The 27th session of Synergy, the apex forum of management of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) for engagement with employees, took place at HRDC on Monday with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) S Chandrasekaran in the chair.
On the occasion, the CEO gave a clarion call for everyone to come together and give his or her best in these difficult times for the organisation, a BSP press release issued here stated.
Expressing faith in the potential and capability of the Bhilai Collective, he said the need of the hour was to tighten our belts and honour our own commitments made with regard to production, productivity and other pressing issues before the organisation in the remaining period of the second half of current fiscal year.
The financial results of the first half have not been good and it is time for retrospection and taking befitting corrective actions so as to align our working to the changed scenario, with regard to fulfilment of physical targets of production, curtailing costs and expenditure, Chandrasekaran said.
We need to give an extra push, he said, adding that each and every individual and department has an important role to play in the fulfilment of the larger objectives.
In order to offset the impact of falling NSR, we need to sustain higher levels of production while producing as per market demands and at the same time ensure consistency in operations, he said.
Inviting suggestions for improvements, Chandrasekaran urged participants to leverage the strength of the Bhilai Collective by actively engaging in consultations and communicating to their colleagues and subordinates, positively.
Having won the PM’s Trophy 11 times and the CII-Exim Bank Prize for Business Excellence, Bhilai has proved that its fundamentals are strong. Bhilai has also proved its capabilities by emerging winner in earlier times of crisis, Chandrasekaran said while appealing to participants to set aside criticism from any quarter and to concentrate on the work in hand, which is fulfill the commitments made for remaining period of the current fiscal year.
Expressing faith once again in the capability of individual members of the Bhilai Collective, Shri he appealed to one and all to come together and once again hold aloft the glory of Bhilai Steel Plant.
Following CEO’s opening remarks and presentations on current business scenario, performance of the plant during the current fiscal year and challenges ahead, the house was opened for discussions during which participants rose and posed queries and highlighted issues to which CEO and Executive Directors responded.
lT Sherpa, ED (P&A), PK Sinha, ED (Mines-Rowghat), Shri SK Saha, ED (Mines), PS Bhadauria, ED (MM), SK Jain, GM I/c (Works), SK Ghosh, GM I/c (Projects) and GV Rao, Acting GM (Finance) also addressed the participants, urging them to contribute their best to fulfilment of targets and also to communicate what is needed and expected from their colleagues in their respective departments.
Preeti Bhatnagar, AGM (BE) conducted the proceedings and proposed the vote of thanks.