Author: Group Communications

ANAND’s rehabilitative efforts in the aftermath of the Uttarakhand floods involved skilling and placing 50 youth from the flood-affected areas. SNS Foundation led these efforts with companies across the Group contributing. In the first batch, nine youth were trained in the Honda Motors-certified two-wheeler technician course over a period of two months starting 22nd April. SNS Foundation implemented this initiative in partnership with the CII Foundation, Dehradun and Uttarakhand Skills Development Society. The nine students received certificates from Mr. G.V. Joshi (Senior Manager – Customer Services Department, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India) at the graduation ceremony on 25th June. Facilitated by CII, six students received job offers at Ess Ell Honda (Dehradun), a Honda dealership. Workshop manager, Mr. Gagan Gauri hand over the offer letters to the students. The students then shared their experiences during the two-month training period, presented a local folk song and staged a skit on the importance of speaking English. Representatives of all stakeholders – ANAND, CII, Uttarakhand Skills Development Society, Honda Motorcycle and Scooters India and Ess Ell Honda were present during the event.

Gabriel India, ANAND CY Myutec Automotive win big at ACMA Awards, Sep 03, 2015
03 September 2015

Two companies of ANAND Group, Gabriel India Ltd. and ANAND CY Myutec Automotive were awarded the Gold Trophy in the Excellence in HR (Special) category and Bronze Trophy in the Excellence in Quality & Productivity (Large) category respectively at the 55th Annual Session & National Conference held on September 3, 2015 in New Delhi. The event was conducted by the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) and the Chief Guest, Anant Gangaram Geete, Union Cabinet.

Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Sector Enterprises graced the ceremony with his presence. Manoj Kolhatkar, MD Gabriel India said, “Winning this award is a great achievement & this would take us to higher levels of recognition, encouraging us to continue to thrive for HR excellence for years to come.” On the hand, Rajeev Gera, COO, ANAND CY Myutec Automotive said, “We are honored to be recognized in this forum. Our commitment towards continuous improvement of quality & productivity is vital behind the win.

Liqui Moly and ANAND have entered into a collaboration for sale and distribution of automotive car care, additives, lubricants and service products. ANSYSCO a part of ANAND will be the exclusive channel partner and licensee for complete range of automotive car care, additive and lubricants products in India.

The focus of the partnership will mainly be on high performance lubricants catering to premium cars and high-end motorcycles, high quality oil and engine additives for petrol & diesel vehicles and wide variety of premium quality car care products.

Mrs. Anjali Singh, Chairperson, ANAND Supervisory Board & Chairperson, Gabriel India Limited has been felicitated with the YFLO Women Achievers Award 2015-16. The award ceremony was held at New Delhi on April 6, 2016. The award was handed over by the Chief Guest, Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India.YFLO (Young FICCI Ladies Organisation) is the exclusive young women’s wing of the prestigious national organization FICCI (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry). YFLO was launched in 2004 with the objective of meeting unique needs and aspirations of women in the age group 25-39 years. YFLO is a unique platform for young women from diverse professional and entrepreneurial backgrounds.

This award celebrates and honours the accomplishments and contributions of women in various levels across different strata of society in India with a focus on young women. The ceremony recognizes the paramount role played by women in society while appreciating their attitudes, initiatives, will-power and perseverance.

Other Awardees this year are: Pooja Bhatt, Actor, Film-maker and National Award Winner, Nupur Sharma, one of the youngest leaders of the BJP, Priya Sahgal, Senior Executive Editor, NewsX TV channel, Vani Kapoor, young Indian golfer to name a few.

These women have distinguished themselves as prominent citizens displaying a strong mettle and capability to perform well in any field of endeavour.

ANAND CY Myutec Automotive is proud to receive ‘Overall Excellence Award-Platinum’, the most prestigious award of the entire vendor awards list, from Mr. R.C. Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Limited at this year’s MSIL vendor award ceremony, where other MSIL dignitaries were also present. The award ceremony, which was organized in Bangkok, Thailand is reputed to be one of the most highly coveted award ceremonies in the Automotive industry for vendors.

ANAND Group was conferred with the prestigious ‘Business Partner of the Year – Automotive Division’ award for 2015– 2016 by Mahindra, at their Supplier Meet in Barcelona, Spain in June 2016. This is a coveted recognition from a valued customer, a truly proud moment for ANAND and for each of our companies. It is a testimony to the close relationship and strong bond which exists between the two organisations since many decades.

The award was given for the contribution of ANAND companies in supporting the successful launch of more than eight vehicle programs by Mahindra in 2015–16. Currently, nine ANAND companies supply products to Mahindra, making ANAND amongst the top suppliers to Mahindra. All our companies were successful in meeting stringent Quality, Cost and Delivery targets of Mahindra.Separately, ANAND companies Henkel Anand India and MAHLE Behr India were awarded for their outstanding contribution in ‘Innovation’ and ‘Sustainability’ respectively. In addition, four ANAND companies, namely Gabriel India, MAHLE Filter Systems India, MAHLE Behr India and Henkel Anand India were recognised for their support in the successful launch of KUV1OO and TUV3OO vehicles of Mahindra.

ANAND is immensely proud to be recognised as a Great Place To Work ® for the 3rd year running by The Economic Times and the India chapter of The Great Place To Work Institute, USA (GPTW). ANAND Group entity Dana Anand India was recognised as the 2nd Best Company in the Automotive Components Industry in 2014, followed by similar recognition for ANAND flagship, Gabriel India in 2015.In July 2016, both these ANAND companies once again won the honour of being amongst the Top 100 Great Places to Work in India, with Dana Anand India ranking 1st and Gabriel India 3rd overall in the Automotive Components Industry.

Since 2003, from the very inception of these rankings in India by GPTW, ANAND as a Group initially, (Ranked amongst Top 25) and later several of its companies including Mando Automotive India, Gabriel India and Dana Anand India have won laurels as Great Places To Work.

A tenet of the ANAND Way is “Business is 90% people” and the recognition from the GPTW Institute further validates our belief and values. The ability of our companies to initiate and implement changes, think out–of–the–box and empower people at all levels has been instrumental in shaping ANAND’s culture. The Group truly believes in developing its employees of today into leaders of tomorrow.

ANAND Group companies, namely Chang Yun India, Gabriel India and Dana Anand India recognised with prestigious ACMA awards, Aug 30, 2016
30 August 2016. Three of ANAND Group companies, namely Chang Yun India, Gabriel India and Dana Anand India were recognised with prestigious ACMA awards at the 56th Annual Session and National Conference of ACMA, themed “Winning with Quality and Innovation”, held on 30th August 2016. This ACMA conference is a key annual automotive industry event where eminent leaders share their insights and felicitate companies within the industry.

The awards received were as follows:

COMPANY AWARD AND FIELD OF RECOGNITION
Dana Anand India Gold trophy, Supplier Development
Chang Yun India Gold trophy, Human Resources
Chang Yun India Silver trophy, Quality and Productivity
Gabriel India Silver trophy, Human Resources (special category)
Gabriel India Bronze trophy, Supplier Development

Dana Anand India awarded by VE Commercial Vehicles For ‘Special contribution in Supply Chain Efficiency’, Apr 26, 2017

Dana Anand India awarded by VECV for “Special contribution in Supply Chain Efficiency” during their Supplier meet held at Indore on 26th April 2017.

The award comes in the wake of sincere efforts put in at all levels by team SIPL towards being the most preferred supplier for VECV.Mr. Mahendra Goyal, President & Managing Director), Mr. Ramneek Jain, Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Kaushik Trivedi, Head Business Development represented SIPL at the Award ceremony.Dignitaries while extending the commends to the whole of Dana Anand India Team for being awarded, said that ‘An effective supply chain focuses on the outcome and external standards. Well-built supply chains improve margins, support expansion, drive positive consumer experiences, and reduce operating costs. Determining the best way to move a product to its destination takes consideration of optimizing order processing, receiving procedures, outbound schedules, and reverse logistics.

MAHLE ANAND Thermal Systems Private Limited was awarded by VE Commercial Vehicles Limited (VECV) for developing the EGR cooler under the “New Product Development-Proprietary Category” at an event held in Indore.