Nalco Celebrates 29th Foundation Day - National Aluminium ...

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F O U N D A T I O N D A Y 

From CMD’s Desk 

Looking back, it gives us immense happiness and pride 

that today Nalco has emerged as the leading producer and 

exporter of alumina and aluminium in the country. Over 

the years Nalco has grown from strength to strength to 

build a formidable track record that has few parallels in 

the Public Sector. Nalco has not only changed the way 

aluminium was being made in India, but also pioneered 

the export of alumina and aluminium on international 

standards. 

Nalco created history of sorts in Indian aluminium industry 

not only by using ‘State-of-the-art’ technologies, but also 

in production of world-class products, in implementing a 

proactive business development strategy, in creating new 

markets, in continuous process improvement and above 

all in achieving self-propelled expansion and growth. 

Another important aspect of Nalco’s success has been its 

continuous thrust on expansion and growth. Having 

completed Rs.3700 crore 1st Phase expansion successfully, 

the Company is now all set to commission its 2nd phase 

expansion at an investment of Rs.4500 crore, raising the 

bauxite mines capacity to 63 lakh tonnes, alumina capacity 

to 21 lakh tonnes, Smelter capacity to 4.60 lakh tonnes 

and power plant capacity to 1200 MW. What is more 

important is that without losing any time, the Company 

has already started preparation for the 3rd phase expansion 

at an estimated investment of about Rs.6000 crore which 

will further increase the aluminium capacity to 6 lakh 

tonnes and power generation to 1500 MW. 

Apart from brownfield expansion, the Company is 

launching new projects in India and abroad. Nalco has 

already signed an MoU with Indonesian Govt. to set up a 

5 lakh tonne Smelter and a 1250 MW power plant at an 

investment of Rs.14,000 crore. Besides, in Iran, a 3.10 

lakh tonne Smelter has been planned as a joint venture 

with ALPHA (in which Kerman Development Organization 

is the major partner) at an investment of Rs.8000 crore. 

Nalco has also plan to start new projects in the country. A 

Mines and Refinery Complex is being planned in Andhra 

Pradesh consisting of a Bauxite Mines of 42 lakh tonne 

capacity and Alumina Refinery of 14 lakh tonne capacity. 

The project will involve an investment of Rs.7000 crore. 

In Orissa, a Smelter and Power Complex has been planned 

in Jharsuguda district at an 

investment of Rs.16,500 

crore. This greenfield 

project envisages a Smelter 

of 5 lakh tonne capacity 

and a 1260 MW power 

plant. 

These gigantic projects would require huge efforts and 

resources in coming years. As you are aware, the prevailing 

global recession – the worst of its kind in recent years – 

has severely affected the corporate sector following 

unprecedented collapse of the financial sector. Prices of 

major commodities – including metals like steel and 

aluminium - are declining at an alarming rate and if the 

trend continues, many Companies will be forced to go out 

of business sooner than expected. 

Our Company, Nalco too has been hit very hard and our 

sales realizations are coming down every month. Besides, 

the Company is facing acute shortage of coal for operating 

the Captive Power Plant, and hence forced to buy coal 

from other sources at higher rate. With the sales realizations 

falling and cost of production rising, the margins of the 

Company are under severe pressure. 

At this crucial juncture, I would like to emphasize again 

that all of us must come forward to handle the crisis by 

devising and applying all possible means to curtail costs 

and improve productivity in all the segments of our 

activities. We must ensure that our mines and plants are 

operated at full capacity and with efficiency, while keeping 

the consumption of raw materials, fuels and electricity 

within the norms. We must rise to the occasion and consider 

it our prime responsibility to achieve austerity in all spheres 

of our activities. 

The success of the past need not blur our vision of many grey 

areas of wasteful expenditures. We need to look at various 

means to become more cost effective. Our success in future 

will primarily depend on our ability to produce more and 

spend less. These are some of the areas that are going to be 

crucial for our survival and success in coming years. These 

are not difficult tasks. These need some more attention and 

sincere effort on the part of each one of us. Let us make a 

beginning with new enthusiasm and new vigour. 

(Excerpts from CMD’s Message) 

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8 th Edition of Nalco Foundation Day Lecture 

Eminent Environmentalist Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who heads the Nobel Prize winning Inter- 

Governmental Panel on Climate Change, delivers Nalco Foundation Day Lecture. 

Similarly, the agriculture is also being adversely affected 

by the ongoing changes in climate as the recent studies 

shows that there is 5 to 10 % drop in yield for every 

degree of rise in temperature. 

Talking on managing climate changes, green house 

emission levels and the dangers, Dr. Pachauri raised hope 

that by ensuring effective policies, corporate investment 

decisions in this regard and a general awareness at the 

local levels may address the problem to certain extent. 

On the 29 th Foundation Day of the Company, Nalconians 

played host to eminent Environmentalist Dr. Rajendra 

Pachauri, Director – General of The Energy and Resource 

Institute (TERI), who delivered the 8 th Nalco Foundation 

Day Lecture on January 6 at the Corporate Office, 

Bhubaneswar. 

Shri Ajit Tripathy, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Orissa, 

presided over the function. In his presidential remarks, he 

appreciated the social responsibility role played by Nalco 

and expressed his hope that the Company will continue to 

shoulder the progress of the home state for years to come. 

At the outset, Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c delivered the 

welcome address and the function concluded with a formal 

vote of thanks by Shri Joy Varghese, Director (P&A). 

I am touched by the warmth & hospitality 

I received. I am sure, Nalco would go 

from strength to strength in the future. 

(Dr. R.K. Pachauri) 

Addressing a select gathering of bureaucrats, technocrats, 

businessmen, media persons and Nalconians, Dr. Pachauri 

chose to speak on: Challenges of Economic Growth and 

Sustainable Use of Natural Resources. 

Dr. Pachauri said that the climate change induced by carbon 

and green house gas emission has begun to manifest itself 

in severe forms across the world. Explaining the adverse 

effects of rise in temperature, he said that the sources of 

fresh water have begun to shrink, impacting food 

availability, health and overall development. Dr. Pachauri 

also warned that the situation is growing grimmer day by 

day as we have over utilized the capacity of earth by 25%. 

Eminent Environmentalist Dr. R.K. Pachauri, began his 

career with the Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi. 

Subsequently, he went to the United States and joined the 

North Carolina State University and completed his MS in 

industrial engineering and obtained a Ph.D. in industrial 

engineering and also a Ph.D. in economics. On his return 

to India, he joined the Administrative Staff College of India, 

Hyderabad, as Member Senior Faculty and went on to 

become Director, Consulting and Applied Research 

Division. He joined TERI as Director in April 1982. 

In recognition of his contributions Dr. Pachauri has 

received a number of awards including Padma Bhushan 

and Padma Vibhushan. In April 2002, Dr. Pachauri was 

elected as the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel 

on Climate Change (IPCC), established by the World 

Meteorological Organization and the United Nations 

Environment Programme in 1988 (Re-elected in 

September 2008). IPCC along with former Vice President 

of United States Al Gore has been awarded the “Nobel 

Peace Prize” for the year 2007. 

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Nalco Celebrates 29th Foundation Day 

Nalco celebrated its 29th Foundation Day at its Sites and Offices of the Company with much pump and gaiety on January 7. 

were prominently displayed at different locations. In the 

morning, toffees were distributed by Welfare Committee 

Members among students and teachers at SVM & DPS. In 

the evening, employees with their family members gathered 

in large number at Biju Patnaik Sports Complex, 

Nalconagar, to attend the colourful function. Crackers were 

burst amidst cheerful applause of the audience. 

At Bhubaneswar 

On the occasion, Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, Shri P.K. 

Routray, Director (Production), Shri B.L. Bagra, Director 

(Finance), Shri Joy Varghese, Director (P&A) and Shri G. 

Kameswara Rao, CVO, lighted the ceremonial lamp and 

addressed the Nalconians at Nalconagar Auditorium. In 

his address, Shri Pradhan highlighted the expansion and 

growth plans of the Company. Further Shri Pradhan said 

that despite prevailing global recession, Nalco has been 

able to achieve considerably good results and also 

emphasized on curtailing costs in all spheres of activities 

during the on-going global economic slowdown. 

Earlier, at the outset Shri B.N. Swain, Executive Director 

(H&A) delivered the welcome address while a formal vote 

of thanks was proposed by Dr. A.K. Sahoo, GM(MS&A). 

The function concluded with a cultural programme of 

Odissi and folk dances. 

Renu Satpathy Memorial trophies, instituted by Nalco 

Ladies Club were also handed over to the students of Nalco 

family, who had topped in the Class-X examinations of 

CBSE, BSE and ICSE. 

Prof. (Dr) Sanatan Rath, eminent Neuro-Surgeon lighting the 

ceremonial lamp in the presence of ED and GMs of S&P Complex, Angul 

Prof. (Dr) Sanatan Rath, eminent Neuro-Surgeon and former 

Principal, SCB Medical College, Cuttack and Shri Arun 

Sharma, ED(S&P), graced the occasion and addressed the 

gathering. Shri S.S. Pattnaik, GM(H&A), delivered the 

welcome address. Besides Prof. Rath and Shri Sharma, Shri 

D.C. Sahu, GM (Finance), Shri S.S. Pattnaik, GM(H&A), 

Shri P.R. Choudhury, GM (Smelter), Shri R.P. Srivastava, 

GM(CPP), Shri D.K. Choudhury, GM(Project) and Shri 

Ajay Mishra, GM(UECB), lighted the ceremonial lamp to 

mark the occasion. 

In his address, Shri Sharma exhorted the employees to 

work as a team, with iron will and strong determination, to 

face the global meltdown. Nalco’s past records indicate 

At S&P Complex 

29th Foundation Day was celebrated for three days, starting 

from January 7. To mark the occasion, colourful banners 

Shri Parsuram Swain (recipient of Shram Shree) and Shri Gopabandhu Dash 

(recipient of Shram Vir) being felicitated by Shri A.K. Sharma, ED (S&P) 

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that despite current financial recession, the Company’s 

progress and pride will be unaffected due to its dedicated 

and multi-skilled workforce, Shri Sharma said. 

Refinery respectively. Seven differently-able persons of 

nearby villages were also handed over shawls and blankets 

on the occasion. 

Prof. Rath, also lauded the role of Nalco in shaping the 

economy of the State and the country, while bagging many 

national and international accolades. 

Shri Sharma felicitated Prof. Rath and the two Nalconians 

– Shri Parsuram Swain, Chargeman, CPP (Winner of PM’s 

Shram Shree Award) and Shri Gopabandhu Dash, 

Chargeman, Smelter (Winner of PM’s Shram Vir Award). 

Shri P.R. Choudhury, GM (Smelter) and Shri R.P. Srivastava, 

GM(CPP), gave away the TQM prizes to the members of 

successful QC teams. Shri Ashok Sahu, DGM(HRD), 

proposed a vote of thanks. 

Cultural programmes were performed by local Music and 

Dance Schools, students of DPS, SVM and peripheral 

schools of Kukudang and Balaramprasad. 

At M&R Complex 

29th Foundation Day was celebrated with much excitement 

at the Open Air Pendal, M&R Complex, Damanjodi. Shri 

P.K. Mohapatra, ED(M&R) inaugurated the two-day long 

celebration in the presence of Shri R.P. Swain, GM(H&A), 

Shri P.M. Prakash, GM (O&M), Shri G.Abbasvali, GM 

(Finance), Shri R.C. Das, GM (Proj), Shri Virender Singh, 

GM (Mines), Shri G.S. Mohapatra, DGM (Admn) and Shri 

S.D.Doval, Commandant, CISF. 

Cultural programmes by the students of DPS & SVM 

Among others, Shri B.B. Mohapatra, President, Nalco 

Mazdoor Sangh (RU of AR) and Shri Bipin Khemundu, 

General Secretary (RU of Mines) also conveyed their 

foundation day message, along with representatives of other 

trade unions, including, Shri P.K. Sahoo (President, Nalco 

Employees Union), Shri P.K. Mohapatra (Jt. Secretary, M&R 

Employees Union), Shri Anriruddha Khosla (Vice-President, 

Nalco Employees Association), Shri Subas Kuldip (Jt. 

Secretary, Nalco LDP Employees Union), Shri B.P. Das 

(President, Nalco Employees Technical Association), 

Shri B.K. Jena (Gen. Secretary, Alumina Refinery Progressive 

Union), Shri R.K. Sahoo (Gen. Secretary, Nalco Mines 

Operators Union), Shri S.C. Sethy (Gen. Secretary, Nalco 

SC/ST Employees Welfare Association) and Shri P.K. 

Satapathy (Gen. Secretary, Nalco Officers Association). 

Two day long cultural programmes were performed by the 

students of DPS & SVM, besides an orchestra also regaled 

the audience. 

At Vizag 

Shri P.K. Mohapatra, lighting the ceremonial lamp at M&R Complex, 

Damanjodi, on the occasion of 29 th Foundation Day of the Company 

In his address Shri Mohapatra, thanked all the employees 

for their dedicated efforts and expressed hope that with 

their cooperation and support, a steady growth can be 

achieved despite the recessionary phase. 

To mark the occasion, Shri P.K. Mohapatra and Shri R.P. 

Swain, felicitated 5 employees each from Mines and 

L to R : Shri GMP. Sharma, GM(PF), Shri D. Kamilla, IRSME, DRAM 

Waltier Division and Shri R.N. Mohapatra, DGM (Marketing) 

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S T R A T E G I C A L L I A N C E 

Nalco-Rio Tinto Alcan in Strategic Alliance Agreement 

Nalco has signed a strategic alliance agreement with 

Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) on December 11. The 

agreement was signed at Bhubaneswar, by Shri P.K. 

Mohanty, ED (CP&BD), and Shri Sandeep Biswas, 

Senior Vice President, Business Development, RTA 

in the presence of Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, Shri 

P.K. Routray, Director (Production), Shri B.L. Bagra, 

Director (Finance), Shri S.C. Dash, ED (Finance) 

and other senior officials. The agreement will 

facilitate both the companies to share information 

to identify potential to create value for both the 

organizations. 

Since inception, Nalco has a technology 

collaboration agreement with M/s Aluminium 

Pechiney, presently which is part of Rio Tinto Alcan. The agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan, assumes significance in view 

of the ambitious growth plans of Nalco, both in India and abroad, involving an estimated investment of about USD 8 

billion. The alliance is expected to help Nalco to enlarge geographical spread of the Company’s operations. 

NALCO - RMMI MoU for Indonesia Project 

RMMI to have 24% stake in Aluminium Smelter joint venture 

Shri B.L. Bagra, Director (Finance), alongwith the Officials of Rak Minerals & 

Metals Investments (RMMI) 

Nalco has entered into an MoU with Rak Minerals & Metals 

Investments (RMMI), on December 19. According to the MoU, RMMI 

will have 24 per cent stake in Nalco’s new aluminium project in 

Data Centre Inaugurated 

ERP implementation project achieved a milestone with the inauguration of the 

Data Centre at Corporate Office on January 7. The Data Centre was inaugurated 

by Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, in the presence of Shri P.K. Routray, Director 

(Production), Shri B.L. Bagra, Director (Finance), Shri Joy Varghese, Director 

(P&A) and Shri G. Kameshwara Rao, CVO. The State-of-the Art Data Centre 

comprises the infrastructure which will be the nerve centre for critical business 

processes. All the application servers, disk storage systems and data backup 

servers have been installed in the data centre. 

Indonesia. The joint venture is aimed at creating 

synergic value for the two companies and will 

enhance commitment to the project. 

It may be mentioned that, earlier in January 

2008, Nalco had signed an MoU with the Govt 

of Indonesia to set up a 5-lakh tonne smelter 

and a 1250 MW captive power plant at an 

investment of Rs.14000 crore. Against this 

background, the schedules of construction of 

port and rail corridor by RMMI and smelter and 

power plant by Nalco would be synergized more 

efficiently through this joint venture. While 

operations of the proposed smelter would 

leverage on RMMI’s transport infrastructures in 

South Sumatra, the MoU also envisages actively 

scouting for other viable locations in Indonesia. 

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3rd Quarter Results 

NALCO ACHIEVES Rs.219.46 CRORE NET PROFIT 

According to the reviewed financial results for 3rd quarter of the financial year 2008-09, taken on record by the Board of 

Directors in a meeting held in New Delhi on January 28, the company has achieved net profit of Rs.219.46 crore, with a 

sales turnover of Rs.1091.97 crore. However, during the 3rd quarter of previous fiscal, the figures were up at Rs.329.44 

crore and Rs.1220.97 crore, respectively. The Company earned profit of Rs.445 crore from sales turnover of Rs.1676 crore 

in 2nd quarter of the current fiscal. 

The net profit and sales turnover for the 9 months ended December 2008 work out to Rs.1189.25 crore and Rs.4374.29 

crore, respectively, as against the corresponding figures of Rs.1215.83 crore and Rs.3940.21 crore achieved during the 

first 9 months of the previous fiscal. The alumina sales during the 9 months of this fiscal have gone down to 6.05 lakh 

tonnes as against 6.27 lakh tonnes achieved during the comparable period of 2007-08 and the metal sales have also 

declined to 2.50 lakh tonnes from 2.61 lakh tonnes during the comparable 9 months of the previous fiscal. 

The lower sales and profit during the 3rd quarter are primarily due to the global recession and sharp fall in demand and 

prices of alumina & aluminium. 

CPP Boiler lit up 

Nalco achieved a major milestone by lighting up the Boiler 

of the 120 MW Unit of its S&P Complex, Angul on October 

26. With this, the commissioning activity of new units of 

CPP has begun as per schedule. Nalco’s CPP expansion is 

part of the on-going Rs.4500 crore 2nd phase expansion 

projects. At present the Company has installed capacity of 

960 MW and with the commissioning of 2 units the capacity 

would increase to 1200 MW. Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, 

Shri P.K. Routray, Director (Production), Shri Joy Varghese, 

Besides, the 2nd phase expansions, plans are afoot for 3rd 

phase expansion at an estimated cost of Rs.6000 crore. 

Under this expansion, the Company’s aluminium capacity 

will further go up to 5.80 lakh tonnes and power generation 

to 1400 MW per annum. 

Commissioning of Potline 

Director(P&A), Shri A.K. Sharma, Executive Director (S&P) 

and other Senior Officials, were present during the lighting 

up of the new Boiler. 

The Boiler light-up marks the commissioning of 2nd phase 

expansion project. Commissioning activities at other units 

like Bauxite Mines, Alumina Refinery and Smelter plant 

are also going on simultaneously. 

Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, formally switched on the 

first pot of the 4 th potline at S&P Complex, Angul on 

December 26, which marks the commissioning of 2 nd 

phase expansion of the Smelter. Others present on the 

occasion were: Shri P.K. Routray, Director 

(Production), Shri Joy Varghese, Director (P&A), Shri 

A.K. Sharma, Executive Director (S&P), Shri Ashok 

Sapra, Executive Director (Project & Technical) and 

other senior officers, besides Shri Dillip Mishra, 

Working President & Shri Nirmal Samal, General 

Secretary of the Recognized Nalco Employees’ Sangha. 

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N A L C O A W A R D E D 

Niryat Shree award for Nalco 

Nalco has bagged the prestigious “Niryat Shree” 

award for excellence in export for the 2005-06. 

Instituted by the Federation of Indian Export 

Organisations (FIEO), the award was received by 

Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD, I/c, from Shri Shankar 

Singh Vaghela, Union Minister of Textiles, in 

the presence of Hon’ble President of India, Smt. 

Pratibha Devisingh Patil, in New Delhi on 

December 16. 

During 2005-06, Nalco exported 8.62 lakh tonnes 

of alumina and 95,747 tonnes of aluminium, 

earning a foreign exchange of Rs.2306.20 crores, 

against Rs 2200.25 crores in the previous year. 

To build a healthy corporate image, by highlighting the strengths of the Company and to showcase 

latest achievements, Nalco has been participating in various exhibitions both at the national and 

international level. Participation in these exhibitions has helped Nalco in development of new 

business relationships, sales contracts and the identification of long-term opportunities. 

International Expo – 2008 

Nalco Participated in the 7th International Mines, Minerals, 

Metallurgies and Materials Exhibition held at India Expo Centre, 

Greater Noida, from November 13 to 16. In the exhibition, 

Nalco had put up an attractive stall which was awarded for 

the best design and concept. 

and about 200 delegates from India and abroad participated 

in this mega event. On the occasion, Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD 

I/c has been elected as the President of ICSOBA for two years 

i.e., 2008-10. As the chief sponsor Nalco had also put up a 

stall showcasing the Company’s core strengths. 

ICSOBA – 2008 

Nalco as the chief sponsor, organised & participated in the 

Xth International Congress of International Committee for the 

Study of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium held at 

Bhubaneswar from November 27 to 29. International 

Committee for Study of Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium 

(ICSOBA), is a premier international organization based in 

Budapest, Hungary (now shifted to Nagpur, India in 2008). 

The International Congress was held for the 1st time in India 

India International 

Trade Fair, New Delhi 

Nalco participated in the 

India International Trade 

Fair, held at Pragati 

Maidan from 14th to 

27th November. As a 

pride of Orissa, Nalco 

had put up a stall in the 

Orissa Pavilion. 

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Mines Secretary’s Maiden Visit 

Shri Shantanu Consul, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Govt. of 

India, visited Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar and S&P 

Complex, Angul from November 20 to 22. 

During his visit to Angul, Shri Consul accompanied by Shri 

C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c and Shri A.K. Sharma, ED (S&P) visited 

various sections of S&P Complex and interacted with the Senior 

At Corporate Office 

Secretariat on November 21, towards Chief Minister’s Relief 

fund for rehabilitation works in the flood-ravaged areas. 

In course of discussion with the Hon’ble Chief Minister, at the 

State Secretariat, Shri Consul advocated for the allotment of two 

Major Bauxite Mines i.e., Potangi and Sasubohumali to Nalco. 

At S&P Complex 

Officials of Smelter and Captive Power Plant. Shri Consul 

addressed the employees at S&P Complex Training Centre 

Auditorium and also interacted with the representatives of Unions 

and Officer Associations of S&P Complex. During the visit, Shri 

Consul initiated the charging of 220 KV Switchyard & Station 

Transformer under second phase expansion of S&P Complex. 

At the Corporate Office, Shri Consul held meetings with the 

CMD, Directors and Senior Officials. The Secretary Mines 

also took stock of the situation related to coal crisis. Later 

at the State Secretariat, Bhubaneswar. On behalf of Nalco, 

Shri Consul, accompanied by Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, 

Shri Joy Varghese, Director (P&A), and Shri K.N. Ravindra, 

Company Secretary handed over a cheque of Rs. 5 crore to 

Shri Naveen Pattnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister, at the State 

Shri Shantanu Consul, Secretary Mines, Shri C. R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, 

Shri Joy Varghese, D (P&A) and Shri K.N. Ravindra, Company 

Secretary, handing over the cheque to 

Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Naveen Pattnaik 

Shri Shantanu Consul initiating the charging of 220 KV Switchyard & Station Transformer under second phase expansion of S&P Complex 

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C R E A T I N G A W A R E N E S S 

Vigilance Awareness Week 

I would prefer even to fail with Honour than win by cheating. – Sophocles 

As part of the persuasive drive from the Central Vigilance 

Commission, vigilance awareness week is observed to 

create awareness among the employees regarding the 

menace of corruption. Employees in various Govt. 

departments and PSUs throughout the country take a 

solemn pledge to work with integrity, transparency and 

dedication in their respective spheres of activity. 

Nalco joined the nation in observing the vigilance 

awareness week in its Sites and Offices from November 3. 

At the outset, vigilance pledge was administered to the 

employees, followed by a week-long activities, including 

talks, seminars and competitions. To mark the occasion, 

exclusive posters were produced by the Company and 

displayed at its Sites and Offices. 

Administration of pledge at Corporate Office 

L to R: Shri P.K. Routray, Director (Production), Shri K.K. Mallick, 

Director (Commercial), Shri C.R. Pradhan, CMD I/c, 

Shri Joy Varghese, Director (P&A) & Shri G. Kameswara Rao, CVO. 

At M&R Complex: Seminar on ‘Efficiency through vigilance’. Seen in 

the picture: Shri P.K. Mohapatra, ED(M&R), Shri B.N. Mohanty, 

GM(AR), Prof. Dr. Bimalendu Mohanty, former Vice-Chancellor, Utkal 

University of Culture, Dr. S.N. Mishra, Prof. in Pol. Science 

and Shri R.P. Swain, GM(H&A) 

Some of the exclusive posters produced to mark vigilance week 

At S&P Complex: Administration of pledge during vigilance awareness week 

Administration of pledge at Port Facilities, Vizag 

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U N I O N S & A S S O C I A T I O N S 

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New office-bearers 

Following Office-bearers of Nalco Employees Association, 

Damanjodi, were unanimously selected for 2008-10: 

President : Shri VHN Murty 

Vice-Presidents : Shri Anirudha Khosla, 

Shri Tilak Ram Nial 

General Secretary : Shri Bikram Hota 

Joint Secretaries : Shri Bijay Kanhar, Shri B.P. Bauri 

Treasurer : Shri N. Mohanty 

Recognition Certificate 

Following Office-bearers of Nalco Mazdoor Sangh, 

Damanjodi, were unanimously elected for the year 2008-09: 

President : Shri Bipin Bihari Mohapatra 

Vice-Presidents : Shri Alok Choudhury, 

Shri Dalapati Nayak 

General Secretary : Shri Alekh Naik 

Secretaries : Shri Somnath Mohapatra, 

Shri Pravakar Jena 

Finance Secretary : Shri Mohan Sumamudi 

Org. Secretary : Shri S.K. Maharana 

Asst. Org. Secretary : Shri Nabaghana Patra 

Office Secretary : Shri Iswar Chandra Patra 

Asst. Office Secy. : Shri Anam Charan Nayak 

Coordinator : Shri Alok Rath 

Asst. Coordinator : Shri Upendra Patra 

Nalco Mazdoor Sangh has been accorded recognition for 

a period of three years from October 17. 

Shri B.N. Mohanty, GM(AR), handed over the Certificate of 

Recognition to Shri Bipin Bihari Mohapatra, President and 

Shri Alekh Naik, General Secretary of the Nalco Mazdoor Sangh in 

the presence of other senior executives and members of the Union. 

Nalco Employees’ Sangh (NES), affiliated to INTUC has been 

accorded recognition on December 10. Shri R.N. Jena, DGM 

(Cast House), Smelter, handed over the Certificate of Recognition 

to Shri Nirmal Samal, General Secretary of NES at a function 

organized at the Conference Hall, S&P Complex. Among others, 

Shri D.C. Sahu, GM (Finance), Shri Ashok Sahu, DGM(HRD), 

Shri Pradosh Mohanty, DGM(Admn.), along with the office bearers 

of NES, Shri Dilip Mishra & Shri C.R. Behera, (Working Presidents) 

and other members were present on the occasion. 

Nalco Non-Executive Employees Union (NNEU) has been 

accorded recognition on December 10. In a function organized 

at the Conference Hall, S&P Complex, Shri P.K. Pattnaik, 

GM(O&M), CPP, handed over the Certificate of Recognition 

to Shri Amar Behera, General Secreatary, NNEU. Earlier, the election 

for the Office-bearers was held at CPP on November 14. 

Long Service Award 

Under ‘Nalco Long Service Award Scheme’ the Company 

has decided to suitably reward the employees in 

recognition of their long, continuous and satisfactory 

services in Nalco. Altogether, 220 employees of Smelter 

and Power Complex, (142 from Smelter & 78 from CPP) 

were awarded under this scheme. The employees received 

their awards, i.e. certificates and gift coupons at a glittering 

function organized at the training centre auditorium, S&P 

Complex. Shri A.K. Sharma, ED(S&P), handed over the 

awards to the employees, while Shri S.S. Patnaik, 

GM(H&A), proposed a vote of thanks, on the occasion. 

Nov-Jan’09 

10

PARICHAYA 

O B I T U A R I E S 

Veteran Ex-Nalconian 

Shri S.H. Azad 

former Director(P&T) passes away 

Smt. Tulabati Kuldip (43), who was 

working as Sr. SSW, Horticulture Dept., 

Refinery Unit, Damanjodi passed away 

on October 29 due to illness. Born on 

01.07.1965, Late Smt. Kuldip had joined 

Nalco on 02.03.1996 as unskilled worker 

in Horticulture Dept. She is survived by 

her husband Anand and three children. 

Shri Badi Bhoi (44), who was working as 

Sr.SSW, Mechanical Dept., Refinery Unit, 

Damanjodi expired on November 18 due 

to illness. Born on 10.03.1964, Late Shri 

Bhoi had joined Nalco on 29.04.1986 as 

SSW. He is survived by his wife Kuni and 

daughter Subarna. 

Nalco family expresses heartfelt 

condolences on the sad demise of 

Shri Shahid Hussain Azad on 

29.11.2008. 

Shri Azad joined NALCO in May 

1984, as the Director (Projects). 

Born on 13th April, 1937, at 

Shahjahanpur in UP, Shri Azad 

spent his early years in Nainital, 

Dehradun and Almora. After 

graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh University 

In 1958, Shri Azad, prior to joining Nalco, marched through 

Railways, erstwhile NCDC and SAIL at Bokaro Steel. 

When Shri Azad assumed charge, Nalco was in formative 

years, in the midst of hectic project activities. Shri Azad was 

soon everywhere monitoring, interacting helping, guiding and 

directing people to achieve the set targets of the project. 

Success appeared to be a natural ingredient of his personality. 

Nalco immensely benefited from that golden touch - be it 

putting back into operation a fire ravaged conveyor system in 

record time or rescuing a ship with Nalco cargo in distress on 

high seas or finalizing a market tie up to the advantage of his 

Shri Dasarathi Sahu (42), who was 

working as SSW, Materials Store, Smelter 

Plant, Angul, passed away on August 31, 

following a tragic road accident. Born on 

25.08.1966, Late Shri Sahu had joined 

Nalco on 11.03.1998 as unskilled worker. 

Late Shri Sahu is survived by his wife 

Maharani, sons Pradyumna & Papu. 

Company. After an eventful career in Nalco, Shri Azad had 

joined BALCO in November 1991 as the CMD. 

Shri Azad was also a paradox of a kind, who could crack a 

joke while apparently sitting on a volcano of serious problems, 

who could talk politics, sports and thermodynamics with a 

layman or an expert with same élan. Friendly and informal yet 

who would turn extremely incisive and scathing to someone 

who has dodged a responsibility. Gifted with a ready wit but 

never snobbish. 

Shri Azad will be remembered in the annals of Nalco for his 

stalwart personality and dynamic project management. 

Remembering Azad Saab... 

The sad demise of Azad Saab came to me as a great 

shock! He was one of the guiding lights and greatest 

troubleshooters that I have ever come across in my life. 

His extraordinary problem solving attitude was very 

crucial in fulfilling the mission and vision of the 

Company, which is being carried forward by the 

successive leaders. May Almighty create many such 

guiding lights to safeguard the interest of Industries 

as well as the Society. Paying my last tribute, I pray to 

the Almighty to rest the departed soul in peace. 

V. N. Lohit 

His Ex- Secretary(at Nalco) 

Shri Ghanashyam Sahu (51), who was 

working as SSW, Laboratory, Smelter 

Plant, Angul, expired on October 28. 

Born on 22.07.1957, Late Shri Sahu had 

joined Nalco on 10.11.1992 as Bearercum-wash 

boy. He is survived by his wife 

Meghni, daughters, Gitanjali, Ritanjali, 

Sasmita and sons, Jogeshwar, Hrudaya & Girija Shankar. 

Shri Gadadhar Naik (40) who was 

working as Technician, CHP Dept. CPP, 

Angul, expired on November 21, due to 

illness. Born on 15.07.1968, Late Shri 

Naik joined Nalco on 23.02.1987 as 

Mazdoor. 

Shri Debaraj Sethi (50), who was working 

as Chargeman, CPP, Angul, passed away 

on November 22, due to illness. Born on 

25.02.1958, Late Shri Sethi had joined 

Nalco on 17.12.1984. 

Parichaya prays to the Almighty to rest the departed Souls in 

peace and provide strength to the bereaved families. 

11 

Nov-Jan’09

B I D D I N G A D I E U 

PARICHAYA 

On attaining the age of superannuation, Shri M.K.B. Nair, 

GM (R&D) retired from the services of the Company. Shri 

Nair had joined Nalco in 1982 as Assistant Superintendent 

at Smelter Plant, Angul. A touching farewell was accorded 

at the Corporate Office Auditorium on October 31. On the 

occasion, Shri P.K. Routray, Director (Production), Shri P.K. 

Parida, ED (Marketing), Shri P.K. Mohanty, ED (CP & BD), 

Shri D.B. Bhanja, GM(H&A) and others recounted Shri Nair’s 

contributions to the Company. Shri Nair, during his service 

in Nalco was instrumental in establishing the dispatch & 

export procedure in S&P Complex and played a pivotal role 

in setting up the Research & Development Unit in Angul. 

At the farewell meeting, Shri P.K. Routray, Director 

(Production), handed over the Service Certificate to Shri 

Nair, while Shri P.K. Mohanty, ED (CP & BD), handed 

over the cheque and Shri D.B. Bhanja, GM(H&A) presented 

Shri Nair with a plaque. 

Shri Bitanjaya Senapati, Senior Foreman, Gr I, Technical 

Services Dept. retired from the services of the Company 

on attaining the age of superannuation on October 31. 

In a touching farewell organized at the HRD Centre, 

M&R Complex, Damanjodi, his colleagues shared their 

working experiences with Shri Senapati and recounted 

his contributions to the Company, besides fondly 

remembering his initiation of organizing health and yoga 

camps in Damanjodi. On the occasion, Shri P.K. 

Mohapatra, ED (M&R), presented a gift to Shri Senapati, 

while Shri B.N. Mohanty, GM (AR) presented the 

memento and Shri R.P. Swain, GM (H&A), handed over 

the service certificate. 

On attaining the age of Superannuation, Shri Udayanath 

Puhan, Manager (Mechanical), CPP, Angul, retired from 

the services of the Company on November 30. In a function 

organized at CPP, Shri Puhan was accorded a touching 

farewell by the employees of CPP. Shri R.P. Srivastav, 

GM(CPP), handed over the service certificate to Shri Puhan 

and Shri P.K. Pattnaik, GM(O&M), CPP, presented him a 

memento on behalf of the Company. 

Dr. S.K.Patnaik, Dy. Medical Superintendent, Nalco 

Hospital, Damanjodi, retired from the services of the 

Company on attaining the age of superannuation on August 

31. Dr. Patnaik was accorded a touching farewell at the 

Nalco Hospital, Damanjodi, by his colleagues. Among 

others, Dr. S. Mishra, DGM (Medical)-cum-Medical 

Superintendent shared the feelings of working with Dr. 

Patnaik. In his turn Dr. S.K.Patnaik, also thanked all for 

their goodwill and support. 

Parichaya also joins others in bidding the retired employees 

adieu and prays for their good health and happiness. 

Nov-Jan’09 

12

PARICHAYA 

S P O R T S 

Inter-Unit Badminton 

Anuradha Awarded 

Inter-Unit Badminton Tournament was organized by Nalco 

Community Centre Welfare Committee at Nalconagar, 

Bhubaneswar from November 14 to 16. Shri C.R. Pradhan, 

CMD I/c, inaugurated the tournament, in the presence of Shri 

B.L. Bagra, Director (Finance), Shri S.C. Dash, ED (Finance) 

Nalco’s ace athlete Anuradha Biswal has been awarded a cash 

award of Rs. 75000/- for her outstanding performances 

achieved in athletics in the year 2007 – 08. The award is 

being given as a cash incentive to the Sportspersons by the 

State Sports & Youth Services Department, Govt of Orissa for 

promoting Sportspersons and sports activities in the State. 

Athlete Anuradha, received the cash award from Shri S.C. 

Hota, State Election Commissioner, in a glittering function 

organized at Bhubaneswar on January 23. 

Nalco Open Tennis Tournament 

and President of Nalco Community Centre and Shri A. K. 

Sahoo, GM (MS&A). Fourteen players each from Corporate 

office, S&P Complex, and M&R Complex participated under 

various categories. On the Concluding Day, Prizes were given 

away to the winners by Shri Joy Varghese, Director (P&A) in 

the presence of Shri S.C. Dash, ED (Finance) and Shri D.B. 

Bhanja, GM (H&A). 

S.P. Das bags Gold 

Shri S.P. Das, Sr. Accountant, Smelter Plant, 

Angul, bagged gold medal in Men’s 

Doubles (Partnering Shri Amerendra 

Behera) in Standing Lower Category at the 

7th National Badminton Championship for 

the differently able, held in Bangalore from 

August 8 to 10. Shri Das, led a 5-member, 

Badminton team, representing Orissa. In 

the tournament, Orissa team won 3 gold, 2 

silver and 2 bronze medals. 

Sponsored by the Company, Bhubaneswar District Tennis 

Association organized the 1st All Orissa Nalco Open Ranking 

Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, from 

December 12 to 14. Around 200 players’ from 20 districts of 

Orissa participated in the tourney. Shri B.L. Bagra, Director 

(Finance), graced the inaugural session as the chief guest and 

inaugurated the tournament while on the concluding day Shri 

C. R. Pradhan, CMD I/c and Shri Joy Varghese, Director (P&A) 

handed over the prizes to the winners. 

CISF Volleyball Tournament 

An inter-unit CISF volleyball tournament was held at CISF PT 

ground, S&P Complex, on October 6. Shri S.K. Sinha, Sr. 

Commandant, CISF, inaugurated the tournament in the 

presence of other senior officials of CISF. In the opening match, 

Nalco A team defeated K-STPP, Korba, while in the final match 

PPT Paradeep emerged as the champion by defeating KST-PP, 

Korba. Altogether 6 teams participated in the tournament. In 

the concluding ceremony, Shri P.K. Mohanty, DGM(Admn.) 

handed over the champion trophy to the winning team. 

13 

Nov-Jan’09

S U G G E S T I O N S C H E M E 

PARICHAYA 

Sarjana Awards 

Nalco promotes employee's participation in enhancing production, productivity and saving on cost, 

through various means. The Suggestion Scheme Sarjana is one such endeavour, which has been 

eliciting good response over the years. This year too, on the occasion of Independence Day Celebrations, 

cash awards and certificates were handed over to the employees who made valuable suggestions. Here 

we present the list of winners from Mines& Refinery Complex, Damanjodi and Smelter and Power 

Complex, Angul, along with their suggestions. Congratulations from Parichaya. 

M&R Complex 

Suggested, modified and installed the 

flow measurement system in slacker 

line with DCS control at lime handling 

area reduces the lime chocking, easy 

flow measurement and maintain the 

lime density of individual stacker. 

Awardees 

P.D. Chavan 

Asst. Mgr (C&I) 

A.K. Dalai 

Technician-II 

S.K. Parida 

Chargeman-II 

P.K. Sethy 

Technician-II 

Suggested, designed and modified the 

control circuit in pre heating panel of 

calcination Plant - A reduces the plant 

startup time and production loss. 

Awardees 

P. Jena L. Soren 

Jr. Manager Chargeman-I 

S.Samal R.N. Sahu 

Technician-II Chargeman-II 

Suggested, designed and modified 

and installed the DCS base automatic 

control system for cooling tower 3A 

equipments reduces the failure of 

tripping of boiler and bring more 

flexible in the system. 

Awardees 

A. Panda A.K. Nayak 

Asst. Manager Dy. Manager (E&I) 

R.K. Behera 

Technician-I 

Suggested, fabricated and rectified PA 

fan shaft one end through cutting, 

machining and welding for plant 

requirement and increase the Mill 

availability. 

Awardees 

N. Arun Raju B.K. Behera 

Asst. Manager Chargeman-II 

M.M. Rao 

Chargeman-I 

T.P. Singh 

Technician-I 

N. Moharana 

Chargeman-I 

S. Guha B.Gallari 

Technician-I SSW 

Suggested and modified the discharge 

lines of the air blowers by 

interconnecting seed filter number 

AB501 and AB502 with provision for 

blind or through provides more flexibility 

of the system and increase availability. 

Awardees 

P.K. Swain R.C. Duvvada 

Asst. Engineer Asst. Manager 

(Chemical) (Mechanical) 


chute wall in between belt drum side 

and chute wall through a metal plate 

eliminates the bolder jamming due to 

ore spillage and reduces the 

production loss in feeder conveyor 

stream-2 at C&C, Mines. 

Awardees 

R.N. Malik 

Asst. Manager 

P. Biswal 

Chargeman-I 

A.V. Manoj 

Asst. Manager(E&I) 

P.C.Mathew 

Chargeman-I 

B.H. Biswal 

Chargeman-II 

T.C. Burman 

Chargeman-I 

A.K. Sahu 

Foreman(Mech) 

D. Hantal 

Technician-II 

B.K. Jena K.K. Mali 

Technician-II Sr. SSW-I 

Suggested, designed and modified a 

protection system for rotor of wagon 

tippler main motor, brings indication 

at cotrol room for any abnormality & 

early detection of problem. 

Awardees 

A.K. Sethy G. Nayak 

Chargeman-I Sr. SSW-I 

Suggested and modified the bearing 

locking of planetary gear box by 

providing a spacer with a key 

arrangement in between gear and 

bearing resulted the arrest the 

movement of coupling dislocation 

and bearing damage. 

Awardees 

H.H. Naik 

SSW 

G.Takri 

USW 

Suggested designed and modified 

Digester gear box by making a groove 

on the pump surface to arrest oil 

leakage through ‘O’ ring arrangement 

resulted increase availability and 

timely replacement. 

Awardees 

S. Parida D. Mali 

Technician-II Sr. SSW-I 


shaft fixture hook attachment in cable 

belt conveyor eliminates the belt 

drum lifting shaft alignment problem 

and minimizes the maintenance time. 

Awardees 

N.S. Sudhakar 

Sr. Manager 

D.R. Panda 

Jr. Manager 

M.P. Ekka 

Asst. Manager 

K.C. Behera 

Dy. Manager 

P.K. Bohidar 

Chargeman-II 

A.K. Pattnaik 

Sr. Foreman (Mech) 

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PARICHAYA 


J. Sahu S.K. Das 

Chargeman-I Chargeman-II 

Suggested, designed and installed the 

guide close to the agitator shaft 

eliminates the dislocation of the 

agitator shaft during maintenance in 

tank 961 at new 04 area. 

Awardee 

B.M. Marandi 

Chargeman-I 

Suggested and modified 132 KW CGL 

motor DE side grease cup in between 

driving side shaft and grease cup 

through ‘O’ ring arrangement 

eliminates caustic ingress into the 

motor & frequent failure. 

Awardee 

S.K. Subudhi 

Chargeman-II 

Suggested, modified and reused the 

ceramic nozzles in atomiser with 

suitable readjustment, increases the 

life of ceramic nozzles and avoid 

immediate replacement at Zeolite 

plant. 

Awardees 

Sankarsan Biswal 

Sr. Foreman(Mech) 

Labanya Raju 

Chargeman-II 

Suggested, fabricated and installed 

thin metal sheet partition in between 

two compressors, eliminates frequent 

tripping and avoid sudden hot air rise 

in copressor at SGA plant. 

Awardees 

Sankarsan Biswal Mrutunjaya Dash 

Sr. Foreman(Mech) Manager (Mech) 


pipe line for dry ash conveying system 

at #3 & #4 ESP resulted to increase 

the dry ash utilization system and 

availability of the system. 

Ramesh Sethy D.K. Gantayat 

Chargeman-II Chargeman-II 

Suggested and modified the LET dome inlet 

valve with detachable seal ring. eliminates 

the frequent replacement of rubber seal and 

maintenance time at #4 dry ash system. 

Awardees 

D.K. Gantayat 

Chargeman-II 

Suggested and install a limit switch in slew 

circuit in the old reclaimer to prevent 

breakdown while touching the new stacker side 

during reclaiming resulted to easy maintenance 

and prevent damage of bucket in 52 area. 

Awardees 

S.N. Moharana 

Sr. Foreman (Elect) 

S.N. Sahu 

Chargeman 

Chaitan Bhatra 

Chargeman 

Awardees 

R.L. Ho 

Chargeman 

B.S.Rao 

Sr Technician 

Smelter Plant 

Replacement of plant view and 

installation of computer based operator 

interface station at Cast House-B. 

Awardees 

S.K. Kalyan 

SM (E&I) 

P.K. Sahu G.B. Senapati 

JM (E&I) JM (E&I) 

Modification of flue wall lifting device 

lifting arrangement in Bake Oven-II 

Awardees 

S. Choudhury 

AM (Mech.) 

S. Bhutia S.K. Dehury 

Chargeman Technician 

Motivator 

N.S. Subramaniam 

S.M. (Mech.) 

Modification of anode grab levelling 

correction device of FTA-3 of Bake Oven-I 

MN Biswal 

Mgr (Mech) 

Awardees 

S. Dash 

Technician 

S. Majhi K.C. Behera 

Chargeman Chargeman 

Motivator 


SM (Mech.) 

Repair of gulper lower section pipe 

in FTA-3 of Bake Oven-I 

Awardees 

M.N. Biswal 

Mgr (Mech.) 

R.C. Munda 

Chargeman 

K.C. Behera 

Chargeman 

Motivator 

D. Mohapatra 

CM (Mech.) 

Modification of grab close/open gear 

box of FTA-2in Bake Oven-I 

Awardees 

MN Biswal L. Sahoo 

Mgr (Mech.) Chargeman 

T. Dehury S.Mallick 

Sr. Foreman Chargeman 

Motivator 


SM (Mech.) 

Repair of telescopic filler pipe of FTA- 

3 in Bake Oven-I 

Awardees 

MN Biswal S. Dash 

Mgr (Mech.) Technician 

L. Sahoo P.N. Behera 


Motivator 


SM (Mech.) 

Modification in U-62A dynamic 

separator in Ball mill circuit for remote 

changing speed from OIS in GAP-I 

Awardees 

V. Kumar N.K. Mishra 

JM (C&I) Sr. Foreman 

D. Prasad L. Kamson 

Mgr (Elect.) JM (Elect.) 

D.B. Kanugno S. Sarkar 


Motivator 

S. Mishra 

CM (E&I) 

Provision of drained HFO storage tank 

in Bake Oven-II 

Awardees 

A. Biswal 

JM (Met.) 

S. Choudhury S.N. Pradhan 

AM (Mech.) Technician 

S. Bhutia S.K. Dehury 


Motivator 

P. Sahoo 

Manager (S) 

Design and fabrication of Pot outlet 

duct alignment mobile fixture 

Awardees 

N.K. Nayak H.K. Nambothiri 

Mgr (Mech.) JM (Mach.) 

T. Samal S.S. Dash 


J. Biswal T. Dehury 

Sr. SSW Sr. Foreman 

Motivator 

G.C. Mohapatra 

CM (Mech.) 

Modification of recirculation feeder of 

SC 505 of FTP-5 

Awardees 

N.K. Nayak H.K. Nambothiri 

Mgr (Mech.) JM (Mach.) 

T. Samal S.S. Dash 


J. Biswal P.K. Behera 

Sr. SSW Chargeman 

Motivator 

G.C. Mohapatra 

CM (Mech.) 

Modification of high temperature and 

high pressure circuit in ELGI 

compressors in PTMs 

Awardees 

K.C. Jena S. Pradhan 

DM (Elect.) Chargeman 

B.K. Sahu S. Hembram 


Motivator 

G.S. Ekka 

CM (Elect.) 

Modification of cooling conveyor 

tensioning system in ICM of Cast 

House - B 

Awardees 

T.K. Mohapatra D.D. Sahu 

AM (Mech.) Technician 

S. Mohanty Manoj Sahu 

Technician Technician 

Motivator 

V. Senthil 

Mgr (Mech.) 

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PARICHAYA 

Provision of emergency power source 

to UPS system of ICM and melting 

furnance of Cast House-B 

Awardees 

B. Himeshbabu D.K. Padhi 

JM (Elect.) Sr. Super. 

Motivator 

P.K. Behera 

CM (Elect.) 

Protection of plate heat exchanger and 

induction furnace coils in cathode 

sealing shop. 

Awardees 

P.C. Sahoo U. Hembram 


S.K. Sahu P. Sahoo 


Motivator 

R.K. Das 

Mgr (Mech.) 

Strengthening clamp actuator 

assembly in Potline-III PTMs 

Awardees 

B. Hansdah C.M. Naik 

Chargeman SSW 

N. Pradhan R.K.Nitinware 

Technician AM (Mech.) 

Motivator 

B.C. Moharana 

Mgr (Mech.) 

Modification of the anode hoist 

hydraulic cylinder of PTMs 

Awardees 

A.S. Sharma R.K. Nitinware 

JM (Mech.) AM (Mech.) 

N.C. Nayak L. Das 


H.S. Bisoi N. Pradhan 


Motivator 

B.C. Moharana 

Mngr (Mech.) 

Modification of bumper limit switch 

of lifting beams in Potline I & II 

Awardees 

B.K. Samal S.N. Munda 

Chargeman SSW 

A. Amant J. Samal 


Motivator 

K.C. Jena 

DM (Elect.) 

Modification of feeding mechanism of 

PLC based circular saw machine at CRS 

Awardees 

T. Dehury 

Sr. Foreman 

B.K. Swain C.R. Hemoram 


J.K. Singh S. Biswal 

Technician Sr. SSW 

B.K. Mallick M.K. Behera 


Motivator 

S. Ghosh 

SM (Mech.) 

Captive Power Plant 

Improvement in coal finness 

Awardees 

S. Tudu. 

Chargeman 

K. Samal BN Adha 

SSW CM(Mech.) 

Motivator 

ESS Rao 

CM(Mech.) 

Safe evacuation of leakage Chlorine 

from tonner placed outside the stand 

for stream 1 to 3 

Awardees 

P.K. Saran 

CM(Mech.) 

BK Maity SB Baidya 

CM(Mech.) Sr FM(M) 

G. Marandi DK Pattanaik 

Techn. Sr. SSW 

Motivator 

B Mizn 

CM(Mech.) 

Improving drinking water supply to 

tiffin room near UCR #3 

Awardees 

KC Dash BC Roy 

SM(Mech.) SM(Mech.) 

GC Dawn MP Behera 

DM(Civ.) JM(Civ.) 

Installation of stand by pump & 

blower of chlorine absorption system 

Awardees 

CR Mohanty 

AE (Mech) 

GD Samal BN Adha 

Sr. FM (Mech.) CM(Mech.) 

KK Roy PK Sahu 

Ch. Man Sr. SSW 

Motivator 

PK Saran 

CM(Mech.) 

Provision of standby source auto 

switching of 220V DC supply to FSSS 

panel 

Awardees 

AK Mishra 

Mgr(C&I) 

VV Seshan BD Sahu 

AM (C&I) Ch. Man 

RK Sethi Miss M Minz 

Ch. Man Techn. 

Motivator 

SR Nayak 

CM(C&I) 

Provision of SADC position indication 

Awardee 

AK Mishra 

Mgr(C&I) 

VV Seshan P Mohan 

AM (C&I) Mgr (Mech.) 

PK Jena BK Swain 

Ch. Man Ch. Man 

Motivator 

GS Ray 

CM(C&I) 

Auto changeover provision 110V AC 

supply of FSSS system 

Awardees 

AK Mishra 

Mgr(C&I) 

VV Seshan PK Jena 

AM (C&I) Ch. Man 

B Sahu Miss M Minz 

SSW 

Techn. 

Motivator 

SR Nayak 

CM(C&I) 

SACP & GOP panel indication circuit 

modification 

Awardees 

CR Das 

CM (E) 

BK Sharma S Das 

Techn. AFM (E) 

Motivator 

AN Mishra 

CM(Elect.) 

Trip circuit healthy modification for 

LT Air Circuit Breaker 

Awardees 

BK Sharma S Das 

Techn. AFM (E) 

Motivator 

CR Das 

CM(Elect.) 

Reliability for home position feedback 

of water wall soot blower 

Awardees 

CR Das BK Sharma 

CM(E) 

Techn. 

S Das AN Mishra 

AFM(E) CM (Elect.) 

Motivator 

LK Swain 

CM(Elect.) 

Energy saving with replacement of 

40watt FTL with 70 watt HPSV in the 

AWPH and chiler room. 

Awardees 

R Talwar 

SM (E) 

GC Pradhan PC Sahoo 

Sr. FM Ch. man 

RC Majhi NK Bhoi 

Ch. man Techn. 

Motivator 

MC Ghadei 

CM(Elect.) 

Modification of trip circuit of 6.6KV 

S/G of CWPH & installation of trip 

supervision relay CTSR 

Awardees 

R. Talwar MD Lenka 

SM (Elect.) Sr. FM 

AK Jena BD Samal 

Ch. man Techn. 

Motivator 

MC Ghadei 

CM(Elect.) 

Modification in the power supply 

distribution board of administrative 

Building 

Awardees 

KK Sahoo 

Mgr. (Elect.) 

GC Pradhan PK Mohapatra 

Sr. FM Ch. man 

NC Samal BK Senapati 

Ch. man Ch. man 

Motivator 

MC Ghadei 

CM(Elect.) 

Provision of annuciation S/Y control 

room for AC supply faliure to 220KV 

breaker compressor. 

Awardees 

KK Acharya GC Mishra 


PK Sethi PK Dash 

Sr. SSW SM (Elect.) 

Motivator 

SC Das 

CM(Elect.) 

Installation of AB switch 33KV Ash 

Pond Feeder. 

Awardees 

GC Mishra SG Majhi 


B. Mohapatra PK Sethi 

Sr. SSW Sr. SSW 

Motivator 

BK Das 

CM(E) 

Provision of annunciation in S/Y 

control room for coil monitoring of 

luck-out relay. 

Awardees 

PK Dash KK Acharya 

SM (Elect) Ch. man 

SG Majhi B. Mohapatra 

Ch. Man Sr. SSW 

Motivator 

BB Nayak 

DGM (Elect.) 

Control circuit modification for ‘O’ 

mtr Air Washer Room of #6 

Awardees 

PAK Ekka 

DM (Elect.) 

GC Garnaik SK Panda 

Techn. 

Techn. 

A Pradhan PK Pradhan 

SSW 

JOT 

Motivator 

MC Ghadei 

CM(Elect.) 

Use of reject coal debris in 

construction of aproach road. 

Awardees 

SR Panda CM Mundari 

AM (Civil) Sr. FM (Civil) 

Motivator 

KK Kasyap 

CM(Civil) 

Modification of APH lubricating oil 

system. 

Awardees 

NK Rout 

CM (Mech.) 

DK Nanda RK Naik 

Mgr(Mech.) Sr. FM 

BN Das HK Das 

Ch. Man Ch. Man 

Motivator 

RS Das 

CM (Mech.) 

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PARICHAYA M I S C E L L A N Y 

Supporting a Worthy Cause…. 

Bharat Prativa Samman 

The Engineers of Nalco, S&P Complex, extended their support 

towards the flood affected victims of Orissa, by collectively 

contributing Rs.51000/- towards Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. 

On behalf of the Engineers, S/Shri Subhendu Nayak, Himanshu 

Routray, Nihar Pradhan and Manoj Panda handed over the 

cheque to Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Pattnaik. 

Nalco Officers’ Association, M&R Complex, also collected 

Rs.2,03,333/- from its members through voluntary 

contributions for the flood affected victims. On behalf of the 

association, Shri L. Ghanto, President I/c and Shri P.K. 

Satapathy, General Secretary of the association handed over 

the draft to the Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Naveen Pattnaik at 

the State Secretariat on November 20. 

Flood Relief by S&P Complex 

Shri A.K. Sharma, ED(S&P) Complex, in the presence of 

Shri S.S. Patnaik, GM(H&A), Shri D.C. Sahu, GM (Finance) and 

Shri S.K. Sinha, GM(Mat.), flagged off a truck loaded with relief 

materials for flood affected victims of Banki village on September 29. 

Dr. C.R. Mishra, DGM (R&D), Corporate Office, has received‘ 

Bharat Prativa Samman – 2008’ from Shri Devi Prasad Mishra, 

Hon’ble Minister of Tourism & Excise and Shri Samir Dey, Hon’ble 

Minister of Higher Education & Pension, Govt. of Orissa, for his 

contribution to Public Understanding of Science and Technology. 

Dr. Mishra received the award on the occasion of 9 th Annual Day 

celebration of Jay Bharat Trust & Bharat Masala at Cuttack on 

September 3. 

Young Achiever 

Shri Balgopal Raju, GET, Operation Dept, 

CPP, has come up with his latest book (based 

on engineering syllabus), 

‘Micro Processor & Micro 

Controller’. Shri Raju had 

already published two 

more engineering syllabus 

books i.e. ‘Basic 

Electronics’ and ‘Digital Signal Processing’. It 

may be mentioned here that, Shri Raju was a 

lecturer in one of the engineering colleges, prior 

to joining Nalco. 

Wedding Bells 

Nalconian & National 

Footballer, Ms Ranjita 

Mohanty, got married to 

Shri Vinod Banerji, 

Station Head of BIG 

92.7 FM, Bhubaneswar 

on July 11. 

Shri Manas Ranjan 

Behera, GET, working in 

C&I Department of 

Refinery, M&R Complex, 

Damanjodi, got married 

to Debasmita of Cuttack 

on November 24. 

Parichaya congratulates the newly wed and wishes the couple 

a happy married life. 

17 Nov-Jan’09

National Aluminium Company Limited 

30 January 2009, Issue 2 

N’vision 

e-newsletter of Project N’vision 

This e-newsletter is also available 

on the intranet http://nalcoinsight 

Inside this issue: 

The future Nerve Center— 

Data Center. 

What are we doing in our 

organization today? 

What are we getting into ? 

What does this achieve? 

What will change? 

What are the major 

components of change? 

How are we preparing for 

change ? 

Twenty years from 

now you will be more 

disappointed by the 

things you didn’t do 

than by the ones you 

did do. So throw off 

the bowlines. Sail 

away from the safe 

harbor. Catch the 

trade winds in your 

sails. Explore. Dream. 

Discover. 

MESSAGE OF DIRECTOR (COMMERCIAL) 

Dear Colleagues, 

Letter from the Project Manager 

A supplement on ERP 

The ERP N’vision Project is well underway and an important milestone had been achieved earlier 

this month when the Data Centre was inaugurated on 07 January 2009. There are important 

changes that will take place, since we will be moving to an integrated software environment that 

allows information capture & flow seamlessly across the organization. This vital change will 

mean that we will have embarked on a journey of learning new skills and abilities with a new 

sense of discipline, all of which will be important in paving a successful path for the implementation. 

This migration from the existing environment to an ERP environment depends in large measure, 

on all of our willingness to accept the change at the earliest and also assimilate them into our 

work-culture. The days ahead will be demanding on the implementation team as well as all the 

users who will be working on the ERP. The organization is committed in ensuring that the process 

of change is smooth and I wish you all the very best for the preparation of a new chapter in your 

professional career. 

Warm Wishes for a Happy New Year. We achieved one major milestone since the last issue. The 

Data Centre was formally inaugurated at NALCO Bhawan on 7th January’2009. The State of The 

Art Data Centre will soon become the backbone for the company’s business processes in the 

coming days. Having said that, one of the challenges of ERP implementation is the Management 

of Change. To put the matter of change in a proper perspective it will be correct to cite this as 

being critical to the implementation process itself. The core teams that are working with the 

implementation partners have had to go through a process of change and it would not be out of 

place to mention that it has been a challenge for them. To understand what this change is all 

about it is necessary to know what we are doing now and what we are getting into. This issue 

primarily delves into the subject of change and how we will all be affected and its management. 

As ever, we will welcome your feedback. 

K.S.SREEDHARA | GM (SYSTEMS) | 

The future Nerve Center—Data Center 

Business sensitive and mission critical systems, such 

as an ERP, have to be matched with infrastructure 

with the ability to support the requirements of such 

complex set up. 

A State-of-the-Art Data Centre has been set-up at 

NALCO Bhawan. The Data Centre houses the ERP & 

IT services servers and will be the Network Operation 

Centre (NOC) for the entire organization. The Data 

Centre is designed for 24x7 operations. 

Major civil items of the Data Centre are 2 hours fire 

rated. A pair of 80KVA Un-interrupted Power Supply (UPS) provides 415V, 3-phase power to 

each server & battery backup of 30 minutes. This will ensure non-stop operation even when one 

UPS and battery bank is down. In the event of power failure an auto switchover has been 

provided to 140 KVA DG Set. Bottom discharge Precision AC have been installed in the server 

room to maintain the temperature at 21ºC and humidity at 50% RH. 

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To protect the ERP servers from threat of fire, laser based Very Early Smoke Detection and Alarm 

(VESDA) system with FM200 gas based suppression system, that can extinguish fires in a matter of 10 

seconds, have been installed. To ensure security, access to the data centre is controlled through 

biometric technology for the server room and proximity technology to the NOC and Utility room. All 

movements in the data centre are monitored and recorded through IP based CCTV with the help of 8 

motion sensitive cameras. 

An integrated Building Management System has also been implemented comprising CCTV, Water 

Leak detection System, Fire Alarm & Fire Suppression Systems, Access Control System and Rodent 

Control Systems. 

These will be used for constant monitoring, control and protection of the data centre there by 

ensuring a reliable and Always-Available IT service. 

What are we doing in our organization today? 

Like any organization that is in the throes of implementing an ERP system, we have 

fragments of information. We collect, enter, generate & store large amount of data 

which are available across separate computer systems, servers, locations, office, an 

individual or computer. These are known as “legacy systems”. 

Although they are not available in a single repository they provide vital input & output 

to the business processes. They also create a business complexity. 

By maintaining data the way we do presently we spend considerable amount of resources 

in creating compatibility, formatting & transferring data from one system to another, 

updating programs, maintaining redundant data & obsolete programs to name a few. 

The end of it all the data in the organization’s landscape do not talk to each other which is why we are 

required to reconcile records regularly & re-confirm data. 

At the end of it all the data in the organization’s landscape do not talk to each other which is why we 

are required to reconcile records regularly & re-confirm data. 

What are we getting into ? 

At the heart of an ERP is a comprehensive database, which receives and feeds data to the 

modules which make up the ERP. In SAP this is the ECC 6.0, which has the data for all the 

modules to share. The database virtually supports all the business activities of the company 

across all functions, units & locations. Whenever any new information enters into the system at 

any location it updates all related and connected information, automatically. 

What does this achieve ? 

An ERP, like SAP, streamlines the data flow within and across the organization providing the 

management direct access to an entire mine of real-time operating & financial data. In addition to this 

the ERP has the capability to impact the company’s culture by allowing it to streamline its structure. 

The ERP also achieves in centralizing information as well as its control and importantly standardizing 

process. 

What will change? 

The transition from our present environment to a highly integrated business system calls for a leap 

in the thinking process. A task which is not easily achievable considering that we have been so used 

to working in islands with little or no integration. Such a leap is important because an action in 

business process has an impact in several business processes. 

ERP Systems are born to provide an integrated system which is capable of handling far more 

complex transactions and yet providing a highly dependable system.


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The fundamental shifts brought about by the ERP implementation at NALCO is listed below 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Batch Processing to Online Transaction Processing 

From functional focus to Process focus 

From individual operation to Team Performance 

From paper based documents to Electronic Documents 

From availed service to Self Service 

From physical signature based approvals to Electronic Approvals 

What are the components of change? 

As has been highlighted earlier, we have documented the Future State of Business Process at 

NALCO. This has been presented to Senior Management of NALCO. This document depicts 

the manner in which business would be conducted with the usage of SAP ERP. Undeniably, 

such actions would require familiarity with SAP best practices . 

Any transition has many faces and attributes. Some of these attributes of SAP ERP related 

changes are listed below 

Nomenclature : While implementing SAP, the core team and users are made familiar with 

terminologies such as Organisation Structure, Valuation Class, Goods Receipt, Stock keeping units, 

quality stock, unrestricted stock, work centre, activity type, personnel area, personnel action, MRP, 

Demand planning, Advanced Planning and Optimisation, Master Inspection Characteristics ,Quality 

Plan etc. Some of these are new for us and some are re-phrased terms already in use at NALCO. 

Structure : To facilitate the ERP implementation, the Organisation, Plants, Profit Centres, Cost Centres, 

Storage locations, Purchase locations, sales divisions and distribution channels are mapped into an 

Organisation Structure. The Organisation structure is a key element around which all the business 

transaction would happen. For Example : at NALCO there shall be five profit centres ( Accounting 

units) . 

Data organisation : At the heart of any ERP implementation is the central database. The database is 

organised in various masters with improved set of codes. An improved code structure for Products, 

Accounts, Vendors, Customers, Employees shall be put in place. There are changes in the code length 

and content. Some types of codes shall be created generated by the system. For example the new 

chart of accounts shall not include cost centre. Cost centres are dealt separately in the Controlling 

module of SAP. 

“Be the CHANGE 

you want to see 

in the world.” 

– Mahatma Gandhi 

Business Processes : A brief list of business process enhancements planned with ERP is detailed 

below 

No physical movement of SRV for payment to vendors; instead there shall be electronic flow of documents 

Consumption based MRP planning of Auto-procurement items and release of Purchase Order 

against Rate Contract 

Online vendor registration 

No tender opening committee 

Online floating of tenders and collection of bids 

Electronic price bid evaluation 

Ledger accounts for purchase , stocks and consumption of raw material, stores & spares are based 

on valuation class and by automatic accounting determination 

Immediately on confirmation of production of finished goods & semi finished goods the same is 

inventoried in accounts after which delivery of goods can commence. 

Excise posting in Accounts and RG23 is simultaneously performed for which Cenvat reconciliation 

may not be required. 

Single Excise cum Commercial invoice. 

Online performance appraisals 

Payroll inputs shall flow from HR module. 

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Employee roles: Employee roles shall undergo some degree of transformation due to the 

following reasons 

Capture of information at source and online updation of records. For example: when a 

material is procured the systems will update the inventory, updated the excise registers, 

tax registers and post every related financial entry at the same time. Similarly when goods 

are sold the system will deplete the stock, update excise registers, tax registers and post all 

relevant financial entries at the same time. 

Virtual teams who shall participate from their seats rather that sitting together. There can 

be multiple virtual teams for different collaborative activities such as new item creation, 

screening of indents, etc. 

Participation in personal processes such as Leave Application, Tour Application, Claims, 

Loan application. In this case the individual will drive the electronic flow of document. 

Empowering individuals and departments for actions performed by other departments/ 

committees. As an example for certain kinds of procurements there will be no need for 

Screening Committees. 

How are we preparing for change ? 

In order to facilitate a smooth transition, all stakeholders shall be imparted rigorous training to 

familiarise them with the nuances of ERP implementation and the future state of NALCO business 

process. Users from various departments are being involved in the enabling processes such as 

Master data cleansing and preparation. 

Senior Management presentations are 

being conducted in relevant business 

modules. Necessary changes in the 

policy documents such as Stores Manual, 

Purchase Manual, Contracts Manual etc. 

are planned for incorporation in 

alignment with the ERP process 

requirements. Site visits to organizations 

that have implemented SAP ERP are being 

made by core team members. Guidance 

on major stages is being sought from our 

ERP consultant M/s PwC. 

FI/CO Senior Management Presentation in progress 

“TO IMPROVE is to 

change, to be 

perfect is to 

change often.” 

- Winston Churchill 

N’vision 

e-newsletter of Project N’vision 

National Aluminium Company Limited 

P/1, NALCO Bhawan, Nayapalli, 

Bhubaneswar 751 061 

Phone: +91 674 230 0899 

Fax: +91 674 230 0899 

E-mail: sreedhar@nalcoindia.co.in

O U R C H I L D R E N 

PARICHAYA 

Ashis, son of Laxmikanti and Shri 

Akshaya Bhutia, (working in CPP and the 

President of Nalco Employees 

Cooperative Society), S&P Complex, 

Angul) and a student of class IV SVM, 

Angul, has been awarded second prize 

(Boys 10 to 12 years, in fight category) at 

the 21st State Karate Championship held in Bhubaneswar. 

Similarly, Sidhanta, son of Shri Pratap 

Chandra Barik and a student of class VI, 

DPS, Angul has been awarded 3rd prize 

(Boys 12 to 13 years, in Kata category) in 

the same competition. Earlier, Sidhanta 

has also won many awards in various 

karate championships. 

Amitansu, son of Shri G.S. Panda, Dy. 

Manager, Smelter (Pot line), S&P 

Complex, and a student of class IV, DPS, 

Nalconagar, Angul has been awarded 

silver medal in the 7th World Junior Kick- 

Boxing Championship, held in Naples, 

Italy from September 24 to 27. Amitansu 

was among the three participants, who represented India 

and was the youngest participant in his category. Being a 

1st Degree Black Belt holder, Amitansu has many medals 

to his credit including a gold medal at the 22nd National 

Kick-Boxing Championship and gold & silver medals at 

the 2nd East Zone Kick Boxing Championship. 

Flood relief by NCC Cadets 

Pritis Priyadarsi, son of Shri Pabitra 

Mohan Pradhan, Sr. Manager (Mech.), 

CHP, S&P Complex and a student of 

Class IV, DPS, Angul, has been awarded 

2nd prize at the 54th State School Chess 

Championship, held in Puri from 

November 29 to December 1. 

Subsequently, Pritis has also been selected to represent 

Orissa in the National School Championship at Tirupati. 

Renu Satpathy Memorial Trophies 

Instituted by Nalco Ladies Club, Bhubaneswar, in the 

fond memory of Late Renu Satpathy, wife of Late S. 

Satpathy, former Director (Production) of Nalco, the 

trophies are awarded to the students of Nalco family, 

securing the highest marks in Class X final examinations. 

Smt. Sushama Pradhan, President of Nalco Ladies Club, 

handed over the trophies to the winners. Following are 

the winners who received the trophies on 29 th 

Foundation Day of the Company. 

M. Prajakta, 

daughter of Shri 

Laxman Majhi, 

Chargeman, 

M&R Complex, 

and a student of 

Delhi Public 

School, 

Damanjodi, 

secured 97.4% 

marks in aggregate in CBSE examination. 

Abhik, son of Smt. Soma Mondal, 

DGM (Marketing), Nalco Mumbai 

Office, and a student of Maneckji 

Cooper Education Trust School, 

Mumbai, secured 96.1% marks in 

aggregate in ICSE examination. 

NCC Cadets of Delhi Public School, Nalconagar, Angul, 

through their voluntary contributions, extended support 

towards the flood victims of Angul District. Shri V.K. Arora, 

Principal, DPS, flagged off a vehicle carrying relief materials 

and congratulated the students for their noble initiatives. 

Sandhyarani, daughter of Shri 

Upendra Panda, Chargeman, S&P 

Complex, and a student of Saraswati 

Vidya Mandir, Angul, secured 92.87% 

marks in aggregate in BSE 

examination. 

Parichaya congratulates the children and wishes them 

a bright future. 

Nov-Jan’09 

22

1.2 billion people live on less than a dollar a day 

960 million people are undernourished 

700 million people in 43 countries live below the water – stressed threshold 

Carbon dioxide (CO 2 

) global annual emission grew by about 80% in 1970 – 2004 

 

50% of rural population in India does not have access to electricity 

India is projected to become third largest CO 2 

emitter in 2015

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