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LAPL has the distinction of being amongst the first few coal
based IPPs in the country to achieve financial closure and start
construction. LAPL is also amongst the first few coal based power
plants in the country to achieve full load in a record time of about
one month after synchronization for both the Units.
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views expressed in this magazine are not 300 MW unit with the grid on...
necessarily those of the management.
Edited by Sreenivas Veluri and published
by Corporate Communications Lanco takes big steps in Small Hydro
Department for and on behalf of Lanco
Lanco commissioned Drinidhar, its third 5
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Infratech Ltd. MW HEP, located in Kangra...
Editorial Team
Sreenivas Veluri (Editor in chief) Anpara Signs MOU with GoUP
Arvind Mohan (Editor)
Janakiram Rao (Asst Editor) Lanco Anpara will now have a total
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capacity of 1860 MW which shall be further
developed in two phases...
Content Coordination
Vibha Upadhyay
MVV rolls out with passion & fervour
Chief Designer
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The MVV rollout program was conducted
V Praveen across twelve locations and close to 4000...
Teaming Ahead
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Lanco also requires a framework that will
excite the employees to...
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Have a look at Lanconians contributions...
Editorial
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The budget continues to lay stress on
physical infrastructure development,
citing as one of the key catalysts in
maintaining the economic growth
L Madhusudhan Rao
Units 1 & 2:
The first 300 MW unit was synchronised required for the third unit of 660 MW,
with the grid on 1 May 2009. The unit the implementation of the project
achieved full load of 300 MW in record with supercritical technology started
time on 4 June 2009. Crossing yet from 1 January 2010 as the zero date.
another milestone, Lanco Amarkantak Power Finance Corporation, the lead
synchronised its second 300 MW unit lender for the project, has already
with the grid on 22 February 2010 and appraised the project and the project
the unit achieved full load of 300 MW is well poised to achieve financial
on 25 March 2010. closure shortly. Letter of Acceptance
for supply of coal has been obtained
Units 3 & 4: for the third Unit and Long Term Coal
Linkage has been obtained for fourth
Unit 3 & 4 of Lanco Amarkantak are fast unit. Long Term Open access has
track projects with the commissioning also been obtained from Powergrid
schedule of 36 months for Unit 3 Corporation of India Ltd and necessary
and 40 months for Unit 4. Having power evacuation arrangements from
obtained all the statutory clearances both the units are being made.
Drinidhar goes On Stream have been completed. Underground Budhil HEP to Chamera 3 has started
Power House excavation works are at several fronts. Tower foundation
Lanco commissioned Drinidhar, its set to commence shortly. works have started at 16 locations.
third 5 MW hydro-electric project, The stator frame building work of
located in Kangra District of Himachal HRT Breakthrough at Budhil power house is under progress. Civil
work of power house, control house
Pradesh on 29 March 2010. The
challenges at Drinidhar were as tough The 70 MW Budhil HEP, a run-of- and GIS building has been completed.
as those at IKU II and Baner III which the-river project on Budhil stream GIS erection will start from June 2010.
got commissioned in January and in Chamba District of Himachal
Lanco Aban has received an Lanco Aban also received 1st Prize Lanco Aban received the Safety
Award for Excellence in Water in Under 100 Employees Category Appreciation Award from National
Management from Confederation for Best Industrial Relations from Safety Council on 27 February
of Indian Industries (CII) on 10 the Minister for Labour, Tamilnadu 2010. Manoj Kumar Panda,
December 2009 at Hyderabad. G Government on 05 February 2010. Assistant Manager (Safety)
Srinivasa Rao, DGM (Maintenance) K Selvam, AGM (Operations) and S received the award on behalf of
& P S Mathew, Manager received Kathir Kamanathan, GM (Finance) Lanco Aban.
the award at the presentation were among the dignitaries present on
ceremony on behalf of Lanco Aban. the occasion.
Navneet Sehgal – Secretary (Energy) GoUP exchanging the MOU document with K Raja Gopal - Director & CEO, Lanco Anpara Power Ltd. A K Gupta -
Chief Secretary ,GoUP; Raj Kamal Gupta- Special Secy (Energy) GoUP; R.R.Nair - ED Lanco Anpara, Sanjay Diwakar Joshi-CoO, Business Development
& Harpreet S. Walia Manager- Business Development look on.
In Unit 1, all boiler auxiliary equipments have been commissioned and the
boiler light up test firing has been successfully completed. The boiler is now
ready for steam blowing. The Steam turbine generator has been put on
barring gear after the completion of oil flushing. The 400 KV switchyard is
ready for synchronisation and the Steam blowing normalisation is expected
to be synchronised shortly.
In Unit 2, the Boiler Hydro test has been carried out successfully. All auxiliary
and erection ducting works are under progress. The turbine generator rotor
alignment and erection is also under progress and the internal and external
points and the ash pond are on the verge of completion.
Lanco takes a
Businesses exist even without Mission, batches. All Lanconians were briefed and
Vision and Values. The Charisma of the given to understand the true meaning
business leader can drive a business to of each and every word that forms our
surging heights, but no sooner does such Mission, Vision and Values and the reason
a leader step down, the business falters. for its adoption. Queries of employees
Sustainable business demands energies were answered by using allegoric stories
of all the employees to be focused and and sharing of relevant experiences of the
channelized into a single framework participants. Promotional material such
– a common ideal that excites them as MVVs pocket books and note pads
and inspires them to achieve. Mission, were distributed during the programme
Vision and Values are those very ideals. and Posters and Standees of our MVVs
Individuals and Businesses may exist were prominently displayed in the Training
without a purpose, but as W Clement Hall. For the benefit of those that do
Stone says: “When you discover your not understand English, the MVVs were
mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill translated into local languages and local
you with enthusiasm and a burning desire instructors were engaged. The MVVs
to get to work on it.” Well, it is this work rollout is extremely important for us
that makes life fulfilling and rewarding. because we want every Lanconian to fully
participate and be an integral part of our
Corporate Communications was given Mission, Vision and Values. The expected
the responsibility of disseminating the outcome of our Mission, Vision and Values
Mission, Vision and Values in tandem with rollout is that we expect all employees to
Corporate HR and Strategic Business speak in one voice about our MVVs. And
Unit Heads. The expected outcome of all individual, department and strategic
this MVVs rollout programme is to ensure business goals are to be aligned to the
that all Lanconians understand, adopt Mission, Vision and Values.
and practice our MVVs.The MVVs rollout
programme was conducted across
twelve locations. Close to 4000
employees were
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“There are two important days in your life: the day you were
born, and the day you find out why you were born.”
Carl Townsend
MVVs rollout
On 3 and 4 March, the MVVs rollout
was conducted in five sessions at
Lanco Amarkantak Site. A total of 600
employees attended the programme. K
On 3 February, the MVVs rollout was Babu presented the MVVs with lot of Rajagopal presented the MVVs with lot
conducted in a single session at enthusiasm. of passion. V K Reddy also spoke on the
Vijayawada. A total of 150 employees
occasion.
attended from Lanco Kondapalli and On 9 and 10 February, the MVVs rollout
Lanco Foundation. P Panduranga Rao was conducted in two sessions: one at On 6 March, the MVVs rollout was
presented the Mission, Vision and Values Chennai and the other at Lanco Aban conducted in three sessions at Lanco
through live examples of his professional Site. Close to 100 employees attended Anpara Site. A total of 400 employees
experience. A Sreenivas Rao and Pavan from Lanco Aban and Lanco Foundation. attended the programme. K Rajagopal
were among those who shared their P Panduranga Rao presented the presented the MVVs. K K Panda also
views and experiences on the MVVs. Mission, Vision and Values. spoke on the occasion.
On 5 and 6 February, the MVVs rollout On 22 and 23 February, the MVVs On 9, 10 and 11 March, the MVVs
was conducted in five sessions at Udupi rollout was conducted in three sessions rollout programme was conducted in
Site. A total of 550 employees attended at Lanco Hoskote and Lanco Devihalli six sessions at Gurgaon. Around 700
from Udupi Power Corporation Ltd, site. A total of 410 employees attended employees attended from LITL Corporate,
LITL Construction, EPC Division and the programme. L Yugandhara Babu Hydro Division, EPC Division and SPV
Lanco Foundation. P Panduranga Rao presented the MVVs. office staff including Lanco Amarkantak,
presented the Mission, Vision and Values.
Lanco Anpara, Lanco Babandh, Lanco
On 25 February, the MVVs rollout Power Trading, Lanco Vidarbha, Lanco
On 8 February, the MVVs rollout was was conducted at Basara. Around Solar etc. SC Manocha presented the
conducted at Bangaluru. A total of 150 employees attended from LITL MVVs amid a receptive and a pro-active
140 employees attended from Udupi Construction. Despite his inability to gathering. J Suresh Kumar, Adibabu and
Power Corporation Ltd, Lanco Hoskote attend, Manohar sent in an inspiring Sanjay Joshi were among those who
and Lanco Devihalli. L Yugandhara message to the participants. spoke on the occasion.
The focus and energy with which the Corporate Affairs is driving the dissemination
of the MVVs to every nook and corner of our Group is really appreciable. The zeal
Lanconians are displaying at every level across the Group during the MVV Rollout is
highly encouraging and promising. The euphoria has begun. The Awareness of What,
Why and How of MVVs has almost reached each of us.
This Awareness has to evolve into Knowledge; Knowledge into Deep Understanding,
leading to an Internalisation resulting in a Transformed Collective Behaviour – Lanco
Culture – the unique way in which every Lanconian thinks and interacts with people
inside and outside the Group. This calls for a continued and consistent communication
of MVVs with a focus on how to LIVE IT [put into practice] by the Corporate Affairs ably
supported and strengthened by synergetic initiatives at the Companies/Divisions of the
Group driven by the respective CEOs through collaborative efforts of their HoDs and HR.
Kondapalli toys
to 10 children with disabilities from the neighbourhood
communities of Lanco Kondapalli Power Pvt Ltd.
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Employ
The top ten Lanconians who have contributed to this initiative during the current year are:
A technical team of Lanco Artificial Limb Fitting Centre - Korba, Lanco Anpara
representatives, Volunteers from different departments and guests from the local Joint
Hospital also participated in the programme.
A Holistic approach to HR
Challenges of sustaining growth: of the verticals, which included the
setting up of goals and targets in
Lanco has to be held together line with their business strategies.
with a core purpose, an ideal that With the MVVs and Business Plans
will motivate every employee, in in place, the focus then shifted to
order to sustain its diverse and ‘Organisation Design’.
fast-paced growth. Lanco also
The background: requires a framework that will Organisation Design Initiatives:
excite the employees to achieve
Lanco has grown phenomenally and outperform. The large groups Detailed Organisation Structure along
in the last two and a half decades. of talented employees also have to with the Roles and responsibilities for
Beginning as a small Construction be aligned with a shared Mission each business unit for all positions
firm, today Lanco is one of and Vision, which act as a source of up to level 2 has been worked out.
the fastest growing Integrated inspiration to them besides enabling The Job Description along with
Infrastructure Enterprises of India, them with an energising environment. KRAs up to AGM level has also been
operating across a synergistic span Further, an Organisation Design, finalised. Presently, the recruitment
of verticals comprising Power, Non- aligned with Business Plans for the New Organisation Structure
Power Infrastructure, Construction, and Strategies founded on an is taking place after considering
EPC, Property Development empowering culture based on core internal talent.
and Renewables. The current values, is of vital importance towards
market capitalisation of Lanco is the realisation of the Mission and Among further steps: Lanco
approximately Rs. 12,000 Crores Vision. Learning Centre
(USD 2.59 billion), of which about
68% equity stake is held by its Addressing the challenges: the The challenge now is to institutionalise
promoters. Its gross revenue as first few steps systems and processes which will
on March 2009 was over Rs. 6000 ensure swift achievement of our
Crores (USD 1.3 billion). As the first step, Lanco’s Mission, goals. One of the major initiatives is
Vision and Values were shared by the to establish ‘Lanco Learning Centre’
Lanco’s rich experience in Chairman at the second CEOs Forum to meet the demands of competency
development of power projects, and adopted on 30 October 2009 enhancement and leadership
Construction and Civil Engineering at Gurgaon. Next, a massive rollout development on a continuous basis
has enabled it to create a niche campaign to create awareness of the in a customised manner. Steps are
for itself besides building powerful MVVs and to motivate the employees also undertaken to identify fast-
knowledge bank and systems which at all levels was spearheaded track growth opportunities/Star
facilitate continuous adoption and by Corporate Communications. Performers. We are furthering the
implementation of best practices and Further, detailed business plans and development of a Lanco Culture
technologies. strategies were formulated by each through internalisation of our Values.
S Venkata Rama Reddy - Director, V Raja Rao - VP(F&A) and Yogendra Bohra - GM(Projects & Coordination) of Lanco Hills attended a programme
on “Leadership skills for top management” conducted by ISB Hyderabad
HR training programmes
Developing leaders in-house
during January - March 2010
“Quality, not quantity of training, is important. In the
• A ‘3 Tier Programme for Management next three years, all DGM and above positions will
Development ‘ was organised from 17 January have to come from within the group. The steps to
to 13 February 2010 at IIM – Ahmedabad. achieve this are identifying star performers, developing
Vibhu Agarwal – Head Investor Relations was leadership pipeline and establishing Lanco Learning
nominated for this programme.The objective of Centre.”
the programme was “To enhance the managerial
skills of the participants to prepare them to L Madhusudhan Rao, Executive Chairman of Lanco at
shoulder higher responsibilities. To enable the CEOs conclave on 29 January 2010.
participants to appreciate interdependencies
in an organisation and to acquire perspectives Chairman’s Reflections on HR:
required for general management positions and
opportunity to learn management concepts. • Intensity at work
• Equal intensity with HR
• Vanga Vinod Kumar – Vice President – • Innovation in HR Practices
Business Development was nominated for • Intense thinking is the key to sure-shot
24th International Coal Contracts & Transport accomplishment
Logistics conference at Jakarta, Indonesia from • The foundation of all is the practice of Values at
15 to 18 March 2010 organised by Coaltrans. the top.
My Career:
LANCO
closely contested matches, the following people
emerged triumphant:
Table Tennis
Mens Singles Winner : Rahul Saxena from the Hydro Division
Mens Singles Runner Up : Vasanth Gaba from the EPC Division
Tournament
Mens Doubles Winners : Sree Harsha and Rahul Saxena
Mens Doubles Runner Up : J Suresh Kumar and Philip Chacko
Womens Singles Winner : Swati Tiwari
Womens Singles Runner Up : Chanchal Sharma
Mixed Doubles Winner : Amreshwar Sati and Swati Tiwari
Mixed Doubles Runner up : Rajesh mahajan and Shikha Sachdeva
Appreciation Congratulations!
Rishu Goyal, Dy Manager- Corporate Finance got All India 1st Rank in
Company Secretary Executive Programme. Well Done!
P Rafivulla Khan, Mechanical Foremen has won the third Prize at the State
Level Poster Competition on Safety - Health - Environment organized by
National Safety Council, Andhra Pradesh Chapter in collaboration with
Department of Factories, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He has won first
prize consecutively for last three years. Good Going!
Pandhari Yadav, IAS, Collector and
District Magistrate, Sonebhadra, B Ramakrishna Rao, DGM- HVAC and Mohd Mustafa Shiekh, Manager-
Uttar Pradesh thanks Lanco for Mechanical, Lanco Hills have attained 66th and 107th rank respectively all
its efforts in promoting eleven over India in IGBC- Accredited Professional Examination conducted by Indian
underprivileged Archers by Green Building Council (IGBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The
sponsoring Rs 27500. projects they get associated with will automatically achieve one credit point
under ‘Innovation and Design’ category. Kudos!
Leadership
Leadership is a complex phenomenon of reason and logic, and at times the
which involves the leader, the followers decision might be purely inspirational
and the situation. It manifests during or emotional. In fact in any group
interaction of the Leader with Followers situation the leader may have to take
in any situation. The Oxford Dictionary into account differences in thoughts,
defines important concepts related to feelings, aspirations, goals and
leadership as: “the state or position of ambitions of the group members or
being a leader”; Leader as “a person target audience in mind.
who leads a group of people, especially
the head of a country, an organisation Roles in Organisations
etc”and Lead as “to go with or in front
of a person or an animal to show the In organisations, leadership is
way or to make them go in the right essentially connected with the exercise objectives. Theoretically the CEO is
direction”. Various researchers have of power and authority. We would expected to provide leadership to the
focused on different traits or attributes try to examine the role of a leader in entire organisation. However, in real
of the leader like personality, physical an organisation in some detail. This life, people closer to the scene of day
appearance, behavior etc., others is one of the most important roles, to day action, like foremen, managers
have studied relationship between discharged by any member, in any and chief accountants etc. discharge
leaders and followers; some others organisation. Numerous researches leadership role, in a limited way, within
have focused on situational aspect have taken place on this subject. their functional area in conjunction
of leadership. Personally, I find the In business organisation this role is with their line responsibilities. Thus we
definition given by Roach and Behling normally discharged in conjunction observe that in real life, leadership is
(1984), to be technically closest to the with another formal role. A shop floor widely dispersed / distributed within
meaning of leadership: “The process supervisor provides leadership to his the organisation.
of influencing an organised group team in the factory, similarly a branch
towards accomplishing its goals”. This head is expected to function as a leader Every organisation should try and
definition is silent on moral or ethical in his territory. Functional leaders, encourage people to take charge
aspect of leadership and its purpose. like marketing managers, technical and initiate solutions. Gradually,
It also does not say anything about heads, and finance managers, are all with experience, the team members
justifications of means or ends. Hence expected to provide leadership to their will attain the capability to operate
it is purely a technical definition. respective departments. The CEO is independently and manage day to day
expected to lead the entire team, and situations.
Leadership is Both a Science and provide vision, direction, guidance, and - Sharad Jhingan, COO-Private Equity
an Art motivate the team, to attain corporate Fund
Sonali Patro, D/o Sunil Kumar Patro, Lanco Hills Anuradha T Achar, D/o KRT Achar, EPC
Hruthwik A, S/o Seetha Ram AHVS, LITL Riya Mahajan, D/o Rajesh Mahajan, LPTL
A boy came home from school Ria: Peter says I’m pretty.
with his exam results. “What did Andy says I’m ugly. What do
you get?” asked his father. “My you think, Johny?
marks are under water,” said the Johny: I think you’re pretty
boy. “What do you mean ‘under ugly.
water’?” ” They are all below ‘C’
(sea) level!”
Sudoku
A: A Comb
Q: How do you make seven
even? Q: You buy it to eat, but you
A: Take away the s! don’t eat it. What is it?
A: A plate
2 4 8 9 Q: What starts with P, ends with
E, and has thousands of letters Q: What’s always coming but
4 7 2 in it? yet never arrives?
A: Post Office A: Tomorrow
1 2 5
Q: How many seconds are in a A murderer is condemned
2 4 6 8 7 year? to death. He has to choose
A: 12.. (Jan 2nd, Feb 2nd and between three rooms. The first
5 so on.) is full of raging fires the second
9 2
is full of assassins with loaded
Q: What is yours, but your guns and the third is full of lions
8 7 1 4 5
friends use it more than you that haven’t eaten in 3 years.
do? Which room is safest for him?”
5 6 2 7 8 A: Your Name A: The third. Lions that haven”t
eaten in three years are dead.”
2 7 5 Q: What is light as a feather,
but even the strongest man
9 8 1 4 2
5. I G N E M I
E O P Y S I A D J T Hint: Zodiac Sign
D L I L S Y L A W D Search the flower
names horizontally, 6. C L E B O R B
P P I L U T U F Q O verticically, diagonally,
Word Search
Hint: Shoes
E O U X N K L F M R forward or backward.
7. R A O B R W E D
S P U E F A G O Y C Hint: Clothes
Tulip Daisy
O P T B L F P D Z H Poppy Lily
Orchid Freesia 8. T O L S U
R Y E I O B A I N I
Sunflower Pansy Hint: Flower
F N L E W E N L B D
Rose Daffodil
O Y F R E E S I A O
S U N X R R Y S R X
Scramble Answers
7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6
Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match? 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 9 7
A: Geoffrey Boycott
3 6 5 8 9 7 2 1 4
A: Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR, as it was known during the 5 3 1 6 4 2 9 7 8
cold war)
6 4 2 9 7 8 5 3 1
9 7 8 5 3 1 6 4 2
P Rafivulla Khan wins 3rd Prize in Free health check-up camp Blanket distribution
State level poster competition organised by LAPL by Lanco Anpara
From ha-ha
to ahaa...
Challenges are what make work interesting; overcoming them is what makes work
meaningful. Our Vision for 2015 envisages ambitious goals of which we are by now
familiar. Aligned to these goals, we are prepared for challenges that lie ahead of
us. Meeting these challenges and achieving the outlined goals will require a special
effort from us... And the key to our success will be creativity and innovation.
& INNOVATION
As you read along, you will witness that the two major news this quarter have
been - the synchronisation of Amartantak (Unit-II) and commissioning of Drinidhar
HEP. The projects, despite of many constraints and challenges finished well on
time. You may wonder what has creativity to do with this. Creativity or innovation
CREATIVITY
is not essentially inventing something new; it is rather an attitude where one views
problems as opportunities for improvement. It is the way we blend motivation, time,
effort and skill for achieving a respective target.
Innovation, however, begins with creative ideas. At Lanco facilities across India, we
have seen some very good examples of innovation, those that recently won Lanco’s
Innovation Awards. These innovative ideas of our colleagues have motivated and
inspired us to be creative at our workplace.
At Lanco, let us have fun in our workplace while simultaneously pursuing our
challenging, ambitious goals. Through creativity and innovation, let us transform
Lanco into an enterprise that will be admired for the quality of its people and for
inspiring growth…
Sreenivas Veluri