Anand Automotive Limited believes in and is committed to develop global managers through integration of its people with its Strategic International Partners. In keeping with this belief, Anand Automotive Limited has an ongoing programme, wherein Anand Automotive Limited managers have been on secondment overseas till date for stints ranging between 3 - 36 months.
In addition, some managers with the potential to be future leaders at Anand Automotive Limited are also sent abroad for advanced business management studies. |
The concept of employing Operating Engineers (OEs) at Anand Automotive Limited first emerged in 1994. In view of the changing and competitive business environment which demanded world-class quality products, the Group realised the need for a 'knowledge workforce'.
Knowledge workers have the ability to learn and grasp things faster and apply the same at their workplace. This facilitates self-managed, team-based working as the knowledge worker also has a better attitude towards quality work by virtue of his/her education and training.
Thus, having knowledge workers instead of the traditional blue-collar workforce was not only futuristic but also inevitable in the prevailing business scenario.
On an experimental basis, Operating Engineers were first inducted at Gabriel India's Ambad plant. The results were encouraging and accordingly, a decision was taken to employ these youngsters to run machines in all plants. Today, the Group has 1800 Operating Engineers, out of which 27 % are women. They are Diploma holders in Engineering and those who show faster development, are positioned in different functions such as technical field support, marketing and technical upgradation.
Women Operating Engineers are provided with hostel facilities and almost all plants provide crèches for young mothers. |
Anand Automotive Limited has set itself a target of 30% women employees. Currently the figure stands at 14% but some of the more recently established companies and facilities of the Group, have close to 30% women.
What sets Anand Automotive Limited apart? The policy is fair. Anand Automotive Limited has no reservations in hiring women in any function but is equally demanding of women as it is of men. Irrespective of gender, Anand Automotive Limited demands hard work, the drive to move ahead and a solid work ethos that encourages women to foray into an industry which is still considered, the main preserve of men.
Furthermore, the Group's Chairman, Mr Deep C Anand, is an ardent proponent of equal opportunity employment. He is a firm believer that both men and women are equally capable in assisting the growth of an enterprise. This belief has taken strong roots and induction of women has become an integral part of the culture at Anand Automotive Limited. Today, there are women Engineers, Chartered Accountants, Corporate Communicators, Information Technologists, HR Managers, Marketing Professionals and Operating Engineers, with several of them even heading functions.
To ensure that women staying away from their families do not face problems of accommodation, health and personal aid. Anand Automotive Limited has provided hostel, transport and medical facilities, especially for Operating Engineers. If required, counseling is also made available through its caring welfare arm - SNS-Foundation - which provides the support system needed for women at all times. |
