TATATATA POWER

Transmi-X/ion lines"-Vol. 34, Issue 4, October - 2008 The in-house journal of Tata Power

A Global Presence Through Renewables

Dear Readers,

While businesses around the world seem to becollapsing, it is indeed interesting to note that ourvery own TATA POWER is making strides and setting afootprint in other countries with renewable sources ofenergy. Our Business Excellence score has gone up, ourintangible assets have increased our brand value andwhile we bask in the sunshine after a good monsoonhas filled our lakes, we can smile that the Gods lookfavourably upon us.Yes, we can consider ourselves blest because we havenot gone through the rigours of flash floods, religiousriots and above all not been power parched. While webow our heads in gratitude for this, let us also stretch ahand out to share with others our good fortune.

There is much to be done to bring peace and harmony

to this land still being ravaged by natural disasterstorn by communal strife. The way in which we havecome to the fore in volunteering for social causes andthe camaraderie and serenity in which we work and livecan be an example to the rest. There is the differencewe can make to the environment by simply turning offa light or a fan when not in use, and as people who areinvolved in the production of power it MUST be ourprime concern to conserve its usage and protect andpreserve this planet.

As we soon enter the Festive Season, let us spare athought of how to brighten our lives and those of othersin the simplest and most power-fully prudent way!

Wishing you much happiness and joy at this specialtime of year.

Alfred J. D'Souza\jf.

Inside the issuePrologue 03 Face to Face

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04 Awards and Recognition

21 Flash Frames 31

23 Sport and Adventure 32

Power Probe 05 Mind, Body and Soul- 26 Retired Reflections ------------------- 393

Power Point 06 Book Encounter 27 Promising Profiles -------------------- 41l 3TRTT— — H I

Loaded Despatch 08 Circuit Break

Perspectives 20 Travel and Living

Headworks Results ------------------- 70

Dear Friends,

TheTBEM assessment of our Company for 2008 was recently completed, and on 29th July 08 our score wasdeclared. I am glad to share with you that we have done exceedingly well, having scored 584 points. Thisachievement would not have been possible without the personal contribution of each and every one of

you.

While we have set for ourselves a very exciting and challenging target of generating 25,000 MWs of power by2017, it is our commitment to TBEM that will help us achieve this target.

For the year 2009, we must not only achieve the distinction of being a JRDQV winner, but we must focus on

crossing over to the next band by targeting 650 + points. This will make us move closer to our objective ofbeing a truly world class Company.

I am sure that each one of you will take this up as a personal challenge and bring into your work a larger focuson safety, customer, care for your colleagues, pride, passion and excellence.

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Making A Global Presence Through Renewables

That Tata Power continues to go global would come as no surprise. It had to happen, with our aggressive plans for growthand expansion, to keep us ahead of the competition. In addition to our footprints in Singapore and Indonesia, in the stridesthat we have taken and our leap across borders to break new ground, we have at heart kept our growing concern forpreserving the environment and finding alternate and renewable sources for producing power.

On September 4, 2008 the Company announced its decision to acquire (either by itself or through one or more of itssubsidiaries in India or abroad) 29.4 million Ordinary Shares of Geodynamics Ltd., a listed Australia-based organizationspecializing in geothermal energy and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), representing 11.4% of the current issuedShare Capital (equivalent to 10% of the increased Share Capital after allotment by Geodynamics). The Shares will beacquired by Tata Power at an issued price of A$1.50 per share, entailinga total investment of A$44.1 million (approx. INR 165 crores/INR=37.5)in absolute terms.

As part of the investment, Tata Power will also get a directorship onthe Board of Geodynamics. In addition to the cornerstone investmentabove,thecompanieshaveagreed to reviewthe potential of geothermalprospects outside Australia by leveraging the companies' respectivestrengths. Further, this alliance also helps in securing a foothold in thegrowing renewable energy market in Australia.

Geodynamics is the industry leader in EGS with a market capitalizationin excess of A$350 million (August, 2008). Geodynamics has geothermalexploration interests in 3 Australian states including the license forexploring 2000 sq. km of area in the Cooper Basin. Geodynamicstenements in the Cooper Basin contain the hottest granites on earthand are estimated to provide a thermal resource equivalent of 50 bnbarrels of oil.

Geothermal energy is the natural heat found within the earth, where temperature increases with depth, typically by 10-50degree Celsius/km. In Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) technology heat is extracted from granites located at a depthof more than 4000 Metres by circulating water through them in an engineered artificial reservoir. The heated water returnsto the surface under pressure and is converted into electricity via a heat exchanger and conventional geothermal powerplant.

EGS technology can potentially enable the setting up of base load power plants that are based on natural heat and therebymaking them a clean energy source for the future.

Earlier, on 21 st July, 2008, the Company announced its partnership withThe Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to developthe 114 MW run-of-the-river Hydro Electric Power Project over river Dagachhu through Druk Green Power CorporationLimited (DGPC). The project will be executed by the Special Purpose Vehicle - Dagachhu Hydro Power Corporation Limited

(DHPC).

Commenting on this partnership, Mr. Prasad Menon, ManagingDirector, Tata Power said: "We are happy to work with The RoyalGovernment of Bhutan on the 114 MW Dagachhu Hydro ElectricPower project. This partnership consists of equity participation andoff-take of power by the Company and Tata Power Trading CompanyLimited (Tata Power Trading) respectively."

As part of this strategic partnership, Tata Power will acquire a 26%stake in the project, while Tata Power Trading has negotiated to

""•*' I purchase all the power generated from the project. Tata PowerTrading will off-take power from the project for a period of 25 years

H n^ anc' t'ie Power wi" be delivered at India-Bhutan Border. The poweris expected to be evacuated through the Tala Transmission Link intoIndia's Eastern Region Grid.

We can certainly look forward to new challenges and exciting times ahead with not just keeping the nation but theworld power-full in our own way and endeavouring to light up lives.

try happenings and news

oal and its role in the power secCoal is by far India's main source of fuel and accounts for over 50%of India's commercial energy consumption. Total consumption in2007-08 was about 480 mt of which 450 mt was locally producedand the balance 30 mt was imported. 340 mt is used for powergeneration of which 320 mt is indigenous and 20 mt is imported.The dominance of coal in India's energy mix is unlikely to changein the foreseeable future.

As against the quantum of annual consumption, India's totalreserves of coal as on 1 January, 2007 are estimated at 287 billiontones (BT) comprising proved reserves (115 BT), indicated reserve(132 BT) and inferred reserve (40 BT).Thus coal, which is the mostabundant energy resource of the country can last for only about80 years at the current level of production as only a fraction of thereserves can be extracted.Further if domestic coal production continues to grow at 5%per year, the total (including proven, indicated and inferred)extractable coal reserves will run out in about 45 years.

The good news however is that so far only about 45% of thepotential coal bearing area in the country has been currentlysurveyed. India's capacity mapping of coal reserves needs to becomprehensively done in order to accurately estimate the fullextent of coal reserves.In order to do this there is need to develop more agencies havingrequisite skill and expertise to supplement the efforts of theCMPDI so that the task of identifying the actual coal reserves isaccomplished in a reasonable time. India needs to know what itrealistically possesses. Thus if both regional as well as detaileddrilling is made, more comprehensive credible data can beascertained and a significant enhancement of India's coal reservesmay be possible.

However, it needs to be understood that even if our coal reservescan last for a long time, it still is necessary to structure the coalconsumption pattern to stretch these reserves in the interest ofenergy security. This would call for a strategy of using an optimalmix of domestic coal and imported coal. The Ultra Mega PowerProject (UMPP) program with a combination of coastal plantsusing imported coal and pit-head plants using indigenous coalmeets this objective in an ideal way.

What are the other major challenges therefore that remain to besurmounted in the coal sector ? The first is to find methodologiesto raise the proportion of extractable reserves from the grossreserves, and the second is to enhance production while at thesame time minimizing the impact on the environment.India's GDP is growing at the rate of around 8% to 9%. To sustainthis growth rate India needs not only to augment its domesticproduction as mentioned above but also needs to increase itsimports for which necessary infrastructure needs to be built.Further, in order to secure imports in a volatile internationalmarket, it is necessary to acquire coal assets abroad eg in coal-rich countries like Indonesia, Australia and South Africa. Someprogress on this front has been achieved. A number of privatecompanies have already acquired assets abroad. Tata Power hasacquired 30% stake in two major Indonesian coal companieswhose output last year was 54 mt. This deal assures Tata Power atleast TOmtofcoal per annum upti!2014.

A word of caution though.There is a practical limit to dependenceon imported coal in view of the rising international coal prices andincreasing shipping freight rates.

One of the measures for stepping up domestic coal production isby resorting to underground mining in addition to largely opencast mining as at present. Another measure is the allotting of coal

blocks to central and state public sector units and notified endusers. In India, the Coal industry has been a nationalised industrysince 1973. Since then the Coal Mines Act has been amended in1993 to allow captive mining by the private sector for iron & steel,cement and power generation. In order to accelerate captivemining by permitted industries, captive coal blocks are beingallotted by the Government.

So far the Ministry of coal has allotted 172 coal blocks uptoDecember, 2007 with geological reserves of 38 billion tones. Afurther 10 blocks have been allotted upto 6 Feb 2008. Tata Powertoo, jointly with others, has been allotted coal blocks at Tubed(Jharkhand) and Mandakini (Orissa) having reserves of 189 mtand 96.84 mt respectively.

In India, at present, around 75% of coal is consumed by the powersector. In the last 50 years the coal based power generationprocess and technology has remained virtually stagnant as faras conversion efficiency is concerned. It is unfortunate that inexcess of 60% of heat contained in coal is lost when it is convertedinto power. Even with super critical technology, it has not beenpossible to exceed a thermodynamic efficiency of 41-42% withthe present coal based power generation process.

There is a need therefore for concerted global efforts andintegration of indigenous research activities in order to achievea breakthrough in the technology of electricity generation fromcoal. Indian coal offers an even greater challenge because unlikethe high calorific value coal available abroad (5,000 - 7,000 kcalper kg), Indian coal used for power generation has a CV in therange of only 3,000 to 4,000 and with ash as high as 45%. Sinceour coal has low heat value it is imperative for us to take the leadto carry out research and solve the problem of how to extractoptimal output from low grade high ash Indian coal.

Clean coal technologies like Integrated Gasification CombinedCycle (IGCC) technology which have already shown promiseshould be aggressively developed eg by BHEL and NTPC withfinancial support of the Government and with participation ofother generating utilities. Likewise, Coal Bed Methane (CBM) toohas much potential. It could lead to more efficient use of coalfor electricity generation as also for other industrial purposes. Amodest beginning has been made in this regard, but much moreneeds to be done.

The next important issue is the question of appointing a Regulatorfor the Coal sector. In this regard the Coal Ministry had appointedASCI to study the requirement for a Coal Regulator. ASCI hasaccordingly prepared a draft Bill in October, 2007 which is underthe consideration of the Government. The Regulator is expectedto takeover all the Regulatory functions of the Ministry of coal aswell as of the Government owned coal companies.

In conclusion it needs to beappreciated that Coal, notwithstandingit impact on the environment, is still the predominant source ofcommercial energy in the country. Though its role may reducesomewhat goingforward, yet, itwould continueto be the primaryfuel for powergeneration andmany othermanufactur ingprocesses forthe foreseeablefuture.

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LOADED DESPATCH

Charging Young Minds

The depletion of the earth's natural resources and the acutepower shortage that our nation faces should be enough for usto shudder and think how we could help tide over the crisis. As apower generating organization, Tata Power is extremely -^^—

sensitive towards this issue and have gone all out, inmore ways than one, to create a public awareness andunderstanding of the problem that stares us in the face.The latest in our endeavours has been in the recognition ofthe huge potential schools and school children possess incombating the wasteful use of electricity and saving energy.

And so an Energy Saving Programme with Schools was launched in July 2007, wherein 6000 children in classes VIII to Xfrom twelve schools across Mumbai were sensitized through a talk and audio visual presentation and in addition takenon a field visit to the Trombay Thermal Power Station to impress upon them the enormity in terms of resources andoperations that are involved in bringing them instant comforts and utilities at the flick of a switch.

Based on our learning from the programme last year we continue with this initiative again this year, with and additionof another ten schools and students from classes VI to VIII only, as these children are found to be more receptive

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Green Lawns School, Grant RoadDate: 8th August, 2008

No. of students sensitized: 266

J B Petit High School for Girls, FortDate: 1 1th August, 2008

No. of students sensitized: 240

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Lady Engineer High School, Grant RoadDate: 12th August, 2008

No. of students sensitized: 166

Bombay Scottish School, PowaiDate: 13th August, 2008

No. of students sensitized: 350

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Seth Juggilal Podar Academy, Malad (E) Chaturbhuj Narsee School, Vile Parle (W)Date: 14th August, 2008 Date: 18 th & 20th August, 2008

No. of students sensitized: 70 No. of students sensitized: 1280

and less stressed with the pressure of studies. Besides theI sensitization in Phase I of the programme in which we alsoi teach the children to use an energy calculator, give them tipsI on saving electricity and show them how to monitor theirI consumption through an energy audit, we will now move} on to Phase II in chosing ten Energy Champions from each; of the participating schools, forming an Energy Brigade andI equipping them to become Energy Ambassadors to spread

awareness among their school mates, their families and| their neighbourhoods.

Some of the schools on board with us in this initiative thisyear include Green Lawns School, Grant Road, Cathedral and

** John Connon Middle School, Fort, Bombay Scottish School,Powai, Chaturbhuj Narsee School, Vile Parle, Seth JuggalPodar Academy, Malad, Lady Engineer High School, GrantRoad, and J.B. Petit School for Girls, Fort. Which have alreadygone through the sensitization in Phase I of the programme.

The introduction of the TATA POWER Energy Club website, www.tatapowerenergyclub.com, a one of its kind, has givenfurther impetus to the programme in this computer day and age. It is indeed heartening to already see so many schoolchildren from all over India logging in and keen to learn more and contribute to this cause.

That representatives from housing societies have started approaching us to take home the message and put intopractice energy saving is good enough reason for us to smile at the snowballing effort that should reach all of societyand guarantee a future for the generations to come.

As persons who need to take the lead and set an example, all our employees are earnestly urged to encourage theirchildren and to they themselves log on to our website: www.tatapowerenergyclub.com and become members ofthe Energy Club, making this initiative a mega movement in saving mega watts. ,

Cathedral & John Connon Middle School, FortDate: 22nd August, 2008

No. of students sensitized: 282

inhouse Experts For Outbound Training

A team of experts from the Trekking & Adventure Wing of Telec

Sports comprising Messrs. Uday Kolwankar, Lalit Neve, Dilip

Mallappa, Zakir Mulani, Sanjay Neve, Pandurang Kadam, Dara

Sherdiwala, Pramod Sawant and Chandrashekar Naidu conducted

an Outbound Training Programme for forty-two Graduate Engineer

Trainees of our Company at 'Yusuf Meherally Centre' at the base

of Fort Karnala, to help improve their personality in the field of

leadership, team spirit & confidence.

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Customer Focus

As a part of the Customer Value Management (CVM)

Program, a Two Day Training Program on " Customer

Focus" for the Frontline Staff was conducted on the 28th

and 29th of July atTMTC, Pune.The keynote address to set

the context was given by Mr. Sethi, Head (Operations- LA).

This was the first of it's kind where 24 frontline staff from

Customer Management Dept (CMD), T&D Divisions, YEL

service and billing group and the Call Center underwent

a common training program. For most of the participants

visiting TMTC for the first time itself was an experience.

The faculty was excellent and the program was very well ...--r--:-I]1-illin, ^f:

received and appreciated by all the participants. The

plan is to conduct more such sessions of this kind in the months to come. The major learning from this program was

empathy to customers, Dos and Don'ts in customer communication etc

Customer Mela: The first Customer Mela was conducted at "Jolly Gymkhana, Ghatkopar" for Industrial customers at

Aapki, Popular and Waco Industrial estates, Kurla, serviced by Distribution Division.

The Mela was attended by 35 customers who were informed about Tata Power's recent victory in the License Case, New

tariff wef 1 st June 2008, Energy Conservation, Power factor correction, Name change / Load enhancement procedures,

Introduction of SMS/e-mailing of power supply bills.

Customer Education programs: Sessions were

conducted at Vardhaman and Raju industrial estates,

Dahisar, Nanddham Industrial Estate, Marol and Sreeji

Industrial Estate, Jogeshwari to educate customers on the

new tariff order, Introduction of SMS/e-mailing of power

supply bills and to hear out the customers on any other

issues.

The customers highly appreciated these unique

programmes.

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Of Birds And Butterflies And Creepy, Crawly Things!

A book on our feathered friends from our catchment areas titled "Birds of Lonavla and Khandala"has been brought out by Tata Power and Ela Foundation. Co-authored by our own Vivek Vishwasraoalong with Messrs. Satish Pande, Niranjan Sant and Pramod Deshpande this beautifully illustratedbook is any bird watcher or ornithologist's delight.

Included in this ready reckoner are also the animal and reptile life, along with the amphibian andbutterfly species of this region, giving their habitat, food and distinguishing features.

Truly a work of thoughtful care and commitment to understanding and preserving the environmentfor those who love to know and nurture nature.

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Maharashtra Projects Progress

IX 250 MW Unit #8 at Trombay:

Project execution activities are at advance stage ofcompletion. Following major events were achieved tillAugust 2008.

Statutory Hydro test of Boiler completed and provisionalapproval for Boiler operation from director-Boilers/GoM has been obtained.

Chimney works (220 Meter height) completed.

Commissioning activities for Boiler Light-up havecommenced.

Plant Synchronization & COD is targeted by Q3- FY09.

Coal Handling & Coal Conveying scheme:

The coal conveying system to handle 4 million tons perannum of coal from new coal berth is nearing completion.System is targeted to be ready for trials by September 2008.Certification of International Safety for Port & Ships (ISPS) isbeing obtained.

Coal Yard augmentation:

The stacker Re-claimer in Trombay Coal yard has beenerected and dry trials are in progress. Stacker re-claimertargeted to be commissioned by Sept. 2008. ProgrammableLogic Controller (PLC) based control system for coal handlingplant commissioned in New Coal Yard Control room.

Coastal Project: 1600 MW Coal based Thermal Powerplant at Dehrand:

Sourcing of imported coal for the project is beingexplored.

Environmental clearance from MOEF based on therevised coal specification is being expedited.

Process of clearances under section 32(2) of the MIDAct has been completed. The next step is to issuenotification under section 32(1) of the MID Act.

EPC bids for Main plant are being re-invited due tochange in coal specifications.

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Mundra On The Move

UMPP Mundra is buzzing with construction activities. The skylineis changing everyday. More and more cranes, concrete mixers,dumpers can be seen at Site.

While time is of essence, the Mundra Team is giving "Safety"paramount importance. Mundra completed 2.23 million man-hourswithout any lost time accident as recorded 01 st Sep. 2008. Safetymeetings, trainings, tool box talks, audits and demos are organised at

Site regularly. These efforts will be further intensified to maintain"zero lost time incident".

Boiler works is in full swing by Doosan. About ten thousandmetric ton shop fabricated structural material is delivered. Unit#1boiler structural erection has reached third tier and Unit #2 boilerstructural erection commenced during first week of Sep.08. Piling

and foundation works in Unit # 3,4 & 5 are at different stages.

Station building foundation and civil works was awarded toSimplex. Foundations for station building Unit #1 are cast and TGfoundation casting is in progress. Piling and foundation works forother units is progressing as planned. On completion the stationbuilding will be about half a kilometer long.

Mundra will have two multiflue chimneys. The larger chimneybottom diameter will be bigger than a cricket pitch and it will be

as tall as a ninety story building. Gammon has started chimneyworks. Piling for Chimney #1 is completed and foundationcasting has commenced. Piling works for second chimney hascommenced.

Work on plant internal roads & drains is in full swing. Also, the landfor approach cum public road (from SH-6) is acquired and workstarted during last week of August 08.

The CSR team established an office at a nearby village. Variousactivities e.g. self help groups, providing vocational training,formation of Gau Seva Trust etc. are initiated for the benefit ofnearby villages. Recently a one day camel vaccination camp wasorganized. During this camp about five hundred camels werevaccinated.

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it Work on field offices, field hostels, warehouse and labour colony is at anf advanced stage of completion. Part of the labour colony is completedI and handed over to contractors. Site offices are partly occupied and thef new dining facility for Mundra Team has been commissioned.

boundary have been awarded during this quarter.

Engineering and Procurement are also working tirelessly along withengineering consultant TCE and other vendors. Specifications for all criticalpackages are prepared and issued to bidders. Bus duct & NGR, powertransformers,4 0 0 K Vs w i t c h y a r dand CW pumphouse &related workswithin plant

Mundra team strength has reached 150 nos. As the team growsinculcating the'Tata way of life"is taken on priority. A three day inductionprogram for new joinees was conducted at Site on 28-30th Aug. 2008.On the last day of the event Chairman, Mr. P R Menon, addressed theparticipants. Later in the evening "MD Dialogue"and dinner with familieswas organized.

Gifting Mango Grafts

At the request of the Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, Patnus, to aid thewomen's self help groups, mango grafts were brought from the nurseryat Lonavla by Mr. Vishwas Rao, for distribution at villages around Bhira.

On Saturday, 26th July, 2008 a team of volunteers comprising MessersN. M. Gharat, S. Pardeshi, K. M. Ghadge, S. B. Shirgaonkar, G. L. Bakade,R. V. Mahabale, Surykant Surve, M. S. Ghare, V. G. Mahabale, G. P. Railkar,A. G. Patil, D. D. Mendgudle, S. Vedpathak, S. S. Giri, D. S. Mhase, S. N.

Vaidya A. S. Kazi, R.16. Naik went to thevillages of Adivasiwadi,Bahirichiwadi, Patnus,Phansidand, Golewadi and Mhasewadi, to distribute these mangografts to the villagers. A team of gardeners headed by Mr. Belose wasalso in attendance.

Mr. A.G. Patil, Manager Bhira encouraged the villagers to plant and savemore trees and assured that this activity would continue next year as well.

A total of 500 mango grafts were distributed among 215 villagers.

Laser Beams Bright In Bhivpuri

From 30th July to 2nd August 2008, Bhivpuri was buzzing with activity. This was the first hydro unit to go in for theLASER workshop after the resounding successes atTrombay.

The initial misgivings about"yet another initiative" soon dissolved and the teams were engrossed in action. The rallyingcall "NAMASKAR" resounded throughout the plant. "Namaskar" has become the new anthem that reflects the espirit-de-corps that is now spreading throughout Tata Power.

The LASER workshop is unique as it focuses on actual implementation on the shop floor and at the same time it touchesevery participant's personal lifetoo.To everyone's surprise the"hard-nuts"emerged as role models and set benchmarks

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that many will find hard to emulate. The importance of the work-life balance and its role in progressing from theordinary to extraordinary performance was also established.

As the consultants Yashpal and Suresh of TAO Consulting Systems pointed out in the closing session, this unit isblessed with great beauty by nature, but the higher qualities of human nature demonstrated during the workshop,like sensitivity, maturity and creativity were just as spectacular.

LASER has made a profound impact at Bhivpuri and inspired the Hydros to take up the challenge of becoming modelsin our journey to world-class. JAI Tata Power!

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Fancy Footwork And Caught In The Act!

The Inter Division/Camp Drama & Dance competition was held atTrombayColony Community Hall on Sunday 21 st September 2008. Eight Dances andFour Children's Dramas were presented by 200 participants.

Mr. & Mrs. U.S. Bapat graced the occasion as Chief Guests and presentedprizes to the winners along with Mr. Hanamshet. The performances werejudged by two prominent personalities in the field of dance and theatre,namely, Mr. Avadhut Bhise, Principal of Robert Monee Technical School andMr. Nandakumar Patil, Sub Editor of Marathi daily 'Nava Kaal'.

The results were awarded as follows:-

Dance Competition

First Prize: Trombay with "Ganesh Vandana"

Second Prize: Bhira with "Gondhai"

Third Prize: ETD with" Lezime"

Children's One Act Play Competition

First Prize : Trombay - Doke Thikanavar Aahe Ka? - written by Mr. LalitNeve (See Photo 2)

Second Prize : Trombay - Shubham Karoti. - written by Mr. KamalakarHadsul

Direction - First Prize: Kedar Dani -Trombay (DokeThikanavar Aahe Ka?)

Direction - Second Prize: Ganesh Raut - Trombay (Shubham Karoti)

Best Sets: Vivek Amberkar -Trombay (Shubham Karoti)

Best Lights: Atharva Raut -Trombay (DokeThikanavar Aahe Ka?)

Best Music: Pravin Raut - (Ped Hamare Mitra Hai - Dharavi)

Actress - First Prize :Tanvi Sawant -Trombay (Shubham Karoti)

Actress - Second Prize : Soha Joshi - Trombay (DokeThikanavar Aahe Ka?)

Actor - First Prize : Chinmaya Dani - Trombay (DokeThikanavar Aahe Ka?)

Actor - Second Prize : Chetan Munde - Bhira(Vedyanchya Duniyet)

Acting- Consolation Prizes:

1. Sharvari Gurav (Shubham Karoti - Trombay),

2. Atharva Raut (Shubham Karoti - Trombay),

3. Vinayak Munde (Vedyanchya Duniyet - Bhira),

4. Bhagyesh Govilkar (Doke Thikanavar Aahe Ka? -Trombay),

5. Rakhi Alavane (Ped Hamare Mitra Hai - Dharavi),

6. Sakil Mulani (Ped Hamare Mitra Hai - Dharavi)

Participants of Ganesh Vandana'Dance fromTrombayawarded the First Prize in the Dance competitionproudly display their trophy with Mr. U. S. Bapat

Participants of 'Doke Thikanavar aahe to.7' fromTrombay, winners of the Children's One Act Playcompetition proudly display their trophy with MrsAnagha Bapat

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Singapore Power Team Visits Dharavi

A Team from Singapore Power visited Dharavi on 9th July

08 for interaction with Tata Power and NDPL officials. Apresentation was given by GM (T & D), Mr. S.G. Patki coveringvarious business aspects of Tata Power and T & D operations.This was followed by detailed presentation by Head -Operations of NDPL Mr. Pravin Chorghade. Mr. Nicholas Lee,

GM (Projects) & Ms. Yvonne Lee, (Strategic Relation) alsogave presentation regarding operation of Singapore PowerGroup.They also went around our Receiving station and CCR.Overall interaction between Tata Power, NDPL & SingaporePower was fruitful.

New technology saves the day "Packaged substationswere deployed for the first time for emergency restorationof power supply to Peninsula Chambers, subsequent to firein the premises on 18th July '08. Introduction of this newtechnology has helped in this time of crisis."

This Emergency Package s/s (designed and procured underCAPEX in 07-08) can be installed on specially fabricatedsteel structures and does not require any regular foundationworks at site. This was effectively put to use at Peninsula

Chambers, almost within 24 hrs, which otherwise wouldhave taken several days.

Congratulations to the Distribution Team!!!

Awareness Programmes

Three programmes on Energy Conservation & Electrical Safety were conducted by CSR teams from Parel & DharaviDivisions. Both the programmes at Parel were well organized by Mr. R.G. Haldankar, Mr. R. J. Panchal (Parel Division) &Mr. Lazarus Mascarenhas(T&D CSR) and valuable assistancefrom Mr. Borde (Transmission Division), Mr. Francis Lobo &Mr. Amod Gore (Dharavi)

Programme -Kalachowkey.

1 Venue: Abhyudaya High school.

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Program was conducted in two sessions and 800 studentsfrom all standards. All the students, Teachers & PrincipalMr.VMRajpeteenthusiastically participated in the program& took an oath to Save Power. An appreciation letter wasissued to the division from the school authorities.

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Programme - 2 Venue: Parel Receiving Station

Program was conducted for students & parents of Wadia High School, Dadar. During the session there was also a Karatedemonstration by Mr. Lazarus.

Programme - 3 A program on Energy Conservation and Electrical Safetywas conducted by Dharavi CST team for a group of school children, andtheir parents and teaching staff at Karkare Academy Hall, opposite Plaza

Cinema, Dadaron27th July 2008.

The participantsreceived practicalinstructions on fhow to saveelectricity, safetyawareness whileusing electricalappliances andother relevanttopics.

Mr. Francis Lobo spoke about the dangers that smallchildren are exposed to, especially during monsoon. Heillustrated this subject with real life examples.

Distribution Division Views Eye DonationAligned with the Tata Group philosophy of "Giving BackTo the Community", this celebration was preceded by a

CSR team in discussion with Representatives of Vision Foundationfor Eye Donation

session on the virtues of Eye Donation, conducted by VisionFoundation of India. Our colleagues pledged that they willdonate their eyes.

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Transmission Division Does A Health DriveHealth Detection camps were organized at VillageVarap -and at at Village KAMBA - Near our AmbernathReceiving Station [Varap] for the benefit of communitiesin association with the respective Grampanchayats

The camps included General Check-up & distribution ofFree Medicines for Acute illnesses. Cases of hypertension,cataract etc detected during the camp were advised furtherinvestigations & treatment. Dr Thakre - Medical officer of

*A \Panchayat Samiti - Kalyan assisted during the camp.A Total of 233 and 170 patients benefited from therespective camps.

The programme was well organized by Dr R.Y.Bhangle,Mr. KJohnson (Medical Dept), Mr. H.K.Kulkarni & Mr.S.Bhide (Kalyan), Mr.S Babre, Mr. T.Bhoir, Mr. S.CSolanki,Mr.K.Sawant, Mr.N. Dali, Mr S.M.Naidu & Mr V.D.Kulkarni(Ambernath) and C.S.R Group - Mr. Lazarus Mascarenhas.

Jojobera Jottings

Three Jojobera QC Teams participated in Chapter Convention / Competition held by - Kolkata Chapter, Durgapurchapter & Rourkela chapter this week, conducted by Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI). All our teams didexceedingly well and were awarded the following prizes:a. Award "Par Excellence"

CCQC 2008 Rourkela ChapterTeam "PRERANA"Facilitator: Mr. 0. P. GuptaMembers: Mr. Jai Prakash, Mr. Kumar Alok, Mr. Sanjay Kumar & Mr. P. Maity.

b. Award "Excellence"CCQC 2008 Kolkata ChapterTeam "BLACK DIAMOND"Facilitator: Mr. D. R. Sharma.Members: Mr. S. Mustafi, Mr. R. K. Singh, Mr. S.N. BanerjeeCCQC 2008 Durgapur ChapterTeam "NIRIKSHAN"Facilitator: D. AcharyaMembers: Mr. N. K. Choudhary, Mr. U. N. Jha, Mr. S. Kunwar, Mr. G. N. Pandey

Congratulations to all!

c Crucible Credit!Tata Power's flag was held high by Messrs. Mahesh Brahme (HO - CustomerManagement Dept) and T N Ramakrishnan (HO - MIS & Budget Group) at theMumbai edition of the Tata Crucible Business Quiz 2008, considered India'stoughest business quiz.The team came in the top Six out of the over 125 teams participating fromMumbai (the biggest and toughest of all the centres) in the preliminaries of theTata Track, which saw many seasoned quizzers crashing out.

^Congratulations guys, well done!

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NDPL Notings

NDPL Wins the International Edison Award for Operational ExcellenceNDPL has become the first power distribution utility and also the first organization from India to have received theprestigious honor in the international category by winning the 81 st Edison Award.

The award was presented to NDPL, at EEl's annual convention, "Celebrating 125 Years of Innovation" in Toronto, Canadaon June 16, 2008, in recognition of its operational excellence in the electric industry, for innovatively utilizing andintegrating its Geographical Information System (CIS) with other applications for network planning, operations,commercial and asset management.

The prestigious award is given annually by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) to honor both international and U.S. electriccompanies for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the Power industry. A panel of academics and pastand current EEI Chairmen select the finalists and ultimate winners.

About EEI

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association of U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies. Its members serve95 percent of the ultimate customers in the shareholder-owned segment of the industry, and represent approximately70 percent of the U.S. electric power industry. It also has more than 70 International electric companies as Affiliatemembers, and more than 185 industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate members.

"Distribution reforms are most critical for transformation of the Power sector in India. NDPL's trailblazing achievementsv

over the past 6 years in North Delhi finally won international recognition by way of the coveted Edison Electric Award.For the first time, an Indian utility has been so acclaimed. We humbly accept it on behalf of team NDPL. We now lookforward to playing a larger role in improving power distribution in other cities of India."

Adi Engineer, Chairman; NDPL

"It's a tremendous achievement for team NDPL to have won the Edison award. It's a testimony to our commitmentand dedication to provide world class technology and services to our consumers. GIS has been of immense help in ourdistribution system for the benefit of all our stakeholders."

Sunil Wadhwa, CEO, NDPL

/ am happy to know that the Edison Award has been won by NDPL. It is a moment of national pride and honour for anIndian company to have achieved this rare distinction in the international arena. I congratulate the entire team of NorthDelhi Power Limited and am confident that they will continue to strive for excellence and put not just Delhi but India onthe world power map time and again.

Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister Delhi

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"/ congratulate NDPL on becoming the first organization from India to win this prestigious international recognition. It'svery commendable and I wish them success in all their future endeavours"

Shushil Kumar Shinde, Union Power Minister, Govt. of India.V.,-"

Innovative Utilization of CIS by NDPL

NDPL innovatively utilized and integrated CIS with other applications for managing network planning, operations,commercial and asset management processes. NDPL's asset base comprising of over 10 lakh consumers spread over adistribution area of 510 Sq Km were geospatially captured and digitized.

NDPL's GIS was integrated with Customer Relation Management (CRM) processes which enhance stakeholder valuewith better connection, metering, billing and collections management.

The application was also integrated with the company's Enterprise Resource Package (ERP) for planning and executionof capital investment schemes for augmentation/extension of the distribution network.

The GIS initiatives have resulted in improvements in NDPL's Consumer Satisfaction Index, overall system reliability, andsignificant reductions in aggregated technical and commercial (AT&C) losses.

NDPL Offers Free Life Insurance Policy to JJ Colonies Consumers

NDPL has announced a unique scheme as a goodwill gesture of providing free Life Insurance Policy of Rs 1 Lakhfor its registered consumers residing in JJ colonies.

The Term Insurance Policy of LIC for Death Cover is being offered free of cost to consumers residing in JJ colonies inNDPL's distribution network of North & North West Delhi and to those who will take metered connection from NDPL.These consumers will also be entitled to avail the tariff subsidy recently announced by Government of NCT of Delhi formetered consumers.

There are over 100 JJ clusters in NDPL area with a consumer base of 30,000.

(*lt is just a matter of gesture to ourJJ cluster consumers to communicate that we care for them and their families, and{ when they approach us to take a metered connection it happens to be a opportune time to express the same. We hope

that this small step from NDPL might bring awareness amongst the JJ cluster residents about the need to protect theirfamilies against the unforeseen eventualities."

Sunil Wadhwa, Chief Executive Officer, NDPL

NDPL has also taken various other initiatives to improve the quality of life amongst these classes by organizing freehealth camps and drug de-addiction camps.

Privilege Consumers Scheme

NDPL's Consumer Relation Cell (CRC) launched Privilege Consumers Scheme for consumers who have been payingtheir energy Bills within due date since last six months. As a reward to their sincerity CRC extend Discount Coupons ofAdventure Island, (Amusement Park), Rohini, which were given to them along with their electricity bills.

NDPL employees were also given a coupon each with their salary slips as a goodwillgesture.

NDPL website for displaying daily'Scheduled Outages'

A new section on the NDPL website for displaying daily 'Scheduled Outages' has beencreated for consumer convenience. The section will have details of important areas inNDPL distribution network where electricity supply may be affected due to maintenanceand augmentation work.NDPL

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In the second of a series, Mr. S. Bhattacharya, General Manager, (ERP - Maithon) expresses hisviews on the Project and life at the Project Site

Q: What made you take up this assignment?A: After my involvement in construction, commissioning and O&M ofTrombay units, I was waiting for a dream opportunity like this, to take onresponsibility of large size project in order to utilize my technical/projectmanagement skills to be associated with growth plan of Tata Power.Q: What are thechallenges you facehere?A: In a state likeJharkhand to bring in agreen field project wasa Herculean task dueto political instability

and lack of administrative support and in the context of unrest inneighbouring state associated with industrial land related issues.Changing the mind set of the locals, harnessing their support andgoodwill in favour of the project, motivating local administration,keeping political interference as well as mafias at bay have been theprime challenges.

Q: How do you think the project is shaping up?A: Excellent. We had to overcome challenges while starting the work-

the time to reach an agreement with the PAPs and the rains playingspoilsport. However, the work has picked up subsequently and wemade up for the lost time and are now on track.

Q: What are your impressions of the team working with you?A: The team is young, new and growing with vigor to perform, learn and

face the challenges ahead of us.Q: How do you motivate them and get them to work together?A: The team is self motivated with the challenges being faced in this

Greenfield Project. Energy levels of the team is maintained by takingon multi tasking roles, involving in cross functional teams overcomespecific problems, knowledge sharing/coaching for preparing theteam for future challenges.

Q: What is the relationship that you have built with the locals andwhat is their impression on this project?

A: There is now a very cordial relationship with the locals and they inviteme to participate in their 'village committee' meetings to discussissues related to the R&R Package and our project. This gives me anopportunity to understand the local politics also as well as proactivelydefuse any issue becoming a potential problem.The initial perception

of the locals and the trauma of beinguprooted from their settlement and lossof their livelihood was transformed into aperception of 'stakeholder' to bring in allround economic development in the area in terms of education, health and environment,livelihood and better quality of life.Q: Could you tell us something about the social life here and how the families copewith the situation?A: As our colony is not yet ready, the living quarters of the team is dispersed and being atthe stage we are, the weekdays are hectic and leaves little time for socializing. Most of theteam are on a bachelor status and the younger group visit nearby big towns on Sundays toget a break from the monotony. We have occasional 'get together' along with families, overdinner or games.Q: What do you think needs to be done to make you and your team-mates'work moreenjoyable and interesting?A: Recognize, reward performance and individual contributions to the work. Buildinfrastructural facility to make stay comfortable. Inculcating innovative and team basedwork culture.

Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal is VP -Services. Here we get a glimpseinto his area of specialization

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Ed: What attracted you tojoin Tata Power?

S A:Tata Powerincreasingly hasshown the will, determination

and financial muscle to chase, facethe challenge and capture opportunities in Power &Energy value chain. It is aiming high in coming yearsand the world outside of Tata Power family clearlyrecognizes the way it is contributing to enhance theIndian Energy landscape. The name "Tata" obviouslyneeds no mention and brings along a set of valuesystem and beliefs which have stood the test oftime bringing forth an eclectic mix of aggressionof a corporate enterprise with a human face thatcherishes human spirit & endeavours.

After saying the above, need I say more? Tata Poweris on the throes of attempting to become a "GreatCompany" from a "Good Company" and certainly Iwant to be a part of that journey and a member of a"Proud" Indian company.

See the above from my eyes.Trust me, I have workedin a heady cocktail of companies before, from big &medium European MNCs to nimble footed IndianCo's and also street smart entrepreneurial setups.All teach you different, divergent views on "howto do business". I think that my time has come tounderstand and do it the "Tata" way.

How did I land up in Tata Power? Well, you wouldhave heard of a saying "When the student is ready,the master appears"!!

Ed: Why do you think there is a need for setting up aServices Division here? What is the potential?

S A:Tata Power traditionally has been in an asset heavybusiness in a regulated setup wherein your returnswere always capped. Make no mistake; it is a verygood business model to be in. Many Indian andForeign Enterprises given half a chance would loveto be in this business wherein earning stability andconsequently visibility is always assured. All otherbusinesses are cyclical and follow market ups anddowns. On the flip side, assets take long time to setupand there is a limit to squeeze out efficiencies fromexisting assets - squeezing the lemon as some say. Soone needs to add assets continuously to grow.

Services on the other hand are asset light activities.The pricing is always dependent on the "value"the purchaser sees in your offering. So it does notfollow your usual accountant's methods of adding

up costs and putting in a little juice on top. As longas you can differentiate your offering, create a valueproposition for your client, take care of his painareas and are able to communicate the "Value", youfit in the game and your returns would be higher.Tata Power has immense competencies in PowerGeneration, Transmission & Distribution, in projectmanagement and operations & maintenance. Wewant to leverage those and showcase to the outsideworld - in India and abroad. Additionally our peoplewould get immense growth opportunities.

Also we could leverage the competencies residingin our group companies and some day offer a P2Pmodel to customer (Developing a power plant ona paper to actually setting it up and running it). Wesurely do it today but in a disjointed fashion. As aresult we and our group companies pick up someparts and miss out on an end to end solution. If wecould put in the missing pieces and link it all up, wecan put forward a strong value proposition which isvery hard to duplicate by others.

It has a "white board" potential. The marker is in ourhand and we need to create the market. I see it asbecoming a 10OOCr division in next 5 years.

Ed: Do you foresee any challenges in Tata Power andhow do you plan to overcome these?

S A: Services mean "Customer Focus" and "CustomerFocus" and "Customer Focus". Challenges aboundboth internally and externally.

Externally, we need to create awareness of our servicebusiness offering and clearly bring out our value. Inservices, you are dealing with something wherein abuyer has a choice. He can do the activity himself orgive it to somebody else. In a sense, the customer isalso our competitor. So your value proposition has tobe strong. In our traditional business, the world nevercomes to an end, if we delay by a week, in Services,customer may just choose to walk away. Further, itis long term relationship, and we need to work on itcontinuously. Well, to overcome this, we simply haveto outrun and outsmart the other guys in the street.We are developing our business plan and sales &marketing would play an important role. Scalabilityis another nightmare for a start up. We are putting inplace robust systems at the foundation level to makesure that we are not overrun by scalability issues.

Services is people business. People are raw materialfor this factory. So availability of competent peoplewould always be a challenge that would neverdiminish. We need to understand that fight fortalent acquisition would never stop, so we shouldstart developing our team from grass root level bycatching them young and training them.

Face to Face

Internally, we need to bring in a sense of urgency.A sort of pro activeness to address customer needsquickly and to his satisfaction. Speed probably isthe right word. That would come thru encouragingpeople to take decisions; faster. Faster also wouldmean that we will cut down layers of decision makingto empower the guy who sits across the customer;who has to listen and respond to him. After all, thefocus has to be on "Customer". He gives our bread,butter and possibly jam.

Also we need to work hard internally within ourgroup companies to develop an end to end powersolution model and at the same time maintainindividuality of the companies. All the othercompanies have their own growth strategies &models and we need convergence. The big idea isnot to loose an opportunity just because we couldn'tposition ourselves as"One" in quick time.We ofcourse don'twant to land upcompeting againsteach other. So weneed to carefully chartout our strategies andcommunicate often toiron out any creaseswhich may creep in.

Ed: Where do you seeTata Power in thenext ten years?

S A: Well, firstly I would liketochangethequestionto "Where would I loveseeing Tata Power graduate to..." I would love to seeTata Power as the "Google" of Power & energy. Youmust have used Google. You put in a word to searchand the Google engine starts working and gets usanswers. Similarly, if anybody in India needs supporton power & energy, Tata Power should be the firstclick option. Reliable, trustworthy, competent andinnovating partner, that's what Google is and that'swhere, I would love to see Tata Power.

Coming to your question now. Well, our business planclearly spells out our position ten years from now on.It is a challenging number but clearly achievable.

Ed: What would be the team working with you andwhat specific competencies are you looking for?

S A: Well, currently Paddy and I are working on it. Wehave selected few internal people to come on boardand slowly we would enlarge our team.

We look for execution competencies in O&M andproject management functions. Should essentiallybe a self starter, ability to get hold of an issue andresolve it from all ends, even if he doesn't have allanswers, he should have the resolve to find solutionsand go that extra mile. "NO" is not the answer. Heneeds to be hands on person.

In a start up, we all need to be team players, sharea common passion for customer focus, and hungerfor growth. We are all trying to create somethingnew and new means traveling unchartered paths,courage to take on unknowns, dealing with manyvariables. Only our steadfast resolve would see usthru. To see a seed grow into a fledgling sprout andthen a sampling to a tree is a great experience andgives a "high" which is unmatched. Ofcourse, theseed has to face many a storm to develop into a tree.All are welcome to the journey.

Ed: What are your spare time interests and means ofrelaxing?

S A: I read and write!! and if my daughter permits listen tomusic on her Ipod. I love to devour company reportsand balance sheets and then make investments

with an idea of wealthcreation but in quicktime it becomes capitalpreservation mission! Ihad started a blog alsoon "Intelligent Investing"but now haven't writtenin it for a while. I cook raregourmet dishes which Ionly like! Am a die hardcompulsive foodie and afood writer for near anddear ones. My family lovesto travel in India and if ourbudget permits outsideIndia.

Ed: We'd like to knowsomething about your

family. Could you please introduce the membersto us and tell us something in brief about each?

SA:My wife Aarti teaches business studies &accountancy to XI & XII class students. She spendsher time juggling school, me and son and daughter.My daughter Advika turns fourteen and is in classIX and loves what teens at her age love. Well, theyare in their own little world of studies, Ipod, Imacs,Youtube, Facebook, Microsoft messenger, hotmail,sms, dreams about Iphone, music and what haveyou. She is a great dancer. My son Raghav is nineyears and is in class IV. He keeps trying his hand atdifferent sports, is great in computers and is learningto dream.

Ed: What is your mantra for making things workand have you a message for the readers ofTransmission Lines?

S A: It helps to keep a positive attitude. Keep trying hardand sincerely. Never give up. Your time would comefor sure.

We all are fortunate to be chosen to work for TataPower. So many exciting things are happeningwithin the company, let's all be a part of them andmake Tata Power a wonderful place to work.

c The Circle Grows Wider In Quality

Nineteen QC Teams (9 from Trombay, 6 from T&D and 4 from Hydros) participated in the 22nd Chapter Convention /Competition - Mumbai Chapter 2008, on Wednesday, 27th August 2008, conducted by Quality Circle Forum of India.Apart from receiving the "Maximum Participation" award, all our teams did exceedingly well and bagged the followingprizes:

1. Trombay

AWARD "PAR EXCELLENCE"

Team"Spurti", Operation Department

o Messrs. R R Maurya, K A Gadkari, D K Sherdiwala, V M Dinkar, D M Hirekurbure, P M Kadam and K V Ayachit

AWARD "EXCELLENCE"

Team"Disha", Materials Department

o Messrs. C T Prakash, K M Vijayan, S N Deshpande, Satish N Salian, Artur Martins, Sanal S Kumar and Dilip SSarwade

Team "Utkarsha", Coal yard

o Messrs. Y J Lokhare, Y M Ghadge, A S Dalvi, D V More, P T Kangne, S B Jadhav and V N Bhosale

AWARD "DISTINGUISHED"

Team "Uttung", Operation Department

Messrs. S V Neve, Mr. M H D Darwesh, Shibu George, A D Kulkarni, H Mujtaba, D C Doshi and Y P Vaidya

Team "Parivartan", Operation Department

o Messrs. N K Vengsarkar, K R Shah, D V Kulkarni, P D Deshpande, M H Takle and V Y Kadam

Award and Recognition accolades, trophies and certificates coming our way

Team "Udaan", Mechanical Maintenance Department

o Messrs. Sishir Dube, S H Hazare, C L Muthe, P K Shukla, V S Mungi, S U Burve and Y K Jawle

Team" Yojna", Mechanical Maintenance Department

o Messrs. Prashant Kudva, A V More (Sr.), S R Gore, A J Naik, S L Donduskar, A V More(Jr.). D M Wayal, R L Kadamand VKVerma

Team "Tatparta", Accounts Department

o Messrs. R Sunderesan, A S Sangotra, A R Sheikh, Chitra A Patwardhan and Tanuja S Gawde

Team"Sumeru", Fire Department

o Messrs. C V Naidu, R F Raphael, S B Joil, R S Heer, S R Chavan, S P Kasbe, R S Thosar, S VTawde and S S Dhok

2. Transmission and Distribution

AWARD PAR EXCELLENCE

Team"Pehchan", Salsette

o Messrs. T M Dhande, V B Jadhav, V L Rathod, Y M Patil and Y M Shengal

AWARD EXCELLENCE

Team"Arjun", Kolshet

o Messrs. J P Pandhya, H Kadam, Shantaram Thambe, G Waman and Rajesh Parmar

AWARD EXCELLENCE

Team "Manthan", Vikhroli

o Messrs. H M Ratnaparkhi, VT Kadam, P D Vanare, S R Kalange, R V Sute, K R Wagh and K B Sawant

AWARD MERITORIOUS

Team "Pragati", Chembur

o Messrs. V B Gawali, K P Umak, G D Thakur, R S Dubey, K L Kothekar, P V Mhatre, M B Joshi and VT Chavan

AWARD DISTINGUISHED in the competition. They presented case study on replacement of Hydraulic Cylinder in220 kV CIS Breaker

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Award and Recognition accolades, trophies and certificates coining our way

Team"Eklavya", Salsette

o Messrs. S K Vetcha, M A Gowda, R M Deshmukh, A P Joshi and V R Naidu

AWARD DISTINGUISHED

Team "Carnac Ganesh", Carnac

o Messrs. P R Naik, A M Bhame, P B Kotian, B T Vane, R M Waghchourey, A M Ghadge, M S Gawand and S SJadhav

3. Hydro

AWARD "EXCELLENCE"

Team "Pragati", Khopoli

o Messrs. R N Mahale, S G Ovhal, A S Sawant, M G Bhagat, S M Kedari and S N Chimte

Team"Omkar", Bhivpuri

o Messrs. N S Thakur, F A I Sheikh, C B Gawali, H B Padwal, K J Lashkare and D P Gaikar

Team "Himalaya", Bhira

o Messrs. P Shinde, D R Sawant, S Bamgude, R K ^^^^ , ^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^^_Mundhe, R L Deshmukh and N Gharat •" H^ I {§!•,, CT* C^kff

AWARD "DISTINGUISHED"

Team "Kohinoor", Khopoli JB A^~ L/r*"!

o Messrs. S S Maske, S T Gaikwad, A G Shaikh, V SShirke, S S Mohite and N C Khandbhor

Our heartiest congratulations to all the team members,facilitators (H Ganeshan, Trombay; KK Rao, T&D; and NRMahale, Hydro) and the steering committee membersfor this laudable achievement in keeping Tata Power flagflying high.

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HERPES ZOSTER

Dr.R.Y.Bhangle, Sr.Manager [Medical] Kalyan.

Definition: Herpes zoster is an acute localizedinfection with varicella-zoster virus, whichcauses a painful, blistering rash.

Causes: Herpes zoster, or shingles, is causedby the same virus that causes chickenpox.After an episode of chickenpox, the virusbecomes dormant in the body. Herpes zosteroccurs as a result of the virus re-emergingafter many years.

The cause of the re-activation is usuallyunknown, but seems to be linked to aging,stress, or an impaired immune system. Oftenonly one attack occurs, without recurrence.

If an adult or child is exposed to the herpeszoster virus and has not had chickenpox asa child or received the chickenpox vaccine, asevere case of chickenpox may develop, rather than shingles.

After infection with chickenpox, the virus resides in a non-active statein the nerve tracts that emerge from the spine. When it is re-activated, itspreads along the nerve tract, first causing pain or a burning sensation.

Symptoms:

Warning symptoms of unilateral (on one side) pain, tingling, or burningsensation limited to a specific part of the body — pain and burningsensation may be intense.

Reddening of the skin (erythema) followed by the appearance ofblisters (vesicles)

• Grouped, dense, deep, small blisters that ooze and crust.

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

Fever, chills

• General feeling of malaise

Headache

Lymph node swelling

• Vision abnormalities

• Taste abnormalities

Drooping eyelid

Loss of eye motion

Hearing loss

• Joint pain

• Genital lesions (female or male)

Abdominal pain

DIAGNOSIS

Diagnosis is suspected based on the appearance of the skin lesions,and strengthened by a prior history of chickenpox or shingles. It can beconfused with herpes simplex.

Tests are rarely necessary, but may include:

• Viral culture of skin lesion

Complete blood count may show elevated white blood cells, anonspecific sign of infection

Specific antibody (immunoglobulin) measurement demonstrateselevation of varicella antibodies.

Treatment

Herpes zoster usually disappears on its own, and may not requiretreatment except for symptom relief, such as pain medication.

Acyclovir is an antiviral medication that may be prescribed toshorten the course, reduce pain, reduce complications, or protect animmunocompromised individual. Desciclovir, famciclovir, valacyclovir,

and penciclovir are similar to acyclovir and may be used to treat herpeszoster.

For the greatest effect, treatment with acyclovir-like medications shouldstart within 24 hours of the appearance of pain or burning sensation, andpreferably before the appearance of the characteristic blisters.

Dosage — Adults—800 mg 5 times daily at 4 hrs interval for 7-10 days.Dosage is reduced in renal impairment & children.

Corticosteroids, such as prednisone, may occasionally be used to reduceinflammation and risk of post-herpetic neuralgia. They have been shownto be most effective in the elderly population. Corticosteroids have certainrisks that should be considered before using them.

ANALGESICS mild to strong may be needed to control pain.Antihistamines may be used topically (direct application to the body) ororally (by mouth) to reduce itching.

Cool wet compresses can be used to reduce pain. Soothing lotions, suchas calamine lotion, may help to relieve itching and discomfort. Resting inbed until the fever goes down is recommended.

The skin should be kept clean, and contaminated items should not bere-used. Non-disposable items should be washed in boiling water orotherwise disinfected before re-use. The person may need to be isolatedwhile lesions are oozing to prevent infection of others — especiallypregnant women.

Outlook (Prognosis)

Herpes zoster usually clears in 2 to 3 weeks and rarely recurs. Involvementof motor nerves (nerves that control movement) may cause temporaryor permanent nerve palsy (weakness or paralysis). Neuralgia (continuednerve pain) may persist for years in 50% of those over 60 years old whohave shingles, particularly if the trigeminal nerve was affected. Eye lesionsmay lead to permanent blindness and require emergency medical care.

Possible Complications

Post herpetic neuralgia

Secondary bacterial skin infections

Recurrence (rare)

Generalized infection, visceral organ lesions, encephalitis or SEPSIS inimmunosuppressed persons

Blindness (if lesions occur in the eye)

Deafness

Loss of taste

Facial paralysis

Prevention

Avoid contact with the skin lesions of persons with known herpes zosterinfection (shingles or chickenpox). The chickenpox (varicella) vaccine isa recommended childhood vaccine. The vaccine may be recommendedfor teenagers or adults who have never had chickenpox. A recent largetrial showed a significant reduction in the complications of shingles andincidence of postherpetic neuralgiain older adults whoreceived the vaccine.

Chicken pox canbe prevented byvaccination whichis 80% effective & inremaining cases thedisease is mild withfewer complications.

Dose - Above 1 yrupto 12yrs-1 dose.

13 yrs & above 2 doses Dermatomes are areas on the skin supplied bywith an interval of 6- sensory fibers of the spinal nerves10 weeks.

Injection should be administered SUBCUTANEOUSLY.

book review and information

By Art Spiegelman

Art in its many varied forms often needs to be re-renditioned in order to be resonant

with the pulse of the masses. Maus is just that-it's a brilliant concoction of graphic art

and history; it's a story of yore that makes available the same set of lessons and morals

to a newer generation. Maus is Art (Artie) Spiegelman's magnum opus; the story of a

holocaust survivor and an account of the many million Jews that were murdered by the

Nazis and their cronies.

Maus begins with Artie coercing his senile father, Vladek Spiegelman, to talk about the

extermination. With an undercurrent of Artie and Vladek's father-son relationship, the

book revolves around Vladek's narrative of the genocide from a Polish Jew's perspective.

Interspersed with this story are anecdotes about the making of Maus, which makes

Maus very palpable.

Vladek and Artie have conflicting personalities. They seem to be in constant fall out

due to reasons stemming from Artie's mother's death, Vladek's poor health and a rocky

second marriage, guilt and a host of other well-nuanced issues. Using this skeletal

framework as a launch pad, Maus traverses time on extended flashback expeditions to

the World War Two era.

Maus' black-and-white graphic artwork is bold and radical, ltdoesruntheriskoftrivialization by choosing to depict the Jews

as mice, the Germans as cats, the Poles as pigs and the Americans as dogs. Au contraire, such portrayal is incredibly efficient

and aids narrative agility. This approach seemingly reifies and simultaneously ridicules the concept of racial types.

The tale reeks of authenticity, as perhaps any memoir of the holocaust should. The language is far from baroque and falters

on purpose giving the story an eerie semblance of street-life. The constant fear is well portrayed in the narration and

the artwork reinforces fright. Trials, tribulations, troubles and triumphs of all characters are captivating and emotionally

gripping. Maus is a methodical illustration of how history shapes the world we live in and how the .j """"*

aftermath continues to affect those left in the wake.

Maus is an experience in itself. It delivers the full emotional impact that a story from this genre

should. This is the sort of literature that would have made my history lessons in school the next

best thing to sports and lunch breaks.

do recommend.

ShashankSisinthySr. Engineer - Algorithms

Strategic Electronics DivisionMumbai

Hi Friends,

It is great meeting you once again. Here's your quarterlydose of introspection, intellectual gymnastics, triviatreasure and humour.

Minds EyeNoted psychologist, William James once reflected "Thegreatest discovery of our generation is that human beingscan alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.'Theonly disability in life is a bad attitude. Immense power isacquired by assuring yourself that you do not fall into thetrap of complacency. The following story best illustratesthis point.A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda cartonand asks for a phone call. Shop-owner replied sweetly thisis no STD, but you can make one call. The store-ownerobserved and listened to the conversation. The boy asked,"Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?"TheWoman replied, "I already have someone to cut my Lawn.""Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the personwho cuts your Lawn now" replied the boy. The womanresponded that she was very satisfied with the person whowas presently cutting her lawn. The little boy found moreperseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curband your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiestlawn in all of North-Palm beach, Florida." Again the womananswered in the negative. With a smile on his face, the littleboy replaced the receiver.The Store-owner, who was listening to all this, walked overto the boy and Said," Son... I like your attitude; I like thatpositive spirit and would like to offer you a job.'The little boyreplied, "No Thanks, I was just checking my performancewith the job I already have. I am the one who is working forthat lady I was talking to!"Often the winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ,or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, notaptitude. The winner does not allow Complacency to setin. Life is a treadmill. One must be on one's toes to just stayin the same place. If you are complacent and stand in oneplace, you will be thrown off. Even great corporations havevanished by succumbing to complacency. Aesop oncereflected - Don't let your special character and values, thesecret that you know and no one else does,the truth - don't let that get swallowed upby the great chewing complacency.And now over to our HeadworksWhat's next77 -> 49 -> 36 -> 18 ->?. What is next in theseries

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During theTurkish stampede in Thrace, a small detachmentfound itself confronted by a wide and deep river. However,they discovered a boat in which two children were rowingabout. It was so small that it would only carry the twochildren, or one grown person. I***°N \How did the officer get himself and his 357 soldiersacross the river and leave the two children finally in jointpossession of their boat? And how many times need theboat pass from shore to shore?Did you know that• The 2008 Summer Olympic Games,officially known as the Games of the XXIXOlympiad, held in Beijing, Peoples Republicof China, saw the return of 28 sports, andheld 302 events (165 men's events, 127women's events, and 10 mixed events), one.event more in total than in Athens• 10500 athletes from all but one (Brunei)of the current 205 National OlympicCommittees (NOCs) participated. Of 195independent countries, only three did notparticipate: Brunei. Kosovo and Vatican City.Another three countries participated for theirfirst time in history: The Marshall Islands,Montenegro and Tuvalu. China formed thelargest 1099 member delegation and sent arecord 639 athletes for this games.• Mainland China competed against HongKong in this year's Olympics

• The official logo of the games was astylized calligraphic letter called Jing and istitled "Dancing Beijing," Drawn in the shapeof a milestone it signifies a milestone in theOlympics movement. The color red is thefavorite color of the Chinese• The slogan for the 2008 Olympics was"One World, One Dream" (simplified Chinese:lU — "Sl?- l°] —t iSR; traditional Chinese:fq|—IH"S^ HI— i@PJI; pinyin: Tong YigeShijie Tong Yige Mengxing.) The slogan callsupon the whole world to join in the Olympicspirit and build a better future for humanity.It was chosen from over 210,000 entriessubmitted from around the world.• A total of 37 venues were used to hostthe events including 12 newly constructed venues (31venues in Beijing for the various sports and six venuesoutside Beijing. These six are Qingdao, Hong Kong, Tianjin,

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Shanghai, Qinhuangdao, and Hong kong which will hostthe Football, Sailing and the Equestrian events)

• Beijing National Stadium (The Bird's Nest) hosted themain track and field competitions for the 2008 SummerOlympics, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.The stadium built at a cost of USD 423 million is 330 meterslong by 220 meters wide and 69.2 meters tall. It was builtwith 36 km of unwrapped steel with a combined weightof 45,000 tonnes and can seat 91000 spectators. A Swissfirm, Herzog & de Meuron Architekten AG, collaboratedwith China Architecture Design & Research Group to win aworldwide design competition.

• Beijing National Aquatics Center (Water Cube)'sstructurecomprisesofETFE(Ethylenetetrafluoroethylene),akind of plastic that doesn't melt when ignited. It is the largestETFE clad structure in the world with over 100,000 squaremeters of ETFE pillows that are only eight one-thousandthsof an inch in total thickness. The ETFE cladding allows morelight and heat penetration than traditional glass, resultingin a 30% decrease in energy costs. The Aquatics Centerwith a capacity of 17000 hosted the Swimming, Diving, andSynchronized Swimming events during the Olympics.

• There are five mascots for the game jointly called fuwa,each representing a ring of the five Olympic rings. Each ofthe Fuwa has a rhyming two-syllable name — a traditionalway of expressing affection for children in China. Beibei isthe Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the OlympicFlame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is theSwallow. They also represent four of the most popularanimals in China and the Olympic flame. Read togetherwith one syllable from each, it becomes'Bei Jing HuanYingNi'which means "Welcome to Beijing."

• The 120-km long Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Rail openedon 1st August 2008 connects the new railway station withOlympic co-host city Tianjin with world's fastest scheduledtrain service at 350 km/h.

• The march-in sequence this year is different from thoseof previous Games, as the order of entry was determinedby the number of strokes of the delegation's translatedChinese name in simplified Chinese characters. Underthis rule, Guinea, whose name begins with a two-strokecharacter, walked 2nd while Zambia, with 16 strokes, becamethe 203rd.

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Whenever I find the key to success,someone changes the lock.

The road to success?? Is alwaysunder construction.

He who has the gold, makes the rules.— Murphy's golden rule.

All the desirable things in life areeither illegal, expensive, fatteningor married to someone else.

Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appearbrighter before you hear them speak

• It is the mark of an educated mind tobe able to entertain a thought withoutaccepting it. —Aristotle

• All I have seen teaches me to trust thecreator for all I have not seen. - RalphWaldo Emerson

• In matters of conscience, the law ofmajority has no place. - Mahatma Gandhi

• Difficulties strengthen the mind, aslabour does the body. - Seneca

• Contentment is not the fulfilment ofwhat you want, but the realization of howmuch you already have. - AnonTa-taBrightSpark

Office Encounters!!!Deja Vu?

"Don't call the IT guys yet. I get more done and makefewer mistakes when the computers are down!"

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"An Unforgettable Family Trek"First of all, I wish to congratulate our Trekking and Adventurewing for completing its Silver Jubilee.So far, we were used to hearing about one day Family Treks,so when we heard about the twelve day Family Trek to Mani-Mahesh, we were pleasantly surprised.Last year a children's trek to Mani-Mahesh had beenconducted. My daughter, Anuja, had participated in that

trek and thoroughlyenjoyed herself. Hence,she earnestly requestedme and my husband toparticipate in this year'sFamily Trek. Consideringher request and thewonderful experience shenarrated, we finally madeup our mind to do so.

Daily discussions on the preparations required for the trekstarted and passed happily in buying new shoes, new trekkingclothes, bags, etc. A meeting of the entire trekking team wasalso held to check our preparations.Finally, the first day of our trek arrived. All trekking groupmembers came together at Mumbai Central railway station.Our Trekking and Adventure wing's officials had also come tosee us off. It was a very memorable moment. When our trainarrived, chaos ensued. All of us somehow entered the train andkept our luggage on the seats. The train started a short whilelater and we waved our goodbyes. At the next station morepassengers came in and began arguing about the luggage kepton their seats. Our trekking group members explained thatwe would soon remove it from the seats and neatly arrange

it. It was interesting to hearhow none of our memberssaid 'my' luggage butrather'our'luggage and webegan to understand howour behaviour changes ontreks.We alighted at Jalandharafteralong36hourjourney.From there, we went to

Chamba and then to Bharmor. At Bharmor, our trek organizer,Mr. Shravankumar, and guide, Mr.Tilakraj, welcomed us. Thenext morning, we visited the Bharmani Mata Mandir. It wasnecessary to trek up to the Mandir to acclimatize ourselvesto the weather conditions there. Our Trek leader, Mr. RaviKharade, told us to keep standing whenever we felt tired. Thisvaluable piece of advice helped us a lot on this short trek andon the Mani-Mahesh trek.The next morning, we started our trek to Hadsar. On one side,there was a huge mountain and on the other side the RaaviRiver flowed by. Even though it was May, the weather was quitecold. Our guide, Mr. Tilakraj, told us that this was the normalsummer weather. We were quite surprised and wondered howcold it would be in winter! We reached Hadsar in the eveningand halted there for the night.The next morning, we started off for the Dhanchoo BaseCamp. Tents had already been set up there for our stay. Finally,

we started thinking of ourdestination Mani-Mahesh.As night fell, it startedraining and we did our bestto protect ourselves fromthe rain and cold.

Breakfast was ready asearly as 5.30 a.m. the nextmorning, much to oursurprise. We quickly hadbreakfast and set off on our trek. We slowly made our way up,stopping whenever we felt tired. After climbing about half thedistance to the top, some small children simply refused to goany further. Hence, these children and their parents decidedto go back to the Base Camp. Wondering whether I could carryon further, I asked our guide, Mr.Tilakraj, whether I would beable to reach the top. He replied that if I had a strong desire,I would definitely be able to do so. He also told me to take iteasy and walk slowly. His words gave me strength. Others inour group also pepped me up and I decided to go ahead.

By 11.00 a.m. we were bathed in bright sunlight. We weretold that we would reach the top in an hour or two. Wewalked ahead, singing 'Kadam kadam badhaye ja'. Suddenlythe weather changed and the sky grew dark and it startedthundering. Before anyone could say anything, there was adownpour. A short while later, we saw fluffy white pieces fallon our wind-cheaters and suddenly a heavy snowfall began.The entire area around us was quickly covered with snow.This was, indeed, a thrilling experience. It made us think ofLord Shankar's fierce avataar. We really understood then howweather in the Himalayas can change very quickly and becometough to withstand andalso how we Mumbaikars,who think that we canaccomplish anything, arereally helpless while facingNature's fury. My attentionwas then diverted to ourguide, Mr. Tilakraj, and ourporters, Mr. Ashok and Mr.K. K.These simple men hadtaught us how men should help each other unselfishly andhad created a sense of togetherness. Words like humanity,love and affection then started flashing in my mind.

The heavy snowfall had made our route almost invisible andour guide advised us not to go ahead but to return to BaseCamp. Hence, we decided to go down. Helping each other, weslid down the mountain slope. This was a thrilling experience!When we reached the Base Camp safe and sound, our memberswho had gone down earlier, had tears in their eyes. To makeus comfortable, they had already set up a camp fire. Seeingthis, I couldn't help noting that a strong bond of humanity haddeveloped among us.

We learnt from this trek how important it is tobe in Mother Nature's lap and enjoy her beautyfor as long as we are physically well-off. It was,indeed, an unforgettable experience and I >•'«thank the Trekking and Adventure wing formaking it possible.

Mrs. Sneha S. Apte

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A consignmentof25,OOOMahseerFingerlings bredationavla fish farmhas been dispatched to The State Fisheries Resource ManagementSociety [FIRMA] Government of Kerala Undertaking, on 19.9.2008.The fingerlings will be raised in their hatchery and then released in therivers, monitored for their growth and survival.

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FivejuniorscientistsfromBhutan,sponsoredbytheBhutanGovemment,visitedourWalwhanfishfarminSeptember08forhands-ontrainingin Mahseer Breeding. Catching the brooders, extraction of eggs, fertilization, hatching etc were explained and demonstrated to them.

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Comes Ganesh Utsav and festive programmes mark a full week as thedeity is enthroned at the Trombay colony.

Bird Gall!

Mr. J.C. Dan/e/, Hon. Secretary BHNS releases the book "Birds ofionavlaand Khandala" in the presence of Dr. Anil Mahabal, President ofElaFoundation and Mr. Prasad Menon, MD, Tata Power (3rd and 4th fromleft respectively) while authors Mr. Pramod Deshpande (extreme left),Mr. Vivek Vishwasrao (2nd left), Dr. Satish Pande (2nd right) and Mr.Neeranjan Sant (extreme right) look on.

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Coming A Long WayThe Silver Jubilee celebrations of Trekking & AdventureWing of Telec Sports was kicked off on the 6th August 2008by the Abhishek to the bust of our founder Mr J N Tata,performed by Mr.U.S. Bapat, Sr.GM and Vice President,TelecSports atTrombay B, with water collected from all the lakes.Others to join in the Abhishek were Messrs. A.P.Wankhede,A.D.Hanamshet, M.S.Dave, Rajesh Haldankar,Tomson Koshy,C.P.Appanna, Lalit Neve and S.V.Deshpande.The team of 25trekkers from across Bhira, Bhivpuri, Kalyan and Trombaywho participated in the collection of the water from all thelakes were present at the function. The gathering includedUnion Office Bearers, Senior Management and employeesfromTrombay and other divisions as wel I. A tree was plantedby Mr Bapat to commemorate the Siver Jubilee Event.

A Series of programmes followed to mark the event.

The Photo and Mountaineering equipment exhibitionopened on the evening of 6th August at the Trombay

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Abhishek to Our Founder J N Tata by Mr.U.S.Bapat Tree plantation to commemorate Silver Jubilee of Trekking

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Community Hall and continued the next afternoon as

well. A novel feature was the Hydro turbine model running

on the water collected from all the lakes. A Presentation

on Trekking and Adventure was made and a Souvenir On

Trekking & Adventure released by Mr A.D. Hanamshet, GM

(Risk Mgmt & Internal Audit) and a seasoned Silver Jubilee

Trekker of Tata Power. Prizes for the winners of various

competitions (Drawing, Painting and Quiz) held to celebrate

the Silver Jubilee were also distributed. Mr Hanamshet &

Mr Desai who participated in the Inaugural Trek on 6th

August 1983 remembered with nostalgia their numerous

trekking sojourns and exhorted the employees and their

children to utilize the varied opportunities provided by

the terrific team of the Trekking & Adventure Wing ofTelec

Release of the souvenir Prize distribution

The Exhibition

Sports. Along with Mr. Lalit Neve, Hon. Secretary (Trekking

and Adventure) they lauded the tremendous team spirit

displayed by the Trekking and Adventure Group cutting

across all levels and the support ofTelec Sports and Tata

Power Management which enabled the activity to sustain

and grow. Mr C.P. Appanna congratulated and thanked all

those who contributed to the activity over the years and

made the Silver Jubilee Event possible.

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Tree plantation

The exhibition moved to Khopoli Division on theSth Augustfor the benefit of Hydro employees and their families and toWalwhan Environment Center on the 9th August to benefitall those participating in the Silver JubileeTrek.

The Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Trekking & Adventureculminated with the Silver JubileeTrek which witnessedthe participation of 150 trekking enthusiasts varying inage and including apprentices, trainees, new joinees,employees of whom some had 35 years of service,union leaders and the Managing Director and comingfrom the Hydros, Transmission, Trombay and H.O. Theparticipants trekked on the hills from Village Javerwadito the fringe of Walwhan Lake and thoroughly enjoyedevery moment in a continuous mild downpour. MrPrasad Menon's presence made the trek memorable forall those who participated as he truly enjoyed himselfand was found pulling the legs of quite a few with his lightbanter. Others from the Management who participatedwere Dr Gobind Baghasingh VP(HR), Mr Ashok SethiSr GM(Commercial) & Head LA Operations, Mr MinishDave, GM, Mr Mahesh Paranjpe, Sr Mgr(Hydros) whileMr Rajesh Haldankar, General Secretary of EmployeesUnion and Union Office bearers were in full attendance.Lunch (Junkha bakar) was served in the open andMango trees were planted to commemorate the event.

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Telec Sports Day - 19th July, 2008The Glittering Telec Sports Annual Day Function heldat the Community Hall at Trombay culminated with thefelicitation of Lifetime Achievement Awardees & SportsAchievers by MDMr. Prasad Menon.For the LifetimeAchievers, MessrsN K Sukumaran(Football), ClarenceLobo (Hockey &Football), SubashChikane (Cricket)& Bharat Nadkarni(Cricket & TableTennis), it was aproud moment asthey walked upto receive theirsilver salvers andcitations, as each ofthem were read outby Mr. C P Appannato thunderousapplause from the 3m^w,audience whichcomprised sportspersons who have represented TATAPower teams over several years, Sr. Officers, Telec SportsManaging Committee Members, Games Secretaries, SportsContactmen & Union Office Bearers.

At the start of his address MD, Mr. Prasad Menon mentionedthat there is no activity in the world quite like sports whichcan stir the emotions of a common man in any placeyou go to. He said he was extremely privileged to do the

Lifetime Achievement Awardees -

(L-R) Mr. Bharat Nadkami, Mr. Clarence Lobo, Mr. Subash Chikane & Mr. N. K. Sukumaranwith Mr C.P. Appanna, Dr Gobind Baghasingh, Mr Prasad Menon & Mr U.S. Bapat

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Trombay Blues Awarded The Overall Championship Trophy For 2007-08 In Inter Divisional Sports

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honours for the lifetime achievers who had contributedimmensely to sports in TATA Power, the State & the Country,and congratulated them for their outstanding contributionto sports and added that they were role models for theother sportspersons in the Company and outside. Hestressed the special role that sports & sportspersons play inan organization, adding that sports takes the emotions of aperson to the pinnacle of happiness as well as to the depthsof despair, helps surpass barriers and thereby contributes toall round development of the individual, while lamentingthat the youngsters failed to make use of God-given bodyand mind in the pursuit of sports and needlessly wasted

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their youth and energy watching television or by trackingshares. He exhorted all the sportspersons to pass on theirexpertise to the youngsters in the Company as also tothe youth around our society. Very clear that sports hadto be sustained in the organization, he congratulated allsportspersons past their prime for keeping the sportsactivity going and requested them to represent the TataPower teams until their retirement. He vowed that theManagement would give all the necessary support infuture too.

Mr. U S Bapat, Vice President (Telec Sports) earlier welcomingthe gathering said that this function was long overdue andwas to recognize the sportspersons for their outstandingcontribution to sports. Mr. C P Appanna, General Secretary(Telec Sports) presenting the vote of thanks expressed hisgratitude to the Lifetime Achievers for making the eveningspecial and goaded all sportspersons to strive to be sportsachievers next year. The programme was compered withelan by Ms Judy Menezes.

Inter Divisional Table TennisTrombay Reds propped up by an excellent display fromRaju Magar who won both his singles matches defeatedTrombay Blues by 3 matches to 2 in a cliff hanger of a finalto annex the coveted Team Championship Title in theInter Divisional Table Tennis tournament held on the 12thand 13th at the Community Hall, Trombay. Dharavi Groupfinished third defeating Bhivpuri. Bhivpuri earlier surpriseda strong Bhira.

Open Singles

S.N. Karkera of Trombay Blueswon his maiden open singlescrown beating his teammateA.SJ. Shah in a well foughtfinal by 3 games to 1. Earlier,reigning singles championover several years Ashish Bhatwas defeated by Raju Magarwho eventually finished third.

Open Doubles

In the open doubles last yearsrunners up S.N. Karkera and P. inter Divisional Team winners Trombay Reds receiving their trophy - ^ ^ -Gondhale (Tr Blues) defeated from Chief Guest Mr. D. K. Golam. L-R Messers S. Salian, R. R. \iH|cMc^l the scratch pair of M.D. Raut & Chandanshive, Ashish Bhat, Siddappa Gowda & Raju Magar - - —

A S I Shah (Tr RlupO in a wpll ff3^'gji^ ^ & &'fcw'^ F& ft*for fffi &fW*?r tTO" "Ww/*# STcTA.bJ. bnan ( I r Blues) in a well ^/MM/ ^ ^ _ rftf dftr iffon, sn? sn? \contested final by 3 games to snfemijz', Risxtm rfwsjjftrv^riw.1. A.SJ. Shah had a wonderfultournament too finishing runner up in open singles &doubles. Ashih Bhat & Raju Magar were third.

Eleven teams participated in the tournament. Dr G.S.Hattangady, DGM (Medical Services) Trombay a table tennisplayer in his younger days inaugurated the tournament butlamented that the superb infrastructure provided by the

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Company was under-utilized and requested the employeesand their dependants to keep fit by participating in sports.Mr Dilip Golam DGM (Civil), a good sportsman and a regularparticipant in Inter Divisional Cricket and Billiards/Snookerfor several years was the Chief Guest and was appreciativeof the standard displayed by the Singles and Doublesfinalists.

Mr Satish Ganapathy, Ron Secy (Table Tennis) proposed thevote of thanks.

Team Winners - Trombay Reds (Raju Magar, Ashish Bhat,Satish Salian, R.R.Chandanshive & Siddappa Gowda)

Runners up -Trombay Blues (S.N. Karkera, A.SJ. Shah, M.D.Raut, P. Gondhale & Kadar Ramzan)

Hardlines - Dharavi (Satish Ganapathy, H. B.Thakur, ShivajiMore, V. M. Pawar & S. Dighe).

Inter Divisional Badminton

Trombay Blues easily defeated Trombay Reds by Twomatches to Nil to win the coveted team championshiptitle in the Inter Divisional Badminton tournament whichconcluded at the BPCL courts on the 26th and 27th August.Trombay Blues star player Anup Kanade won the firstsingles defeating P. Sawant easily (2-0). In the doubles,A.M. Mungekar and M.D. Raut beat A. Ghadge & AnupPillai (2-0). Other members of the winning team were K.S.Bedekar and S. Kelvalkar while runners up Trombay Redswere represented by H.D. Govilkar and Jolly Mathew.Dharavi finished third and were represented by MessersRamesh Kumar, R.S. Thakur, Abdul Salam, Hemu Desai &Saju Raphael.

In the open Singles Anup Kanade (Tr Blues) easily beatKetan Bedekar (Tr Blues) in two straight games. RameshKumar (Dharavi) finished third. The doubles finals was aninteresting and well fought affair with Ketan Bedekar andRamesh Kumar defeating Anup Kanade and A.M. Mungekar21-16, 22-20. Mazhar Khan & R. B. Gowda finished third.

Ms Anjali Kulkarni, DGM, a University level Badminton playerwho had represented Pune University in the West ZoneChampionships inauguratedthe tournament and promisedto feature couple of womenteamsinnextyearstournament.Mr Clarence Lobo, this year'sLife Time Achievement Awardwinner for Sports, was thechief guest and distributedthe prizes. He noted thatBadminton was a good gamefor agility and endurance andalways advocated his hockeyplayers at the India camps toplay Badminton during the off

Inter Divisional Team winners, Trombay Blues, receiving their trophy "Mr K.S. Bedekar, Jt Secretary from Chief Guest Mr. Clarance Lobo

(Badminton) - Telec Sportspresented the vote of thanks.

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ETIRED REFLECTIONSbidding farewell

There is a sunset that always gives way to a sunriseand an eventide that turns into another new dawn.And so for those of our employees who retired in themonths of July, August and September, 2008 we wisha new life filled with seasons of peace, happiness,dreams and plenty to do.

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Trombay EMD -Unit 4

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/\ s/iow/ for sur/fy, flowers for remembrance and may Ganesha go with you! Farewell functions for Messrs P. P. Mulay (left),Mr. S. A. Vazeer (centre) and Mr. M. M. Mugve (right)

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Friends and collegues gather around to bid "adieu" to Mr. D. M. Khan (left) andMr. B. L Prabhu (right) at farewell functions arranged for them.

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IN MEMORIAM

We regret the sad demise of Mr. V. B. Koli, AssistantTechnician, Distribution Division, who passed away on23rd August, 2008.

We pray God give his family and loved ones the strengthto bear their loss courageously as we offer them ourheartfelt condolences.

May his soul rest in peace.

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Our Studious Young AchieversIt is no longer a matter of prestige for pupils to pass an

examination, but the big percentage obtained is the

panacea for all their pain and pressure, which will plummet

them into the vortex of a career of their choice.

To the children of our employees, who have done their

parents proud, go our heartiest congratulations and bestwishes for the future. snf r C^

GraduationCommerce

Kiran, S/o Mr. D Y More, Distribution Division FirstClass

CBSE

Rashmi, D/o Mr. Ashok R Rao, Borivli Rec. Stn.95.6%

Amar, S/o Mr. N N Godbole, Parel Rec. Stn. FirstClass

Shruti, D/o M Shenbagam, CRD, Carnac 94.2%

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Bio-Technology

nEngineering

Kinnary, D/o of Mr. S K Patil, Security Dept.JrombayFirst Class

aStcT -sfr. c|o

Karthik, S/o Mr. V. L. Gopaiakrishnan, Maharashtra

Projects - First Class.

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Shweta, D/o Mr. M H Limaye, Central Construction,Dharavi 93.07%

Arun S, S/o Mr. S Sanal Kumar,Trombay'A'92.76%

Parminder, D/o Mr. K. S. Heer, Trombay, First Class,

2nd in Mumbai University.

Amey, S/o Mr. V D Chitale,Trombay 'B'92.00%

Promising Profiles achievers, newsmakers and trendsetters

Mehak, D/o Mr. J Tiku, CGPL 91.53%, sft f fecjo, ^ilHlkjci rNt3^qr

Aishwarya, D/o Mr. S M Zare, Corporate I.T., Carnac87.84%

Prathamesh, S/o Mr. S S Dalvi, Borivli Rec. Stn.90.30%

Willful -

Saurabh Saju, S/o Mr. Saju K Raphel, Chembur R.S. 87.69%

, -sit ^

Tanvi, D/o Mr. A D Khadse, Stores, Trombay89.84%

Nikita, D/o Mr. D Y Achrekar, Operation, Trombay87.53%

Sneha, D/o Mr. K M Mare, Transmission Division,Kalyan 89.69%

Ankur, S/o Mr. A G Palande, Security Dept.Trombay87.53%

Shashwathi, D/o Mr. M V Kini, ET&A, Trombay89.38%

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Mehetab, D/o Mr. Muniruddin Shaikh, 86.61%i, -??r yPi^^l-i $13^iHt cfJ^ rr L .^'I%

Rujuta, D/o Mr. G V Bandodkar, Trombay 'B'89.23% Rushik, S/o Mr. GV Bandodkar, Trombay 'B' 86.30%^cM, 5TRT '^t'^qtE

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nPriyanka, D/o Mr. M P Vivarekar, Engineering Dept,Carnac 89.07%

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Shardul, S/o Mr. D S Sawant,Trombay'B'86.15%r, -sfr t xiracT,

Aditi, D/o Mr. C P Ranade, CGPL, Mumbai 88.92%

, 3fr xft 'ft Xpft", xfivrJlifl^H, W*([ cp^TT L L .

Sagar, S/o Mr. V A Nagarkar, Bhivpuri 86.15%<HHK, ^^THJK*-i,

Shahbaz, S/o Mr. Iqlakh Khan,Transmission Division,Kalyan 88.61%

Abhimanyu, S/o Mr. L S Bind, Distribution Division.86.15%

Promising Profiles achievers, newsmakers and trendsetters

Aniketh, S/o Mr. Nagesh Shenoy, Saki Division86.00%

Shamika, D/o Mr. Sudhir S Bhave, TransmissionDivision, Kalyan 82.92%

Anushree, D/o Mr. N G Mahajan, Trombay 'B'85.53%

Ijaz, S/o Siraj A Shah, Security Dept, Dharavi Rec.Stn. 82.76%

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Neha, D/o VKPatil, Medical Dept., Dharavi Rec. Stn.85.23%

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Sayali, D/o Mr. P V Wagh, Operation, Khopoli82.61%

Poonam, D/o Mr. Y J Thakur, Transmission Division,Kalyan 85.07% a

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Vivek, S/o Mr. D Pereira, Central ConstructionDharavi 82.30%fc|c|etJ, ift

Dhara, D/o Mr. D K Doshi, Central ConstructionDharavi 84.76%

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Rohit, S/o Mr. S G Bamgude, MMD, Bhira 82.30%Tff%?T, *ft ^

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Tejashree, D/o Mr. V S Satpute, Headworks, Bhira81.84%

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Indrajeet, S/o Mr. Barmappa Basappa Hirekurabaru,Bhira 84.30%

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PSushant, S/o Mr. S R Saldur, Operation, Trombay83.84%

Rahul, S/o Mr. R M Nimbalkar, Opeation, Parel Rec.Stn. 81.69%

Crezette Shreboni, D/o C R Nunes, CSG, Carnac81.53%sb^d %l«i)4), ^fr^ 31R"5;T ",

Sonali, D/o Mr. G C Umbre, Transmission Division,Borivli 83.23%Wl'lld), -

Trevor, S/o Michael Rodrigues.Versova Sub-Station81.23%

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Siddhant, S/o Mr. S M Gawande, Operations,Trombay 81.07%

Yuganta, D/o Mr. P R Mhatre, Khopoli 76.83%SHYi?&, >yl HI <?il, ^n^fT^^rru^.6 3%

Joshua, S/o Mrs. M T Joseph, Corp. Administration,Carnac 80.92%

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Pooja, D/o Mr. Suresh M Oval, Headworks, Bhira76.60%

Pratik, S/o Mr. K N Sapkal, Headworks, Lonavla,Khopoli 80.61%

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Delzeen, D/o Mrs. V B Mistry, Corp. Accts. & Mr. B JMistry, Dist. Divn. 76.46%

Arati, D/o Mr. R D Surve, Headworks, Lonavla,Khopoli 79.84%

Snehankita, D/o Mr. Sudhir Bankar, Operation,Khopoli 75.69%

Rutuja, D/o Mr.V S Sawant, Instrumentation,Trombay'A'78.61%

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P Anuradha, D/o Mr. A G Phadtare, Trombay 'A'78.30%

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Nitin, S/o Mr. P B Bhutkar, Stores,Trombay 75.69%

Muralikrishna, S/o Mr. V Naidu, Borivli Rec. Stn.74.76%

n Bhagyalaxmi, D/o Mr. E S Gowda, Trombay 'A'74.46%

Vaishali, D/o Mr. Ganesh Deshmukh, EMD, Bhivpuri77.69%^yiled, *ft Vt?T rgw, ^Tf-T^t, f^ragft,

Manali, D/o Mr. C D Sawant, MMD, Trombay 'A'74.46%

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IKaustubh, S/o Mr. V B Dhotre, Borivli Rec. Stn.77.53%

, 4ft RdM ft sfr^, nTejas, S/o Mr. S P Bhosle, Civil Dept. Dharavi74.00%

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achievers, newsmakers and trendsetters

Priyanka, D/o Mr. V J Semletty, Borivli Rec. Stn73.38%

l, dft q?f vif "flHeigl, silRclcfl R^lfcg'l ^£"?

Jitesh, S/o Mr. P K Solanki, Bhivpuri 70.46%

Ketan, S/o Mr. M N Gharat, Transmission Division, SSLCKalyan 73.38%

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Ashwini Raj D/o mr. N Nataraj, SED, Bangalore88.48%

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Harshada, D/o Mr. R. D.Wayal,Trombay'B'72.00%'sit',

Deepa, D/o Mr H Hadpad, SED, Bangalore 85.76%cp^ZTT i.H.

Oiksha, D/o N Satyal,Transmission Division, Kalyan71.84%

Maharashtra State School ScholarshipsPre-Secondary Level

Shilpa, D/o Mr. Kailash L Shinde, TransmissionDivision, Kalyan 71.69%

Nidhay, S/o Mr. D Y Achrekar,Trombay'A' 94.66%'T' Rafter -sft. ^t rr

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Rohan, S/o Mr. N D Shinde, Maintenance, Parel Rec.Stn. 71.07%

Karzan, S/o Mr. F K Engineer & Mrs. M F Engineer,-71.66%

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Shruti, D/o Mr. K L Landge, Civil Dept, Khopoli71.07%

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Sneha, D/o Sanjay Naidu, Transmission Division,Kalyan 60.66%

Manisha, D/o Mr. N C Hatmode, EMD, Trombay 'A'70.67%

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Mihir, S/o Mr. PVJoshi, Business Devpt., Carnac72.66%

Promising Profiles achievers, newsmakers and trendsetters

An Ideal Teacher

Mr. Ramesh Shinde, a teacher atTata Vidyalaya,

Bhira, was awarded the "District's Ideal

Teacher Award 2008" by Secondary Education

Department, Raigad Zilla Parisad, at a function

held at Alibag on the Teacher's Day i.e. 5th

September 2008. The award was presented

to him by Mr. Sunil Tatkare, Minister (Food

& Civil Supplies) and Guardian Minister for

Raigad. Mr. Shinde has spent years of sincere

and proactive efforts in educating children, fostering

brotherhood in the society he lives in and lighting up the

lives of all who come in contact with him.

Congratulations Mr. Shinde! May the good work glow

and grow forever! $[. f$f£ !

A Lifetime AchievementMr. Manohar Devkar, Principal, Tata

Vidyalaya, Bhira, was felicitated with the

'Rashtriya Ekatmata Fellowship 2008'

by Rashtriya Ekatmata Parishad and

Maharashtra Journalists & Letter writers

Association for his untiring efforts in

promoting "liberty, equality and fraternity" in

his locality. Dr. Vijaya Wad, President, Marathi

Encyclopedia initiative and renowned writer,

was the chief guest for the function held at Damodar

Hall, Parel on 1 st September 2008.

H-?|eOK Snf&T H?lel<!S|crj x^MI^I r^JHI "

This pleasant and unassuming man has the fortitude of

improving the quality of life.

Congratulations Mr. Devkar! May you always be an

example of quiet dignified service.

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A CorrectionIn the Last Issue of Transmission Lines (July2008) the photograph against the particularsof Samson Fernandes was erroneously mixedup. We give here the correct photograph of thisyoung man and regret the earlier mistake.

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One two lockers galore, three four shut the door

The only lockers that remain open are perfect squares (1, 4, 9,16, etc) because they are the only numbers divisible by an oddnumber of whole numbers; every factor other than the number'ssquare root is paired up with another. Thus, these lockers will be"changed" an odd number of times, which means they will be left

open. All the other numbers are divisible by an even number offactors and will consequently end up closed.

So the number of open lockers is the number of perfect squares lessthan or equal to one thousand. These numbers are one squared,two squared, three squared, four squared, and so on, up to thirtyone squared. (Thirty two squared is greater than one thousand,and therefore out of range.) So the answer is thirty one.

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COMPETITION RESULTS

Our last competition,'SHOOT AT SIGHT!'seemed to be a wash outas no entries were received. Either our budding photographerswere submerged or the rains were being a damp squib, playinghookey while they were on the look out for a wet and funnysituation!

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NEW COMPETITION - ' GREETINGS IN GRAIN'

This competition is for all our creativeeco-friendly readers. Create a Greeting Card5"x 7" in size (10"x 7" when fully opened)using only foodgrains for the design. Thedesign must be based on the line/Care AndConserve For A Bright Tomorrow'.

All you will need is card paper, glue oradhesive material, various foodgrains and a . i ,whole load of imagination.

The Rules and Regulations of thecompetition areasfollows:

1 . T h e c o m p e t i t i o n i s o p e n o n l y t oe m p l o y e e s o f T a t a P o w e r a n d t h e i rdirect dependants (husband/wife/chi ldren).

2. Competitors may send in as many entries as;they desire.

3. All entries should use card paper.

4. The size of the the card should be 5"X7"whenfolded.Thedesign should be restricted only to the outer front side ofthe card.

5. Entries must be placed in an envelope superscribed'Greetings In Grain'and sent to The Editor, TransmissionLines,Tata Power, Bombay House, 3rd Floor, 24, Homi ModyStreet, Fort Mumbai - 400001. Care must beensured that the card does not bend or get damagedwhile in transit.

6. Entries will be assessed by a panel of judges whosedecision will be final and binding.

7. The last date for receiving entries is 30th November,2008. Entries received after this date will not beentertained.

Get your brain to pattern the grain!

Greetings

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AcknowledgementThe Editorial Team sincerely thanks the following employees for their contributions:

Mr. C. P. Appanna,Trombay, Mr. S. Bhagavatheeswaran, Bhira, Dr. R.Y. Bhangale, Medical, Mr. C. A. Colaco, Regulations,Mr.V.R. Dandekar, GM (T&D)'s Office, Mr. Siddharth Gaur, NDPL, Mr. Darryl Gomes, SED(M),

Mr. Manish Kama, Jojobera, Mr. Lalit Neve,Trombay, Mr. U.G. Nimkar, Maharashtra Projects Cell, Mr. Ml Salar, CGPL.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this journal are not necessarily those of the Management of THE TATA POWER COMPANY LIMITED. Edited and published byMr. Alfred J. D'Souza for TATA POWER COMPANY LIMITED, Bombay House, Homi Mody Street, Mumbai 400 001. Editorial Assistant (for Marathi Section) Mr. Uday Bhide .Printed at INFOMEDIA INDIA LIMITED, Ruby House, J.K. Sawant Marg, Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028. For private circulation only. Regn. No.22899/75