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JSW entered the Cement market in 2009 with a vision to ensure a sustainable future for the country by producing eco-friendly cement, with its steadfast commitment to business values, sustainability norms, and quality has already carved out its niche in the cement industry. Its plants at Vijayanagar in Karnataka, Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, Dolvi in Maharashtra, Salboni in West Bengal, Jajpur in Odisha to produce environment-friendly green cement, which helps to reduce the carbon footprint and ensures optimal utilization of natural resources. Apart from this, the company has a listed subsidiary named Shiva Cement Ltd., in Odisha and a whollyowned overseas subsidiary JSW Cement FZE, UAE. Though, JSW Cement is a relatively late entrant into the industry but with the capacity to produce 14 million tonnes per year, it is fast becoming a force to reckon with.

JSW Cement produces Portland Slag Cement (PSC), Concreel HD (CHD), Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Comp Cem (Composite Cement – PCC), Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS), Screened Slag and Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC). With these green products re-affirms groups commitment towards the preservation of natural resources and sustainable construction.

CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

JSW Cement has been utilizing slag from JSW steel plants for producing green cement. It has reduced the carbon footprint on the environment, besides ensuring optimal utilization of resources. The company takes stringent measures to prevent uncontrolled waste dumping for reducing ecological risks. The pathbreaking vision of the company is paving the way for sustainable infrastructure growth in the country. JSW Cement’s flagship plant at Nandyal uses the most cutting-edge and automated processes to produce exceptional quality cement. The company has also set up one of the biggest cement plants at Salboni in West Bengal. The cement plant at Salboni, spread across 134 acres, is committed to the environment and has highly-advanced pollution control systems and equipment for producing cement with a minimal impact on the environment.

GROWING PRESENCE

JSW Cement plans to Invest 2.875 cr to Boost Capacity to raise 1,400 cr Via debt and rest through internal accruals. To nearly double its manufacturing capacity to 25 million tonnes per annum by FY23 through organic expansion. In a short span, JSW Cement has already expanded its footprint on the country’s construction landscape. Its key markets are in 11 states namely AP, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Goa.

AWARDS AND HONORS

JSW Cement is consistently moving at a fast pace to become a leader in the green cement industry in India and contribute significantly towards India’s growth as a self-reliant infrastructural force to reckon with globally. Its pioneering efforts have helped it earn multiple prestigious awards and accolades such as Brand Excellence in the cement industry by BTVI 2019. Its Nandyal & Vijayanagar facilities have won “Apex India Excellence Awards 2019” and Greentech Environmental Award 2019.

Incorporated in 1973, Kalyani Steels Ltd. (KSL), is part of the $2.5 billion Kalyani Group promoted by Mr. Babasaheb Kalyani. KSL is leading manufacturer of forging and engineering quality carbon and alloy steel long products with wide ranging end-use applications in sectors such as Automotive, Bearings, Aluminium smelting, Oil & gas, Railways etc.

KSL’s manufacturing facility, located in Koppal, Karnataka, is a fully integrated alloy steel long product plant having facilities such as Sinter Plants, Blast Furnaces (BFs), Energy Optimizing Furnace (EOF), Ladle Furnace (LF), Vacuum Degassing (VD), Continuous Caster (CC) and Rolling Mills.

KSL produces premium quality alloy steel long products of various grades. The unit exports its products to various countries directly and through its group company, Bharat Forge Ltd.

Due to its customer centric approach, focus on quality and in-depth knowledge of end-use applications, KSL is preferred by its customers for co-development of products as well as for import substitution. As a result, KSL is a single source supplier to many of its customers.

It continuously endeavors to achieve highest level of operational excellence and, in process, has implemented various technological innovations for operational improvements and conservation of energy. This has helped KSL in becoming one of the most profitable steel companies in India.

USING TECHNOLOGY AS AN ENGINE FOR CHANGE

Kalyani Steels has made significant investments in upgrading its technology and is at the forefront of the future driven innovation. It has world class capacities, and capabilities that have helped it create a leading position in the Indian alloy steel long products market. Its employees are well equipped with the knowledge of the latest technology in order to perform the operations in an effective manner.

The group has a well informed team for research & development of technologies that can minimize the carbon footprint and produce energy efficient products. It makes its manufacturing processes more environment-friendly by recycling the by-products as much as possible.

AWARDS GALORE

KSL’s commitment to quality and operational excellence has been recognized by many institutions. KSL was awarded “Emerging Steel Company of the Year” Award by Steel Users Federation of India (SUFI) (Dec, 2017) and “Silver Certificate of Merit” by Frost & Sullivan & FICCI as part of India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (Nov, 2017).

KSL has also been selected as “Top Challengers” in India in 2016-17 and 2013-14 by Construction World Magazine.

KSL has adopted a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy with the main objective of “Giving back to the society”. Under this policy, KSL engages extensively in social work and community development.

KSL has carried out various initiatives in the vicinity of its plant such as roads and social infrastructure development, community health improvement, support in children’s education and donations to various charitable foundations.

An ISO 9001:2015 certified organisation, Kolors Healthcare is the first company in the world to have been certified for ‘Instant Inchloss Program’ with up to 6 inches weight loss in 60 minutes with a proven track record.

OFFERING PIONEERING & EXEMPLARY SOLUTIONS

Operating distinctly with its 42 branches, Kolors caters to its clients through call centre operations, feedback system attending to customer concerns and complaints and provides them the requisite solutions.

The company has a fully equipped team of technical experts available on hotline number to provide customised diet plans, specific physio treatments and lifestyle suggestions. Kolors in its weight loss program offers a combination of therapies, hi-tech equipment, customised diet chart, physiotherapy treatments and a free weight loss customised maintenance plan for one year after performing the treatment.

The skilled team of dieticians, nutritionists, physiotherapists and welltrained staff consistently endeavours to achieve customers’ desired weight loss objectives.

Within a span of one year, Kolors has stretched its footprints to 22 new locations in South India, offering the customers cost-effective, high-quality treatment and higher standards of services, setting a new standard of professional excellence in the aesthetic industry.

Kolors exclusively offers ‘money-back guarantee’ programs with its signature laser hair removal technique and other advanced aesthetic procedures.

Since its inception, the company has launched 13 franchise outlets in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and offers a great business platform to people with passion and corporate ethics into the healthcare industry, promising them decent profits.

The Company has planned to open 10 New Franchises by the end of December 2018 this year, in the proposed areas such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

The company provides support to its franchise both pre- and post-launch of their operations including location identification, rental support, equipment and inventory support, retirement support, full-fledged training to staff, digital, media and marketing support and other management support in all respects.

CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL CAUSE

Kolors is the only aesthetic company working for the economically backward class, and it conducted the ‘Fat-to-Fit’ Contest at Chennai in 2016. The Kolors officials identified 100 people suffering with severe obesity-associated disorders from economically backward sections and provided them food, shelter and free weight loss treatment and telecast their real-time weight loss journey in major South Indian channels.

WINNERS THROUGHOUT

The company has been recognized at several platforms for its outstanding services, quality and satisfaction of clients year-after-year.

Letstrack is an innovative real-time GPS tracking and messaging solution that has emerged as one of the largest GPS-enabled real time tracking companies in Asia, having a strong presence in India, the United Kingdom (UK), and Sri Lanka since 2015 with over 3000+ technicians and 30+ support centres providing exceptional customer support. The company provides real-time tracking solutions in even the remotest areas by tracking the GSM (Global System of Mobile Communication) frequency. Renowned as the world’s first voice integrated vehicle security system with the largest offline distribution, it enables its customers with a fool-proof security solution that helps track the vehicles of a family and displays the history of their vehicles on an easy-to use screen equipped with a GPS tracking system.

MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER AND HAPPIER PLACE

Letstrack’s tracking device offers a user-friendly interface available for personal and commercial vehicles and is compatible with both Android and iOS devices. The company has humanised technology with brilliance and presented it in the form of a personal GPS tracking device that can be easily placed in the pocket. The device is ideal for the safety of children, teenagers, women as well as elders. It tracks the entire movement of a carrier and immediately sends an alert in case of any ensuing threat. The vehicle tracking device not only provides 24 hours real-time tracking, but also offers several added features, including assessment of the driver’s behaviour, anti-theft alarm, accident alert, and fuel detector.

NOW TALK TO THE CAR

Letstrack has also made a major breakthrough in the field by becoming the first company to integrate AI and Voice Recognition in its app. Now all a person has to do is,say ‘Okay Google, where’s my car’ and the app will reply with the exact location and details. This makes the app even more intuitive, easy and simple to use. Now, you can just use voice command on your phone to know your vehicle’s speed, its fuel consumption and even the status of your air-conditioner. Even more than that, just saying ‘Good night’ will switch-off the car, and saying ‘Good morning’ will switch it on. All of this and more can all be done with the help of voice recognition. So, all you have to do is sit back and command your phone and it will all be taken care of in real time by Letstrack.

COMPLETE SECURITY – SOCIAL OR COMMERCIAL

Letstrack is leading the market with its unique and exclusive services featured in application software meant for business assistance. It offers an array of GPSbased solutions, including LT-Customise, LTSafe, LT-Attendance, LT-Claim, LT-School, and LT-Profit. LT-Customise is an initiative of Letstrack GPS Solutions for improving business transparency. Similarly, LT-Safe has been designed to keep employees safe anytime, anywhere. LT-Attendance enables the client’s company to manage its employees’ attendance records and maintains transparency by sending a notification to the employees about their daily/monthly attendance details. LTSchool manages a fleet of school buses and school cabs proficiently by tracking their location and distance from their bus stop. Letstrack was awarded the best GPS company in India in 2017.

The superior quality of Matador ball pen has made the brand a household name across the country. Matador’s awardwinning ball-point pens are known for their affordability, durability, neat and seamless finsn ter tan a pens, Matador Group also anufactures fies, foders, and attractive stationery items for scoos and office, suc as eraser, sharpener, scale, T pencil box, drawing book, arer, fie oder, and ots more. Recently Matador has forayed into a new product category – Confectionery.

SETTING HIGH STANDARDS

Matador has the capacity of manufacturing 1.9 million disposable pens per day, which makes it the largest disposable pen maker in Asia. It persistently focuses on expanding its global footprint. Currently, it exports its pens to Africa, the Middle East, and some parts of Europe and Asia. It also specializes in manufacturing gel pens as e as refiae a ens with various ball diameters and trendy ink colours for catering to the requirements of its huge customer base.

AWARDS GALORE

Matador Group has achieved global recognition for its innovativeness and has been honoured with multiple awards including Superbrands Award (Dhaka, Bangladesh) in 2018, IDPEQ Award (Vienna, Austria) in 2017, IDSQ Award (Paris, France) in 2015, IQS Award (New York, USA) in 2014, and CIGQE Award (Geneva, Switzerland) in 2013.

Promoting holistic education which goes beyond rote learning and encouraging children to have conceptual clarity and understanding, the academic culture at Mount Litera Zee School emphasizes, encourages, and facilitates students to extend learning beyond academics and imbibes life skills, good habits, and enduring human and socio-cultural values in them.

AN ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING

Mount Litera Zee School integrates world-class facilities to provide an inspiring atmosphere for imbibing knowledge. The school has modern resources and state-ofthe-art technology to enhance the learning process and support latest teaching and learning methodologies. The campus is nestled away from the bustle of the city and has also become an architectural landmark within the educational landscape of Mysore.

EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY

Its classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards which enable the teachers to display photorealistic images while explaining scientific concepts and make students explore any part of the world virtually. This makes learning an enriching and engaging
experience. It also features laboratories for sciences, mathematics, and language acquisition to give the students a hands-on learning experience.

Dr. Thomas envisions education as a shared commitment between teachers and parents to enable the child enhance his/ her capabilities, interests and competencies.

Established in 2019, Navayuga World School believes in helping its students develop a progressive mindset. The school’s education is guided by its purpose and principles of humility, sensitivity, poise, and balance, helping its students being fearless learners.

EVERY CHILD COUNTS

Navayuga World School places its students at the centre of all teaching and learning activities. The school follows a progressive pedagogy where learning is not bound within the four walls of a classroom and finds meaning in real life applications and experiences.

Concepts are developed and honed through project-based learning and thematic approaches across grades where students have the opportunity to delve deeper into the concepts.

Navayuga World School will soon be affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education and aims to provide its students with a well-integrated curriculum to deliver the highest standards of internationally recognized curricula.The forward-thinking school promotes a global outlook where students and teachers can ethically engage with each other. The teacher-student ratio is maintained at 1:10 to ensure differential learning is addressed and no child is left behind in the process.

WORLD-CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE

The school located in a sprawling lush green 8-acre wi-fi campus offers an ideal, safe and personalized learning environment. Well-ventilated and airconditioned classrooms are equipped with projectors and state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure. The campus has a huge dining area where students are served well-balanced, nutritious meals every day. It also has a multi-purpose hall, a play area, and studios for art, dance, and music.

PROGRESSIVE LEARNING – TEACHING PEDAGOGIES

Navayuga World School believes in continuous efforts to improve and innovate. The school applies the best practices from across the globe and international curriculum in its classrooms to provide the perfect blend of academic and co-curricular activities in the teaching learning process.

NWS takes pride in being a ‘reading school’ where reading is nurtured and not imposed. Also as part of the language curriculum at NWS, students are not bound to a single resource material or book, instead they have a list of novels of various genres as part of their course work for the year. While the language course inculcates the love for literature, the Mathematics program emphasizes the understanding of concepts rather than focusing on meaningless drills. Teachers with a vast scope of experience across curricula mentor students to enjoy learning in a fearless, happy environment.

TEACHING BEYOND CURRICULUM

Co-curricular activities such as art, dance and instrumental music are equally important to the holistic development of students at NWS. The school stands for value creation and imbibes in its students an equal appreciation for intellect, wisdom and talent. It offers excellent sporting facilities with specialized coaches for Tennis, Football, Cricket and Basketball. Students also have the special opportunity to train in Sailing, Horse Riding, and Golf.

Apart from the commercial vehicle financing business, the conglomerate deals with consumer finance, life and general insurance, stockbroking, chit funds, other financial products like life and general insurance products as well as mutual funds.

START OF A VISION

Established in the year 1979, Shriram Transport Finance Company is registered as a deposit-taking Non-Banking Financial Company with the RBI. It extends services to similar asset groups for pre-owned, new commercial as well as passenger vehicles, tractors, three-wheelers and multi-utility vehicles.It also provides ancillary services such as finance for working capital, engine replacement, bill discounting, credit cards and tyre loans as holistic financing support.

WORKING AT THE GRASSROOTS

Since its launch, Shriram Transport Finance Company’s goal has been to offer an array of products and services to guide a man on his path to prosperity. Along with its customers, the company has also enjoyed tremendous growth over the years. It has branches across the country in almost all commercial vehicle centres. It has established a strong presence in rural areas with an aim to increase its share in the pre-owned commercial vehicle market.

A customer-centric organisation that focuses on going one step further to provide a positive experience for its patrons, Shriram Transport Finance Company has a perfect understanding of the customer’s needs and takes great pride in it. Every product or service is tailor-made to suit the customer’s requirement.

COLLABORATING FOR GREATER SUCCESS

Shriram Transport Finance Company has a team of experts who are hard working, experienced and possess excellent leadership qualities. The team keeps a tab on market trends and works towards ensuring the steady growth of the company, while also keeping its core values at the centre of the decisionmaking process.

Shriram Transport Finance Company’s work environment is employee-friendly and full of optimism. This nurturing environment has led to increased productivity and higher job satisfaction. Employees are made to feel welcome and are free to share opinions and ideas that would help propel the business and customer service. Shriram Transport Finance Company provides much scope for skill development and the individual growth of an employee. The management conducts many team-building activities and believes that with teamwork, the company can achieve its goals.

BUILDING ENDURING RELATIONS

As Shriram Transport Finance Company works closely with small business owners, it understands and respects hard work. So, as a part of its CSR, it contributes to various social welfare projects that better the lives of the struggling working class. It focuses on healthcare, skill development, sanitation and education programmes aimed at the underprivileged sections of society. The organisation makes an effective contribution to society by associating with various stakeholders across the country. It also provides scholarships that enable children whose parents are transport workers to pursue formal education.

Since January 2017, SMR has commissioned over 8.5MWp of rooftop solar PV assets across India and currently has 4MWp under construction. SMR has also expanded company operations in the Middle East based in Dubai and currently working on a 1.8MWp project in Dubai. It provides most competitive rates under CAPEX and OPEX Model and has an efficient internal Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Team. It is also maintaining 7MWp of distributed solar PV assets for various companies, including – Asian Paints, Yamaha, Fortis and Delhi Metro. It has three distinct verticals, namely Turnkey EPC (CAPEX) solutions for rooftop and ground mounted solar PV plants, Development of rooftop solar PV plants on a RESCO basis between 300kWp – 5000kWp and Operation & Maintenance for internal projects and 3rd party (B2B and B2C). It currently has offices in Delhi NCR, Jodhpur, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Bengaluru. However, it can install and commission a rooftop solar PV plant in any part of India.

PRODUCT OFFERINGS

Specializing primarily in the development of solar projects, the company offers the most affordable and reliable source of power generation for forward-looking power consumers. It is the preferred choice because of its core competencies in robust design capability, thorough and detailed project execution, continuous innovation, and deployment of quality products at viable rates.

Its EPC Model comprises a one-time payment received from the consumer to engineer, procure and construct a rooftop solar PV system at their premises on a turnkey basis. The developer may or may not undertake O&M services from SMR. Thus, with one time capital investment, the customers can enjoy economical and clean energy for 25 years. It is onestop solution for solar PV and is inclusive of relevant product guarantees and warranties. In addition, SMR assists the customers in procuring relevant permits and approvals. SMR’s RESCO Model involves the signing of a power purchase agreement with the power off-taker and owner of the rooftop at a pre-fixed tariff for a specified period of time. It provides the customers with cheaper and cleaner energy, with ZERO investment. Thus, the model involves no upfront capital investment. Its pre-fixed agreed tariff for power sale for the next 25 years is lower than the existing grid tariffs.

VALUE DELIVERED

The customers derive substantial monetary savings through reduced power bills. It provides end to end service delivery using quality equipment and workmanship. It provides hassle-free maintenance, ensuring high performance.

EARNING TRUST

Within a short period, SM Renergy has executed many rooftop solar PV projects and catered to reputed commercial, industrial and institutional entities across India. Effectively supporting the ambition of many organizations to meet and resolve their energy needs, the company has a long list of prestigious clients including GITAM University, PES University, Tafe Motors, KL Steels, Delhi Public School, Tagore International Schools, Raj Steel Rolling Mills, Daspalla Group of Hotels, Vizag Conventions and Varun Group.

As a coeducational institute, Sobtis Public School, Bareilly, is making learning a catalyst for drawing out the hidden potential of the students and is preparing them to meet the global challenges while simultaneously ingraining the traditional Indian values in them.

PROVIDING A CONDUCIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

In today’s fast changing world when limitless opportunities are opening up for the young, the school is extra watchful of the dangers that confront the young generation and is concerned about the escalating alienation of adolescents.

The institute vehemently believes that the traditional Indian values which have been passed on to us over the ages are quiet relevant even today, and intends to instill the values of kindness, integrity, courtesy and respect for elders and teachers, truthfulness, ahimsa or non-violence (towards the environment – whether living or inanimate) in the students.

Besides ensuring that the students develop emotional strength and sound character, and achieve academic success, Sobtis Public School also provides the students with a conducive atmosphere to enable them to grapple with problems, learn to draw on a variety of resources and construct their own meaning rather than accepting narrow definitions and rote-based learning.

The school has emerged as an abode of holistic learning where the students feel cared about, welcomed, valued and are seen as more than just learners and their uniqueness is valued.