Re: PUDUCHERY DETEGENTS FACTORY 25TH ANNIVERSARY

[K.K. Nayar]

Dear Ramani,

Thank you for your piece . Well written and nice reading.

Warm and affectionate regards 
KK Nayar

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On 05-Oct-2022, at 2:45 PM, 'ramani ramani' via XLever Buddies <xlever-...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



Dear All,

I am writing this email for selfish reasons .Quote Everybody needs his memories 

to keep insignificance away End of Quote Attached are 2 photos : Invitation and Photo of 4 of us.

BACKGROUND

I moved to Pudhchery Detergents factory as the Unit Head in Jan 2016 :This was a start up factory . Dets Bar plant was

 commisioned in June Qtr 2016 .PP ,Soaps and Distilled Fatty Acid plants were subsequently commissioned .

A Thiru was the Pudhuchery Personnel manager ( 2 other units in addition to Dets Factory).

I moved out to Modern Foods team.in New Delhi in Jan 2000. Atul Bhatia was the next GFM followed by

A  N Pandyarajan . Pandyrajan has settled down in Pudhuchery .

INVITATION FROM THE DETS UNIT

I was pleasantly surprised to get an Invitation (on 28thSept )from the Unit HR Manager  to

attend the Silver Jubilee Celebrations ! I gratefully accepted the invitation .

A Thiru , A N Pandyarajan and I attended the function. We were overwhelmed by the affection shown by the employees.

We thanked all the managers profusely for inviting us. Doc Rajgopal sent me a photo (His spies are everywhere )

FACTORY PERFORMANCE 

Our performance was way way  above expectations and I got disproportionate credit !

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

The Project team gave us a series of well designed plants ( V K Sharmaji , Jaygopal Chatterjee,late Gautam,Rehani  and many others) A Thiru interviewed 7000  odd candidates and selected 400 Skilled /Unskilled workmen !! Thiru had a series 

of simple tests including Attitude tests . We trained them. We followed Code of Business Principles .

The Dets Bar was shutdown for 5 weeks by the Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers. We did not budge from our stand. We were backed to the hilt by Mr Shrikant Bhide,Mr Banga and Mr A Lahiri . Mr Shrikant Bhide presented a case study in Harvard  Business School! The team of Managers and Officers did a fantastic job. Mr Bhide sent us experts from 

all over for helping us at various stages of start ups. 

TOUGH EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Pressures from local MLA , Chief Minister , Village groups, Govt Officers issuing Statutory clearnces and demanding 

their pound of flesh which we cannot give etc etc . A Thiru handled these pressures and alloowed the rest of the

team to do our jobs. He was tough and fair with employees . He was the clear favorite in the recent function.

Late Mr N Byravan handled similar areas from Projects.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE  : AN PANDYARAJAN TO THE RESCUE

During my presentation to Mr K B Dadiseth, he cautioned us that we should not set our selection bar very high.

We might end up selecting the Bennets of the world !(Bennet singlehandedly destroyed Bombay Factory )

 After the euphoria in Puduchery  , a Union was formed .When I left in Jan 2000 , IR situation was not hunky dory . 

Then came our own Tom Cruise . Indeed his mission to set things was difficult. One potential Bennet ( Shankar ) was in the making . Pandyarajan  did it in his  own inimitable way . That set the tone of healthy Union Management relationships. Pandyarajan has a good sense of humour . When he had a heart attack , he told his boss ` Mr Bhide , At least 

I know that I have a heart !'    Incidentally Shankar left factory , did law and is a Practising Advocate !

BACK TO  A  THIRU 

Thiru had a good career post HUL : Head ER : TVSE, GM HR Sterlite Copper-------- President , Group HR ,Vedanta

President CHR , JK Group, CHRO : Hatsun Agro  and so on. He is now retired . He has to decide on spending time.

My recommendation to him : You know Micro and Macro ,Ground Level to Strategy , So be your own boss.

Cheers

Ramani

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[debasis ray]

Dear All,

Every time I read one of these, it rekindles fond memories. 

Warm regards and best wishes on Dusserah and Vijaya Dashami to all.

Debasis 

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[debasis ray]

Dear All,

Every time I read one of these, it rekindles fond memories. 

Warm regards and best wishes on Dusserah and Vijaya Dashami to all.

Debasis 

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[N Byravan]

Thank you 

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