions and various other Payment and
Credit services through its technology platform.
EVENTS
On 3rd November, 2017 India Power Corporation
Limited introduced the Bharat Pay Card in Gaya
with the objective to serve its customers with
better service. This entire idea is in line with the
Central government’s project of Digital India
and Cashless Transactions. The inauguration of
the Bharat Pay Card was graced by Mr Jitendra
Prasad Srivastava, Divisional Commissioner
– Magadh, who was chief guest of the event
along with honourable guests Mr Shyam Kishor
Jha – Additional District Judge – Special Power
(HJS) and Mr Sanjay Kumar Jha, Additional
Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM 1-Judge),
Mr Shiv Kailash Dalmiya, Mr Ambaresh Parekh,
CEO – Bharat Pay Card, Mr Sanjeev Seth,
CEO – IPCL, Mr Subir Das , Head – Gaya DF
[IPC(B)L] and other dignitaries of India Power.
Our esteemed consumers were also present at
the momentous event.
EXHIBITION AT ASANSOL UTSAV
The Asansol Durgapur Development Authority
(ADDA) organized the Asansol Utsav from 3rd
November to 12th November, 2017 at the ADDA
Ground in Asansol. The event was organized
by the West Bengal State Government with
the objective to felicitate the developmental
progress of West Bengal.
India Power participated in this 10-day long
festival and had put a stall at the Utsav premises.
Mr Somesh Dasgupta, President – IPCL,
Mr Harminder Mohan Bareja, VP – HR,
Mr Debasish Sarkar, VP – Technical, Mr Partha
Chattaraj, GM – HR and other officials and
dignitaries of IPCL were present on the
inaugural day.
IPCL stall experienced a huge footfall which
quiet signiﬁcantly marked success of IPCL’s
participation.

SANJHA SAMPARK CAMP BY
INDIA POWER CORPORATION (BODHGAYA) LIMITED
IPC(B)L organised Sanjha Sampark camp in one
of the furthest remote areas of Tankuppa of Gaya
DF Business Area Unit 3. The camp experienced
a footfall of around 476 consumers and all of
their issues were attended and resolved by the
employees at the service desk which includes
providing NSCS. In this camp Mr Kumar Sarvjeet,
MLA – Bodhgaya, Mr Mahendra Yadav, Zilla
Panchayat Member and Gram Mukhya were
present and they appreciated this initiative of the
company. Besides they also advised to organize
more such camps for other rural areas as well.
IPC(B)L took up the advice given by Bodhgaya
MLA and Zilla Panchayat Member and Gram
Mukhya and organized more such camps
at rural consumer base in Bathani Market
Business Area. In this camp Smt Kunti Devi,
MLA Atri Vidhansabha, her PA, Mukhiya and
other dignitaries of the market and panchayet
were present. IPC(B)L Gaya DF Business Head
Mr Subir Das along with Mr Sunil Mishra,
Mr Sachin Patil, Mr Neeraj pandey and other
officials were present at the camp. Smt Kunti
Devi appreciated the initiative and the Mukhya
ensured all kinds of support to India Power from
the Market consumers and the villagers.
IPC(B)L has successfully organized
10 more such camps in Business Area 1, 2 and 3
EVENTS

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SWARA SAMRAT, 2017
India Power has been associating itself with Shri
Ranjani Foundation, a non-proﬁt organization
to organize one of the niche Classical Music
Festivals of the city, “Swara Samrat”, which is
the signature Music Festival of Pandit Tejendra
Narayan Majumder, an eminent Sarod Player of
the country.
The Swara Samrat Festival Season VI was held on
16th and 17th December, 2017 at Nazrul Manch,
Kolkata. This year the festival featured legendary
musicians and dancers of the country including
Ustad Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia, Kaushiki
Chakraborty, Pandit Subhankar Banerjee,
Purbayan Chatterjee, Pandit Anindyo Chatterjee,
Rajendra Gangani, Pandit Sanjay Mukherjee,
Ken Zuckerman, Pandit Parimal Chakraborty,
Gundecha Brothers, U Rajesh, Snehasish
Mozumder, Ojas Adhiya and SV Ramani.
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN LIKE NEVER BEFORE!!
On the auspicious occasion of Diwali, India
Power initiated to make a power-packed impact
on the Asansol consumers. On the 98th year
of celebrating the completion of operations in
Asansol, our company took the initiative to light
up the smile on its consumer’s faces.
With this objective, IPCL team organized a
Flashmob Dancing at the Sentrum Mall in
Srishti Nagar, Asansol. The primary message
of the campaign was to celebrate the spirit of
the festival by spreading happiness amongst
all. Dance performance included placards
highlighting the messages on proper usage of
electricity delivered to the society. Pollution
being one of the major points of concern IPCl
also emphasized on making Diwali a happy
festival for aged people, asthma patients and
even animals.
Our effort turned out to be a great success when
mall-visitors proactively participated and a large
crowd gathered to appreciate this initiative of
the company.
EVENTS

EVENTS
FIRE MOCK DRILL AT HEAD OFFICE
MASS VIGILANCE DRIVE IN GAYA DF AREA
Emergencies, such as ﬁre and explosion,
are immediate threats for the health of the
employees. In order to minimise the impact, it is
necessary that every person in such a situation
knows exactly what to do. This requires repeated
exercises or drills. On 6th December 2017, the
performance has been evaluated with the able
captaincy of our in-house trainer, Mr Siddharta
Das in the gracious presence of Mr Ashok Kumar
Goswami, Director and Mr Somesh Dasgupta,
President.
The drill was initiated by Mr Kamal Jana, AGM-
Liaison.
Mr Sajal Mitra, Mr Joydeb Goswami,
Mr Sunil Purkait, Mr Partha Das from Electrical
Department; Mr Prabir Dey, Mr Mrinal Ghosh,
India Power Corporation (Bodhgaya) Limited took up the mass vigilance raid and disconnection
initiative with the help of Gaya Police so as to combat the non-payment of vigilance amount in Gaya
DF area. 1 Head Constable and 3 Constables, all armed properly, accompanied the IPC(B)L Vigilance
team throughout the day and covered the entire Gaya DF area.
Such vigilance drives are very pivotal activity from the company’s business point of view to maintain
sanity and smoothness in revenue generation.
Mr Subhasis Dey, Mr Joydeb Adhikary,
Mr Solemon Biswas, Mr Romit Saha,
Mr Amitabha Das, Mr Sushil Singh, Mr Mohan
Reddy, Mr RP Bari, Mr Sudip Nandy,
Mr Hasibuddin Molla, Mr Ajay Das from Security
Department, Mr Saumen Bhattacharya, Mr Tamal
Das, Mr Kesto Thakur, Mr Dipak Maity, Mr Abhijit
Sen, Mr Subir Chatterjee, Mr Ananda Mondal
and Mr Shankar Duary from Administration
Department; Ms Bandita Mukherjee, Mr Goutam
Saha from HR, Mr Sandip Saha, Mr Rawny
Mukherjee from IT proactively attended the
training programme.
Planning and execution of the exercises were
based on the experience of real scenarios. The
drills are now planned to be performed frequently
to ensure that no one forgets the process.

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SAY “NO” TO DOWRY
BCCI WALKATHON – WALK FOR A CAUSE
INDIA POWER PARTICIPATES IN THE PROCAM INTERNATIONAL
ANANDA RUN MARATHON
India Power Corporation (Bodhgaya) Limited
being a responsible corporate participated in
a dowry abolition campaign named “SAY NO
TO DOWRY” to mark its strong oppose to the
dowry system which is a curse to our society.
Dowry system in our country has been one of
the most challenging menaces of the society
since time immemorial. Legends like Raja
Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar,
Mahatma Gandhi tried their best to awaken the
Indian society against this system and uproot it
completely. Although they succeeded in lowering
the rate of this practice, however, it could not be
uprooted entirely till date. The Indian criminal
laws were comprehensively amended to include
dowry as a punishable offence and Section
304B was added to the Indian Penal Code, 1860
(“IPC”). Even then the orthodox Indian society
could not give up this practice.
The Bengal Chamber of Commerce Industry
(BCCI) organized a fund raising sporting
event at Saltlake, Kolkata to support the
cause of donating blankets to underprivileged
children/orphans. The event was organized with
the objective to bring enthusiastic professional
and novice runners on one platform defining the
true spirit of humanity and sportsmanship and
generate awareness for fitness.
India Power marked its presence in this event
with the highly enthusiastic participation of
Mr Saumen Bhattacharya, Mr Gautam Saha,
Mr Manoj Singh and Abhishek.
Today, running is one of the fastest growing
sports and the most popular mass participation
activity in the country. Adding to the sporting
culture of Kolkata, Procam International brought
more joy to the city of joy with its first unique
distance running event, Procam International
Kolkata 25K .
This year India Power has taken initiatives to
participate in Procam International Ananda Run
The responsible literate section of the society
is still fighting to abolish this system and India
Power, as an entity, is one of them.
EVENTS

6 Kms 10km Marathon Categories . Total of
23 employees have participated in Ananda Run
and 5 employees in 10km category. The active
participation of the employees made this event
grand success. The marathon started from the
High court ground and finished at the same
starting point after covering the pre defined
route and distance of every individual category.
Such events not only add to the physical fitness
but also are a very good stress buster for
working professionals to maintain good work
life balance. So we would like to have bigger
participation in the forthcoming events, which
we shall keep updating. India Power strongly
focuses on Experience through Sports (ETS)
concept in order to build a sporting culture in
the organization.
INDIA POWER SHINES BRIGHT AT THE FIRST EVER CORPORATE
ROWING (INDOOR) PREMIER LEAGUE
Bengal Water Sports with the aim to promote
sports and fitness among the Kolkatans hosted
the first ever Corporate Rowing (Indoor)
Premier League on 16th and 17th December,
2017 at the Bengal rowing Club, Kolkata. About
50 enthusiastic corporates including Cognizant,
IBM, India Bulls, and R N Tagore Hospital took
part in this competition.
India Power Corporation Limited participated
in this competition as well and after a tough
competition bagged the 2nd Runners Up
Trophy besides winning Trophies and Medals
in other categories such as Mix Doubles
(Quick Burst), Women Fours, Women Singles,
Best Novice Rower. Mr Prabhajit Sarkar,
Mr Sandip Saha, Mr Tamal Das, Mr Suvadip Mitra,
Mr Gaurav, Mr Abhrajyoti Bose, Mr Abhishek,
Ms Shalini Mukherjee, Ms Babita Sarkar,
Ms Varsha Chhaochharia, and Ms Sohini
Mukherjee represented India Power as a team.
We congratulate the entire team
for such a spectacular performance!!
EVENTS

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MEENAKSHI ENERGY LIMITED ORGANISES
BLOOD DONATION CAMP
INITIATIVES TAKEN BY MEENAKSHI ENERGY
Continuing the tradition of serving the needy
under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
initiatives, Meenakshi Energy Limited (MEL) in
association with Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS)
organised a Voluntary Blood Donation Camp at
the Site on 1st December, 2017 (Friday).
Leading by example, MEL Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Mr Kamal Kant commenced the camp by
donating blood. 100 employees from MEL and
its business associates/contractors donated the
blood to IRCS. Senior employees Mr Mohinder
Singh Patel, Mr Holiram Chinni, Mr NV Raghunath,
Mr K Mrityunjaya Ram, Mr A Seshagiri Rao and
others too donated their blood.
IRCS awarded each donor with an Insurance
Certiﬁcate worth Rs 50,000 (Accidental
Insurance Policy), Appreciation Letter from
Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Blood Proﬁle
Report and Identity Card that can help the donor
to get blood from IRCS in case of emergency.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
SPREADING JOY FOR ALL

DISTRIBUTION OF STATIONARY TO THE
STUDENTS IN NEED
Meenakshi Energy Limited (MEL) provided
notebooks, school bags, slates, pens, pencils
and other stationary items worth `3 lakh to
279 students of four government run schools
at Thamminapatnam Gram Panchayat on 14th
November, 2017 under its Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Speaking on the occasion, MEL Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) Mr Kamal Kant said that Meenakshi
MEENAKSHI ENERGY LIMITED (MEL) ORGANIZES
FREE MEDICAL CAMP AT THAMMINAPATNAM
A Free Medical Camp was organised at
Thamminapatnam Gram Panchayat in
association with the reputed Simhapuri
Hospital. As many as 338 school going
children were screened at a Free Medical and
Health Camp organized by Meenakshi Energy
Limited (MEL) at Zilla Parishad High School at
Varagali Gram Panchayat under its Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives on
CSR
Energy has been implementing various CSR
interventions to help the neighbourhood
community on Education, Medical Health and
other related fronts. He appealed the students
to make the best use of organization’s initiatives
to grow up in life. Head PR CSR K M Ram,
Teachers and Villagers were also present.
27th December, 2017 (Wednesday). A
10-member team of doctors and paramedical
staff from Simhapuri Hospitals screened the
students of all three schools at Varagali. Based
on their prescriptions, the students were given
medicines at free of cost. Head – Land, PR,
CSR Communications K M Ram, High School
teaching and non-teaching staff and others were
present at the event.

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HEALTH CAMPS ORGANIZED BY HIRANMAYE ENERGY LIMITED
FORMERLY KNOWN AS IPC(H)L
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major fatally
infectious diseases in India. Although the disease
affects people across all the socio-economic
levels of the society, the prevalence of TB is a
lot higher among poor suburban dwellers and
industrial workers.
The Tuberculosis Health Action Learning
Initiative (THALI) project organized its ﬁrst TB
screening camp in a peri-urban locality, in Haldia
municipality area, on 20th December 2017 in
complete coordination and association with
Hiranmaye Energy Limited {formerly known as
India Power Corporation (Haldia) Limited} and
local NGO Nari O Shishu Kalyan Kendra. The
primary objective of the project is to spread
general health awareness and health education
on TB syndromes to detect and cure the ailment
at the very initial stage. On this day besides
the awareness campaign, free health check-up,
diagnosis of diseases, screening and tests for TB
and diabetes were provided to the villagers and
medicines were also donated free of cost.
The camp witnessed a good turn-out of 88
people from the target community. On-the-
spot sputum collection and blood glucose test
facilities were provided for the visitors. A total
of 66 people were administered the Glucosticks
test and sputum samples were collected from
21 persons (presumptive TB cases). The tests
were done by the two technicians from a local
laboratory.
The event turned out to be a very successful
initiative in creating awareness about TB among
the villagers, and at the same time, managed
to provide a much-needed general health
check-up for the target group. Hiranmaye Energy
Limited and Nari O Shishu Kalyan Kendra plans
to organize such camps in other high-priority
villages in the near future.
CSR
Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely
valuable savings account.
- Anne Wilson Schaef

SPREADING JOY IN ASANSOL
On the 8th of October 2017 India Power in
association with URI, an NGO based out of
Asansol conducted “India Power Women Soccer
Tournament” in Asansol, West Bengal.
Inauguration of tournament started at 10am
by welcoming dignitaries such as Shri Moloy
Ghatak, Honorable Minister of Law and Labor,
Government of West Bengal, Mr Somesh
Dasgupta, President of India Power Corporation
Limited, Mr Laxman Thakur, MMIC Asansol
Municipal Corporation , Mr Anirban Das and
Mr Pabitra Maji, Councillors, followed by all
singing the national anthem together on the
WOMEN SOCCER TOURNAMENT
SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN RANIGANJ AREA
BY INDIA POWER PARTNERING WITH SREEOSHI
The year-long Tailoring training in Ranigunj area is being carried out successfully and our Asansol
team has also witnessed the improvement in stitching and cutting capabilities among the trainees.
Their regularity and seriousness towards the training assure us that India power is on the right track.
CSR
ﬁeld. The match started with a kick off by
Sri Moloy Ghatak and Mr Somesh Dasgupta.
The primary objective of the tournament was
not only to support women sports but also to
support such kind of nationally acclaimed sports.
Mr Dasgupta announced his wish to continue
the India Power women soccer tournament
every year which was highly appreciated and
applauded by everyone present at the ground.
8 teams from the Asansol sub division
participated in the tournament and Panchgram
Samity secured the champions trophy by
defeating KJJG Neamatpur team by 2-1 Goals.

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INDIA POWER ORGANIZES HEALTH CAMPS IN ASANSOL
Ujjiban in association with India Power has been successfully organizing Free Health camps and
distributing Water purifiers in the identified schools according to the pre-fabricated year-long plan.
ASANSOL SMILES
Mission Smile is a Medical Charitable Trust
dedicated to provide free life changing cleft care
and surgeries to children born with cleft leap,
cleft palate and other facial deformities. Mission
Smile provides comprehensive cleft care and
surgeries free of cost to all patients in India.
India Power has been associating itself with
this noble cause to give a lot of people the
best gift of their life, their smiles. This year
patients from Asansol area were chosen
for medical screening and finally 10 of the
patients were operated in Fleming Hospital,
Kolkata. The Flag Off was done by Hon’ble
Mayor of Asansol, Mr Jitendra Tiwari where
IPCL officials Mr Somesh Dasgupta, President,
Mr Debashish Sarkar, VP – Technical, Ms Bonnya
Bose, DGM – PR Communications were also
present amidst huge presence of media and
other dignitaries of Asansol.
Beneficiaries included Dipak Mandal, Rakesh
Mahato, Dipak Dey, Aparna Mahali, Arun Das,
Subhajit Banerjee, Angat Doma, Chanchal Barui,
Riya Kalindi and Barsha Bhadhakar from Jamuria,
Bindapathar, Ramban, Jagdihi, Neemtala,
Dharbadanga, Baruipada, Rasdanga, Upcharia
and Sashthikuria respectively.
Name Gender Age
Dipak Mandal M 12Y
Rakesh Mahato M 9M
Dipak Dey M 42Y
Aparna Mahali F 4Y
Arun Das M 1Y
Subhajit Banerjee M 11Y
Angat Doma M 2Y2M
Chanchal Bauri M 17Y
Riya Kalindi F 3Y
Barsha Bhadhakar F 11Y
LIST OF BENEFICIARIES
The joy of bringing a flawless smile to mankind can never be explained in words.
India Power feels privileged to be part of such a cause and aspires to continue
doing the same in the coming years.
CSR

SPREADING JOY IN GAYA
INAUGURATION OF JAY PRAKASH PARK
SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN
CHANDRIKA TRAINING SCHOOL
IPCBL actively took up the responsibility to
renovate Jai Prakash Park situated in Gaya. The
inauguration of the renovated and beautiﬁed
Jay Prakash Park was done in the presence of
IPCL Officials including Mr Somesh Dasgupta –
President, Mr Subir Das – Business Head, Gaya DF,
Ms Bonnya Bose DGM – PR Communications,
Mr Kunal Kishore - HR Head, Gaya, Mr Rakesh
Ranjan - Commercial Head, Gaya, Mr Pramod
Kumar Verma DGM – Technical and Mr Sunil
Kumar Mishra – Manager. The inauguration
programme was graced by DM – Gaya and
Municipal Commissioner – Gaya.
IPCBL inaugurated the Chandrika Prasad
Stitching Training Camp on 31st December,
2017 in the presence of honourable MP Shree
Hari Majhi with Mayor gaya and block pramukh
manpur Smt Anita singh. India Power officials
including Mr Subir Das, Buisness Head – Gaya DF,
Ms Bonyaa Bose, DGM – PR communications,
Mr Sunil Mishra, Manager and Mr Rajesh Kumar
were also present on the inaugural day.
The camp has been started with the objective
to empower the women in need and make them
self sufficient and independent.
MEDICAL CAMPS IN GAYA, BODHGAYA MANPUR
A large medical camp supported by India
Power Team has been inaugurated by Dr Sudhir
Sinha and KD Singh along with media house at
Wajirgung near Dak Bangla More. During this
camp mukhiyas, important person of Wajirganj
block not only participated but also supported
our CSR endeavour for arranging such kind of
medical camp at rural areas. 5 specialist doctors
are now treating. Huge numbers of poor people
of Wajirgunj area gathered on that day.
CSR

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HEADLINES
The Times of India
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FLEXIBILIZATION OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS
Flexibilization
In current Indian power scenario, a substantial
growth of renewable energy has been planned.
By 2022, it is expected to have 175GW capacity
addition of renewable energy which would
significantly alter the energy mix and energy
market scenario in India. The fast growth of Wind
and Solar power necessarily leads to a more
volatile residual load due to their fluctuating
nature. To balance the variable electricity
supply from renewable energy sources, coal
fired power plants need to be more flexible in
terms of possessing resilience to frequent start-
ups, meeting major and rapid load changes, and
providing frequency control duties that make
them reliable power for safe and stable operation
of grid till we have proper storage solution.
European Story
European powermarkethaschangedsignificantly
over the past 10 years. The global recession has
destroyed power demand throughout Europe.
CO2 prices have dramatically fallen as a result
of oversupply – attempts to reform have failed
up to now. US shale gas has increased US coal
exports making coal generation inexpensive than
gas. However global gas prices have oil prices
putting coal at the margin. Incentive schemes
designed to deliver European 2020 targets
have prompted a sturdy and regular growth of
Renewables. Further, the EU has set itself a long-
term goal of lowering greenhouse gas emissions
by way of 80-95%, while as compared to 1990
levels, by 2050.
The figure shows significant renewables
feed-in with direct impact on electricity
production from conventional power plants and
a very limited production by conventional power
plants in times of high renewables feed-in. As
a consequence, Conventional power plants are
required to address hours of limited renewables
production.
All these factors changed the operating regime
of the gas and coal-based power plants from
base load to flexible.
ECONOMIC FLEXIBLE OPERATIONS
THROUGH IUPS
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Source: EEX Transparency

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Source: CEA Monthly Report | *indicates till Oct ‘17
RE Projection
Relevance to India
The primary objective of the Government is
to provide 24×7 power to all with reliability,
affordability and environment friendly nature. In
fulfilling its objective, Government of India has a
formidable target to build and efficiently deploy
175 GW of renewable energy for supplementing
the energy requirements of the country. This will
also thereby enable the government to lessen
greenhouse gas emissions. Indian grid has a
RE capacity of 61GW (Nov 2017). Integration
of large quantities of RE power in the grid has
significant challenges that are both technical
and economic in nature.
The Electricity generation capacity is on a high
growth trajectory. From the present level of 330
GW (as on Nov’ 2017) it is targeted to grow to
550 GW in March’ 2022 and further to 746 GW in
March’ 2030 (as per IEA projections).
Since the availability of Gas generation, Hydro
potential, and storage system is limited,
grid balancing seems to be difficult without
substantial coal-based generation. Subsequently,
base load plants will have to ramp up/down and
shutdown/start-up with greater frequency.
Thermal generators need to get transformed
from base load to flexible/backup generation
and ancillary service provider in conjunction
with enhancing environmental performance,
improving efficiency, improving flexibility in
order to be competitive and sustainable.
Thermal power has entered a period of
fundamental change but the sector’s evolving
existence is crucial for India’s electricity stability
as a key pillar of the future energy system. The
answers to the following questions depict the
future of thermal power plants in India:
1. Who will compensate Electric Supply during
low RE period?
2. What would be the key element for system
security particularly in times of sudden and
unexpected generation loss or network fault?
3. Who will provide vital system services such
as inertial response or fast frequency power
recovery (Primary control) that help stabilize
the power network?
Challenges for conventional Generation Plant
» Technical Challenges
As the power plants shift from base load to
flexible operations, they result in significantly
increased occurrences of thermal transients in
the material of critical high-temperature boiler
and turbine components. These transients and
other operational factors associated with the
ECONOMIC FLEXIBLE OPERATIONS THROUGH IUPS
Source: CEA all installed capacity (Nov ‘17)
FUEL MIX CAPACITY
Solar
5%
Wind
10%
SHP
1%
Hydro
14%
Nuclear
2% Fossil fuel
68%
Installed Capacity = 385 GW

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the European scenario of flexibilization. The
challenges in flexibilization are much bigger and
the operations should be flexible, involve a low
commercial solution, focusing on the economic
operation, maximizing income and reducing risk
with a strategical approach.
A range of strategies will be needed to mitigate
damage to coal units caused by the flexible
operation. These strategies should be generally
assessed in terms of benefit-to-cost ratio whilst
choosing action plans for specific units.
a. Efficiency Improvements: Implementing
system modifications that recover plant
efficiency lost to continuous cyclic operation.
The options involve modifications to
equipment and operating procedures that
will be cost-effective for reducing heat rate
under cyclic operating conditions.
b. Cycle Chemistry Guidelines for Transient
Operations: An area of particular concern
for plants under cyclic duty is following
appropriate cycle chemistry guideline limits
during plant start-up, shutdown, and layup.
Proper protection of the entire steam circuit
(boiler, piping, feed water, and turbine)
is critical during these modes of flexible
operation.
c. Two-Shift Operating Practice: Changes in
operational practices can be an effective
strategy for mitigating cyclic damage.
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» Flexible Operation Studies: These studies
reduce component damage through
procedure optimization and design
modification. Included in the studies are an
initial appraisal of plant-specific risk areas,
installation of additional instrumentation,
flexible operation trials, assessment of
thermal transients, modifications to operating
procedures and design to address issues
identified, repeat trials to confirm success,
and detailed stress analysis to inform strategy
going forward.
» Operator Coaching: Simplified damage
algorithms for creep and fatigue should
be developed for operator coaching. Plant
data for critical components are screened to
identify and understand the most damaging
operational conditions. Operators can then
seek to minimize the extent of such conditions
during future unit starts.
Maintenance Strategies: Maintenance strategies
are developed about every three to four
years to allow future budgeting and phasing
of component replacement (as informed by
inspection and experience). These strategies are
forward-looking to anticipate requirements of
expected operating regimes in terms of hours
and starts and are sometimes scenario-based.
They include a detailed review of site-specific
defect/failure histories to date.
» Design modifications: Modifications to
the design of replacement components to
“design out” damage mechanisms.
» Damage Estimation: Estimates can be made
of damage costs per start to inform the
plant’s trading position based on increased
routine maintenance costs, damage to
major components, and estimated cost of
consumables per start.
» New-Build Design: Lessons learnt are
incorporated into specifications for new-build
plants.
Potential Value of EFO
The potential real-world value of EFO approach
typically includes:
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Indian Thermal power sector is heading towards
flexibilization. To conquer the future challenges
of flexibilization, thermal generators should
get acquainted with the mitigation measures
of flexibilization and follow the strategies of
operation and maintenance of “flexible” operated
power plants around the world.
EFO is one of the tools for approaching
flexibilization. There are numerous tools available
across the globe which needs to be explored to
overcome the challenges of flexibilization.
Going forward, we anticipate substantial capacity
additions in renewable energy assets. This will
require a paradigm shift in the way thermal power
plants are operated and maintained. The current
and expected changes in the power sector have
created a huge potential to help the existing and
new power plants by improving operations and
maintenance.
Article Contributed By Yenumula Nikhil Rahul Roy

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BRANDING IN GAYA
BRANDING IN ASANSOL
BRANDING

CELEBRATIONS AT INDIA POWER
CELEBRATION AT HALDIA
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS DIWALI CELEBRATION
MEENAKSHI FAMILY WELCOMES 2018
NEW YEAR, 2018 CELEBRATION
Taking a break from the hectic life at the site,
Team Meenakshi led by its Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) Mr Kamal Kant bid adieu to 2017
and made way for the new year 2018 by going
through an array of activities. All the family
members including kids gathered at Minerva
Grand at Nellore and celebrated the New Year’s
Eve with fun packed events. As the clock struck
midnight, all the family members of Meenakshi
celebrated the New Year by exchanging hugs
and wishing each other. It was a memorable night
that created memories for all the participants
including the kids with a lavish Dinner Buffet to
compliment the occasion. All the participants
grooved to the tunes of DJ and danced away the
night to enter 2018 in style.

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KOLKATA IPCL FAMILY WELCOMES 2018
CELEBRATION
CELEBRATION AT HEAD OFFICE
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS DIWALI CELEBRATION

CELEBRATION AT GAYA
CELEBRATION
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
OFFICE PICNIC AT BODHGAYA

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CREATIVE CORNER
As I passed the country roads,
In the winter time,
I noticed how some dry leaves were falling on the road of mine.
I wondered about the beautiful ﬂowers,
Trees and beautiful birds.
But then I noticed the dry leaves,
Which was the most beautiful of all!
With their yellow and brown colours,
They had ﬁlled up the whole road.
Which seemed as if they were dressed,
For the Christmas Hols!
Maybe the dry leaves were not pink, blue or red,
Maybe they were dead.
But they had their own beauty,
In themselves!
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DRY LEAVES
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By: Madhurima Chanda (E.A to Whole Time Director)
LIFE OF A STRAY CAT
‘Meow’. You might be wondering how we can
communicate with only one ‘jargon’. So many
things to enunciate and yet a single ‘lingo’.
But, hey in our spectrum this one ‘word’ can be
articulated to express a host of emotions. Now
don’t start searching for me underneath your
cot. My dwelling place is not your warm and
cozy cot. Come, let me elaborate on my story.
My birth in this big bad world is no eventful
incident. I came into this world along with my
two other brother and sister and yes under a
cot only. Mummy one day told me how all my
siblings died just a few hours after birth and
she was left with no one but me. From that day
onwards our bond strengthened further. I relied
only upon mom for my food and comfort.
Hunger stings me as I come back to the present
from my trail of thoughts. It dawns on me that
mummy is late with food this afternoon. After
waiting for some more time, I frantically started
to look for my mother. I loitered for long; my
stomach by this time had started rumbling with
starvation. In the distance, I could see a throng
of people and I paled. When I went close, I heard
their voice ‘What is to be done with the dirty
carcass of this cat?’ My heart came into my mouth
and I could see a tuft of milky white fur peeping
out off the gathered limbs of the annoyed mob.
It’s my MOTHER - lying in a pool of blood. Hello,
we do understand human language and I could
make out that my mother has been smashed by
a bus while she was hastily crossing the road.
That was my first tryst with dark ominous fate -
the one I was born with. I was completely numb.
‘Meow, meow, where are you taking my mother
away’? I screamed and followed the men. But
all they did was to throw my mother in a dust
bin and then vanished. Days passed. My happy
days were replaced with anguish and agony. For
many days I sat and cried out of fear, hunger and
grief. I was completely alone in this world. With
sheer determination and grit, I began to roam
alone for food and company. But availability
CREATIVE CORNER
of food was meager and demand was sky high
with hundreds of roaming cats and dogs. My
mindless wandering in the neighbourhood lanes
and by lanes, continued. One day I decided to
go back to the family where I was born hoping
to get some sympathy. During their meals I
used to gaze at them; but all my whimpers and
sobs failed to create any impact on them. They
completely ignored me. I realized the hard truth
- time changes everything. Sadly, I left the place
and took refuge in an old dilapidated building
which houses a big garage now. Seldom people
used to come there. So I was quite secured. But
scarcity of food gradually made me feeble. One
day I saw a group of dogs gathered just in front
of the garage and chewing something. I gathered
courage and proceeded towards them hoping
to get some share. But at the very sight of me
they growled and encircled me like hooligans. I
was petrified and could not get away from their
clutches until I found a compassionate soul from
our community who came to my rescue. He was
big and brave and took me away from their grip.
From that day onwards we became the closest
of friends and always used to be together. He
emerged savior to me once again when one day I
was attacked by a group of school kids who were
pelting stones at me. I became perplexed when
a stone hit one of my limbs. I cried aloud in pain.
The children were laughing in glee. Suddenly I
heard a loud growl and saw my friend. His howl
frightened them so much that they escaped
with loud squeals. I thanked the Almighty the
first time in my life for providing me with such a
good confidante. Life became quite smooth with
the emergence of my mate. One day when we
were playing, we saw a beautifully dressed kitten
cuddling in its master’s lap. She was looking at
us with pride in her eyes. My friend said, “Damn
those wealthy pets. They are so lucky and they
treat us like we are nothing. I bet they cannot
survive even one day if they are set free in this
ruthless world.”

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In a High School of class 8th standard:
One day a teacher came in the class and asked his students: “If God appears in front of you and wants
to give u Boon, what will you ask?”
Student 1: Maruti Car, I want Maruti Car
Student 2: 10 lakh rupees,
Student 3: Bicycle,
Student 4: Motor Cycle.
The teacher expressed his irritation and agony with unexpected and unsatisfactory answers from his
students and said : “You idiots, what will you do with all these things?”
“Ask for Intelligence, Ask for Knowledge. Why are you asking for all these things?”
So one boy stood up from the last bench and told: “Everybody asks for what they don’t have”.
Moral of the story: Everybody is seeking what they don’t have.
By: Mahua Ghatak
SHOULD I SHARE A BAD JOKE?
One day Mr Witty slipped into a septic tank. He tried to get out of the filthy things but failed even
after trying several times.
He thought how to go out of the tank and shouted “FIRE…! FIRE…..! FIRE….!”
His neighbours, after hearing him, called up Fire brigade.
Fire people tried to find out everywhere possible to get Witty out of fire. Ultimately they found him
in the septic tank.
After rescuing him they asked him “Why did you shout Fire where there is no fire?”
Witty answered “If I shouted shit shit would you come?”
CREATIVE CORNER
But my fate again reminded me that misfortune
is what I was born with. My friend one day
got an unknown terrible disease and the
municipality came and took him in a van. I
heard them saying they were taking him to the
hospital. “Now, what’s that?” , I thought. Well,
I still don’t know where he is. I just hope he’s
alive and safe. In my life I have learnt one thing
very well. You lose someone and in the case of
poor animals like us, it is quite often, the pain
lingers until the memory evades us. I think it’s
the same in case of humans too. But frankly, I
have no interest in humans. Humans don’t really
understand us. Only a handful from the entire
race might be empathetic towards us; but that
is truly rare. Every day we have to deal with
differences and inequality; and this still persists.
You must be wondering about my present
whereabouts. I am staying in a small house by the
side of this huge lake until the owners drive me
away. I’m somewhat getting two square meals a
day and they have allowed me to sleep on their
door-mat in the night. They are quite nice people
and they serve me all their leftovers. But as it is
said, “nothing lasts forever” and nobody knows
this bitter truth more than me. So, soon I might
have to change my address and hey who knows
my next stop might be your house!!

There lived a very poor little girl in Nagpur. Her
name was Christine. She loved to study. Her
father was not having enough money even to
pay for the school fees, and used to pay it with
great difficulty.
One night she was very sad because of her
poverty, her father saw her and sat with her. He
told her that, you are a very good and talented
girl, you should not lose heart. He also said that
if you believe in yourself magic can happen, even
paper can become money.
That night she could not sleep till late and kept
thinking about what her father had said. Later
when she slept, she had many dreams of her
doing something great.
Next morning when it was light outside, she
woke up full of hope. When she opened her door
Sagnik Mukherjee, son of Ms Sanchita Mukherjee has ranked 3rd in his
school, South Point High School and secured a zonal rank of 86 in Asia’s
largest Olympiad, National Science Olympiad held in November 2017.
He will be awarded with a medal and a certiﬁcate from the organization.
National Science Olympiad examination is conducted by Science
Olympiad Foundation in partnership with IIT Bombay. Science Olympiad
Foundation (SOF) has been striving for over two decades to promote
scientiﬁc attitude and temperament through innovative activities and
use of IT in learning process that involve school students across the
country. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, through The Institute of
Company Secretaries of India, and many highly reputed organizations
like The British Council, Star Sports etc have volunteered to partner and
support SOF’s various programs.
By: Shriya Shrivastav, VB
THE MAGIC
Mr Sagnik Mukherjee
NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD WINNER
CREATIVE CORNER
she saw many colourful papers lying outside her
home. She made many colourful paper toys, a
craft in which she was very good at.
She took the paper toys to her school and
displayed them on the corridor - some nice
houses, some wiggling snakes, head shaking
donkeys, colourful wreaths, and crowns for
princesses, garland for God, sword with colourful
handles and many more. Everyone liked her toys
and there was a big queue to buy her toys.
She was very happy, and now she understood
how the magic works, if you believe in yourself.
Moral: Never lose heart in tough situations
Believe in yourself, and use your strengths.

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NEW JOINEES
Sl No. Name Designation Company
1 Mohinder S. Patel Senior Vice President — Construction MEL
2 Sanjeev Sinha President — IT Digital Transformation MEL
3 K. Muralidharan President — Logistics MEL
4 Gautam Das Vice President (Project Technology) IPGUPL
5 Alok Kumar Dangi General Manager — Mechanical (BTG) MEL
6 Vijit Srivastava Chief Manager — Contracts Procurements MEL
7 Khem Singh Choudhary Manager — Fire Operations MEL
8 Biswajit Samantaray Manager — AHP Operations MEL
9 Biswajit Das Manager (Contracts Procurement) MEL
10 Gopi Nath Das Deputy Manager (Stores) IPC(H)L
11 Anand Shankar Roy Deputy Manager (Power Sales Marketing) MEL
12 Priyanka Surana Deputy Manager — Company Secretarial IPCL
13 Pawan Kumar Naidu Deputy Manager — Operations MEL
14 Manoj Kumar Deputy General Manager — Commissioning MEL
15 Nitin M Gowande Deputy Manager — Operations MEL
16 Niranjan Sutar Deputy Manager — CHP Operations MEL
17 Raghunath Venegella Deputy Manager — DCS Operations MEL
18 K Durga Prasad Deputy General Manager — F A MEL
19 B Narayana Teja Deputy Manager — Electrical Operations MEL
20 Subrat Garnaik Deputy Manager — Project Planning Management MEL
21 Yogesh V Raut Assistant Manager — CI MEL
22 Ramanuj Patel Assistant Manager (Operations) MEL
23 B Satish Kumar Assistant Manager — CI MEL
24 Vasudha Kejriwal Assistant Manager (Strategic Business Initiative) IPCL
25 Kampiri Srikanth Assistant Manager — HSE MEL
26 Manoj Khati Assistant Manager — CHP Operations MEL
27 Neelapala Venkata Yasasvi Assistant Manager — Operations MEL
28 Joydeep Dey Executive Assistant to CEO IUPSPL
29 Rapolu Venu Venkata Suresh Executive — Chemist MEL
30 V Naga Ranjith Executive — CHP Operations MEL
31 Vinay Kumar Mishra Executive — CHP Operations MEL
32 I Manohar Executive — Administration MEL
33 S Thirugnanam Executive Engineer — Mechanical MEL
34 Parikshit Singh Executive (Project Execution, Renewable) IPGUPL
35 Debdulal Dutta Executive (Operations) MEL
36 Prachi Todi Executive — Company Secretarial IPCL
37 V. Sudhakar Executive — Stores MEL
38 R Kesavan Executive — Procurement Stores MEL
39 C Dinesh Executive — Procurement Stores MEL
40 Partha Pratim Jana Surveyor IPCL
41 M Selvam Officer — Procurement Stores MEL
42 Ravish Thakur Junior Officer (Billing) IPC(BG)L
43 Awadhesh Kumar Junior Officer (Billing) IPC(BG)L
44 K Balasubramanyam Junior Officer — Procurement Stores MEL
45 Rahul Raj Graduate Engineer Trainee IPCL
46 Bijit Chakraborty Graduate Engineer Trainee IPCL-T
47 Manik Mondal Cook IPCL
48 Gautam Sarkar Visiting Consultant IUPSPL
49 K Pattabhi Reddy Consultant — Commissioning Operations MEL
50 Rituraj Borha Retainer — Business Development IPGUPL

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