Senior executives from the purchase and sourcing functions of the ANAND Group got together for a brainstorming session to craft a group level synergy to deal with the recent volatility in the commodity market and logistical challenges. Mr. Rajeev Gera, President, Business Development and Corporate Materials, ANAND Group, chaired the session.
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VDA audit for Diesel Exhaust Fluid business
Product quality leadership is imperative at Anchemco ANAND. To certify product quality and evaluate controls, a VDA audit for the company’s Diesel Exhaust Fluid business was untaken by Mr. Paul Burger from OPTINAVS. ‘Verband der Automobilindustrie’ or VDA, a German Quality Management System Standard for the automobile industry, is used to evaluate and improve manufacturing organisation controls. Mr. Dheeraj Bhushan, Vice President and Business Head, Anchemco ANAND, along with senior officials of the company, assisted in the audit process for ‘AdBlue’ product license.
Senior executives visit Pune plant
Mr. Milind Godbole, President, MAHLE India, and Jakob Ruemmler, Chief Financial Officer, India & Service Controlling Asia, MAHLE India, visited the Pune plant of MAHLE ANAND Filter Systems. The senior executives assessed the plant facilities and appreciated the improvement initiatives and developments.
Foundation Day
CY Myutec ANAND celebrated its 14th Foundation Day recently. Employees and their family members gathered to commemorate the event, which was further enlivened by performances by employees. This was also the time to felicitate employees who had done well under various categories.
Appreciation for social initiatives
The district administration of Solan, Himachal Pradesh, has applauded SNS Foundation for implementing several health improvement initiatives under the National Health Mission during 2021-22, including COVID vaccination camps for the migrants and transport workers. The SNS Foundation initiatives were implemented under the CSR mandate of MAHLE ANAND Filter Systems.
SNS Foundation aids upgrade of school infrastructure
As part of their CSR initiative, SNS Foundation, the CSR arm of the ANAND Group, and Mando Automotive India, an ANAND Group company, have assisted in the infrastructure upgrade of the government school in Katrambakkam, Tamil Nadu. The renovated school building was recently inaugurated by Ms. Prem Latha, Divisional Education Officer, Sriperumbudur. The upgraded infrastructure will attract more students to the school, enabling them to receive quality education.
Extending quality education
Panchayat Union Middle School in Pudhuper, Tamil Nadu, is one of the partner government schools of the SNS Foundation under the Mando Automotive India CSR programme. With a goal to extend quality education in government schools, aligned with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4, a computer lab has been set up in the school. The lab will help impart digital knowledge to over 300 students at the school.
Empowering through education
A team from CY Myutec ANAND acknowledged 16 MEDHAVI scholarship students of Meenakshi Ammal Polytechnic College, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, for successfully completing their internship at CY Myutec ANAND. SNS Foundation and CY Myutec ANAND jointly sponsored this programme as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility mandate. MEDHAVI Scholarship Programme, run by SNS Foundation, supports underprivileged matriculate girls keen to pursue a three-year diploma in engineering.
Industrial visit for first-hand practical knowledge
In partnership with SNS Foundation, Henkel ANAND India has been running a skill development course for the healthcare sector at Parwanoo. The course is aligned with the National Skill Development Council and aims to train youth to assist nurses. To enhance the quality of training, two batches of students visited Shivalik Solid Waste Management Ltd. in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on an educational tour to gain practical knowledge on the household, bio-medical and hazardous waste treatment processes and disposal.
International Women’s Day Celebrations
DEWAS: The Rural Mart of Tejaswini Mahila Bahu Prayojan Sahkari Samiti was declared the Best Rural Mart in Madhya Pradesh by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Representative members of the cooperative society were felicitated by Padma Shri awardee Ms. Durga Vyam. SNS Foundation’s Dewas unit, along with Gabriel India, earlier assisted in forming the cooperative body and provided the necessary capacity building for managing the mart. Located in the main market of Dewas city, the mart offers essential market linkages for the sale of products prepared by the cooperative society members, such as handicrafts, soft furnishings, cosmetic jewellery etc.
PARWANOO: A self-defence workshop was organised on International Women’s Day to empower the women workforce to overcome and handle unsafe situations through self-defence skills. A total of 31 female staff, including female health workers, teachers and vocational instructors attended this workshop. A martial arts expert conducted the session on behalf of the SNS Foundation.
SATARA: A 70-member team of several women self-help groups (SHGs) at Chalkewadi village came forward for voluntary labour (shramdaan) for the village. The women performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the watershed development work and assisted in the digging of the water harvesting structure. Apart from this, for the professional development of the SHG members, a spice-making and legal rights workshop was also organised.
JODHALLI: Self-help group (SHG) members who manage a milk collection centre for Karnataka Milk Federation in Devlingikoppa village with the assistance of the SNS Foundation since 2018, got together on International Women’s Day. On this occasion, a session on women’s health and gender equality was organised with Aaganwadi and ASHA workers. In another programme, in Neerasagar village, 41 SHG members of one of SNS Foundation’s projects in Neerasagar village participated in a cooking competition.