Kohinoor Ma Ta Sanman 2015 Awards
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Kohinoor Ma Ta Sanman 2015 Awards
Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O N Kohinoor Ma Ta Sanman 2015 Awards Kohinoor Honours Shashikant Dhotre With Maharashtracha Kohinoor 2015 Award K ohinoor was the Title Sponsor for the annual Ma Ta Sanman Awards for the third consecutive year. The award function was held in style on Saturday on 14 March at The Lalit in Mumbai. Many iconic Marathi actors from TV, Cinema and Theatre made it a point to attend the mega event. Every year, Kohinoor honours a promising youth from Maharashtra who has come up on his/her own steam and merit and become a distinguished son/daughter of Maharashtra, by conferring the title of Maharashtracha Kohinoor on him/her. The honour of Maharashtracha Kohinoor 2015 was won by a unique sketch artist Shashikant Dhotre with magic in his fingers. His lifelike sketches have to be seen to be believed. Son of a labourer in Solapur who literally cracked stones with a hammer, the innumerable struggles Shashikant had to go through did not deter him from pursuing his passion of making sketches. After a long spell of untold difficulties, fortune finally smiled on him and his talent was recognized by an art society. After that, there was no looking back. Today, he is holding exhibitions in India in more than 20 cities and in 2020, he will be taking his sketches reflecting the typical culture and beauty of India to the European continent. A few glimpses of this year’s Maharashtracha Kohinoor and Kohinoor Ma Ta Sanman - Kohinoor Group was felicitated as one of India’s Best Realty Brands 2015 at The Economic Times Best Realty Brands 2015 Brand Summit held at Hotel Sahara Star on 26th March. [More on last page] Kohinoor CMD Unmesh Joshi felicitates wizard sketch artist Shashikant Dhotre with the Maharashtracha Kohinoor 2015 Award g§Kf©‘¶ OrdZmMo Am^ma KTI CEO & Director Sameer Joshi and Kohinoor VP Atul Modak along with actress Sonali Kulkarni present the Best Actress Award (Drama) to Ila Bhate Kohinoor VPs Sudesh Bhelekar and Chandrakant Ghag along with film director Amol Gupte present the Best Actor Award (Cinema) to Subodh Bhave Photo Courtesy : Maharashtra Times Kohinoor VPs Sainath Rajadhyaksha and Bharat Ishi along with actor Prashant Damle present the Best Actress Award (TV) to Dhanashri Kadgaonkar Courtesy : Maharashtra Times Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N Kohinoor Premier League 2015 A s there had been a fairly long lull after the last cricket match played in Kohinoor, Corporate HR took the lead in organizing a One Day Inter-Division Cricket Tournament – Kohinoor Premier League (KPL) 2015 – for Kohinoor employees as an initiative for Employee Engagement. KPL 2015 was held on Saturday, 28 February, at the Kohinoor Education Trust Ground, right in the midst of the World Cup fervour. The tournament was designed and conceptualized by the Sports Education India Limited (SEDIL) team. SEDIL’s purpose in organizing this tournament was to provide the employees of Kohinoor Group a recreational platform and a chance to better their team spirit and camaraderie through the medium and culture of Cricket. This tournament would help in nurturing the principles, values and ethics of the Kohinoor Group in its employees through the medium of sports. The Real Estate Division was given the responsibility of preparing the pitch and making the seating arrangements for dignitaries, teams, guests and the spectators. Kohinoor Hotels Division was responsible for providing food to the guests, employees and the teams who were present on the ground. Six teams from various divisions participated in the tournament:• Kohinoor Group and Real Estate Team • Kohinoor Hotels Team • Kohinoor Hospital Team • Kohinoor Education Trust (KET) Team • Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI) Team • Sports Education India Limited (SEDIL) Team A total of six matches were played during the day. This included three group stage matches, followed by two semi-finals and then the grand finale. Kohinoor CMD Unmesh Joshi presided over the function and keenly watched the tournament. The league opened with a grand March Past of all the teams. The teams had chosen their preferred shades lending added colour to the tournament. CMD Sir, an avid cricket enthusiast, couldn’t stop himself from facing a few deliveries himself before officially declaring the tournament open. Matches were played in three phases - Knock-out, Semi-finals, Finals (Grand Finale) Knock-out Match 1: KTI vs Kohinoor Hotels Winner: Kohinoor Hotels Man of the Match: Saurabh Naik from Kohinoor Hotels Match 2: Group & Real Estate vs Kohinoor Hospital Winner: Kohinoor Hospital Man of the Match: Sameer Patil from Kohinoor Hospital 2 Winners: Sports Education Development India Limited (SEDIL) Runners-up: Kohinoor Hospital Man of the Series: Abhishek Shekhawat from SEDIL Best Batsman of the Tournament: Abhishek Ganguly from SEDIL Best Bowler of the Tournament: Abhishek Shekhawat from SEDIL Best Fielder of the Tournament: Ravindra Khatge from Kohinoor Hotels Best Catch of the Tournament: Sudhir Salaskar from Kohinoor Educational Trust On this note, Kohinoor Premier League 2015 came to a close. The event was a grand success due to the wholehearted participation of all the divisions and the employees who came in huge numbers to cheer the players Contributed by Ashutosh Dolke (Kohinoor Group), Sachin Mistry (KBS) and the SEDIL Team Match 3: SEDIL vs KET Winner: SEDIL Man of the Match: Abhishek Shekhawat from SEDIL The winning teams of all the above matches qualified for the semi-finals along with KTI on the basis of Best Net Run Rate among the losing teams. First Semi-Final: SEDIL vs KTI Winner: SEDIL Man of the Match: Abhishek Ganguly from SEDIL Second Semi-Final: Kohinoor Hospital vs Kohinoor Hotel Winner: Kohinoor Hospital Man of the Match: Sameer Patil from Kohinoor Hospital FINALS-GRAND FINALE SEDIL VS KOHINOOR HOSPITAL WINNER SEDIL MAN OF THE MATCH ABHISHEK SHEKHAWAT FROM SEDIL Everyone was caught unawares by unexpected rain in the month of February, something unheard of in Mumbai. Fortunately, the KPL tournament reached completion as the drizzle was just tolerable although spectators had to keep dodging the drops of rain seeping through the makeshift sun shelter. After the final, there was some time for an exhibition match between all the Department Heads and SEDIL. But by this time the rain had started to come down heavily and hence this match could not be completed. Following this match, the prize distribution ceremony was held. The awards distributed during the presentation ceremony were:- Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N 3 Kohinoor Business School Hosts Indian Financial Markets Convention 2015 Kohinoor Education Trust (KET), Governing Board, Chairman CA Sunil Karve felicitating Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Specialist Advisor, Dr Prachi Mishra During the India Financial Market Convention 2015 held at Kohinoor Business School (KBS) K ohinoor Business School (KBS) organized the Indian Financial Markets Convention 2015 on 14 March at Kohinoor Business School, Kohinoor City. This event was an attempt by KBS at bridging the gap between the Industry and the Academic Community by understanding their market related requirements. Financial markets in India are deepening through inclusivity and equivalency with global markets. The event began with the welcome address by Kohinoor Education Trust (KET) Governing Board Chairman CA Sunil Karve. Dr Prachi Mishra, Specialist Advisor – RBI, was the Chief Guest for the event. She inaugurated the convention and delivered the keynote address. The Indian Financial Markets Convention 2015 was conducted in four segments - Fixed Income, Equity Market, Foreign Exchange and Derivatives. The first three segments were in a panel discussion format. Several eminent speakers from the industry participated in the panel discussions while the Derivatives segment was conducted by Chandan Taparia, Derivative Analyst, Anand Rathi. The convention was the first of its kind held at KBS. It drew a good response and proved to be extremely informative to KBS students. KBS FestoMania 2015 F estoMania is the annual event of Kohinoor Business School (KBS) which includes management games, sports and cultural events wherein students from different business schools participate. The theme for FestoMania 2015 was Panache - ‘The Life and Glamour of Mumbai’. This event was organized on 12 and 13 February, in the KBS campus, Kohinoor City, Kurla-Vidyavihar. Kohinoor Education Trust (KET) Governing Board Chairman CA Sunil Karve inaugurated the event while the inaugural speech was given by KBS Director General Dr N M Kondap. A new KBS employee magazine ‘Sampark Get Connected’ was also launched at the event. Prof Sonali Joglekar is the editor of this magazine. More than ten top leading B-Schools across Mumbai participated in various cultural events which included sports, dance, singing and a fashion show. Sheila Raheja School of Business, Mumbai, bagged the winning KBS FestoMania 2015 rolling trophy. Digital Marketing Session @ KBS O n Friday, 20 February, Digital Consultant Karina Pandya addressed the KBS first year MMS and PGDM students and gave them in-depth knowledge about Digital Marketing and its success stories. She spoke about the basic formations of websites, types of online marketing, E-marketing strategies and shared some real life experiences. The lecture was followed by an interactive session in which students participated actively. Karina Pandya is an expert in Digital Marketing with rich experience in her field. She is not only well-informed about the online marketing industry but also has detailed knowledge about the basics which spur successful marketing strategies. She concluded the session with food for thought for the students leaving them to ponder over ‘How Strategies Work’ and ‘What Basic Fundamentals Make A Digital Marketing Website A Success?’ All articles on this page contributed by Sachin Mistry from KBS Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N KBS Takes LSBE Canadian Students To Yusuf Meherally Centre Kohinoor Education Trust (KET) Governing Board Chairman CA Sunil Karve, Kohinoor Business School Director General Dr N M Kondap, Transmedia Group President Arun Gandhi, Dr Hugh Munro, MBA Director and Professor of Marketing and International Business with the Canadian students from The Laurier School of Business and Economics and Kohinoor Business School management students at the KBS campus. 4 Interactive Session on ‘Health Investment for the Modern Youth’ at KBS K ohinoor Business School (KBS) hosted an interactive session on health and wellness by Dr Sujata Naik a homeopathic doctor who has extensive knowledge in lifestyle management for last 25 years. The topic for the interactive session was ‘Health Investment for the Modern Youth’. Dr Sujata Naik threw light on various topics ranging from a healthy diet and good food habits to what daily routines must be followed in daily life to the KBS management students and the faculty members. She also guided the audience on various ways of improvising their daily routine for effective lifestyle management and developing a better personality. The session was an eye-opener for many as it included the nuances of a healthy diet regime which, though largely a part of daily life intricacies, are unknown to most. The highly informative session also touched upon matters like fat, cholesterol and heart disease, diabetes - causes, treatment, prevention and various strategies to prevent other diseases, maintain your health and live longer. T he Laurier School of Business and Economics (LSBE) located in Waterloo is one of Canada’s largest business schools affiliated to Wilfrid Laurier University. As part of a study tour, a team of 20 students from Canada visited Kohinoor Business School (KBS) with Dr Hugh Munro, MBA Director and Professor of Marketing and International Business. As a social initiative, KBS organized a visit to Yusuf Meherally Centre, a voluntary organization involved in areas like Rural Development, Healthcare, Empowering Women and Adivasis, Organic Farming and Vermiculture. Canadian students experienced the life in rural India and also got to see various cottage industries such as soap making, oil extraction and pottery. The students interacted with the trustees of the centre and also visited Yusuf Meherally School for the tribal and rural children. Kohinoor Blossoms Safe Holi Messengers Kohinoor Blossoms Annual Day ‘My Music, My World’ M usical notes of the Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-Do came to life with a magical spell Abra-cadabra cast upon adorable little ones at Kohinoor Blossoms Annual Day. They embarked on their musical journey around the world in a magical car which was called Ta Ra Rum Pum. The magical musical journey of the cute little stars enthralled the audience. Different parts of the world came together as one, blurring all boundaries and celebrating world music and dance forms like Hawaii, Ballet, Cowboy Dance and many more. Young cowboys and pretty senoritas mesmerized the audience. T he tiny tots of Kohinoor Blossoms celebrated the festival of colours by actually participating in the process of making natural homemade colours. These chemical free colours were made by using natural ingredients like turmeric, marigold flowers, beet root, spinach etc. The harmful effects of using plastic bags as balloons were also highlighted at the time of celebrations. The pressing need to save water was explained to the children in a child friendly manner. A colourful balloon puppet show was organized to spread awareness about celebrating a safe and ecofriendly Holi. All articles on this page contributed by Sachin Mistry from KBS Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N 5 Kohinoor Continental Sponsors BMA Women Leadership Conference 2015 'Women, Work and The Will to Lead' T he Bombay Management Association - BMA Women Leadership Conference 2015 ‘Women, Work and the Will to Lead’ was held on 3 March at Kohinoor Continental a few days prior to International Women’s Day. The conference truly brought out Wonders Of Working Women – WOWW. The working woman is a dynamic combination of competence, talent and strength. BMA’s Women Leadership Conference 2015 was a platform created to enhance learning and empowering women to realize and explore their potential. Our lives will be richer for individuals and organizations when women and men work together and the notion of power shifts towards partnerships, is what the flyer for the conference said. The conference began with the Keynote Panel Session ‘Heart Talk’ after the welcome address by BMA President Niteen Bhagwat, who is CEO, Asterii Analytics. Two trailblazers, Pratibha Pilgaonkar, CEO, Rubicon Research, and Veena Swarup, Director HR, Engineers (I) Ltd, shared their thoughts on the conference theme and their experience as mentors. The issue tackled was Women in all fields are doing ‘very well’, but their skills are not translating into senior leadership positions. Nirmala Mehendale, Founder, Mind Movers and STEP Pvt Ltd, moderated the session. Anandi Shankar, Head-HR, Supply Chain South Asia (HUL), Deepali Naair, Chief Marketing Officer, Mahindra Holidays, and Deepa Tracy, MD, Mantra Exports, came together to brainstorm during the session The Voice of the Practising Manager ‘The Superwoman - Is She A Myth?’ The discussion was on ‘Measuring Success – How?’ and ‘Career Planning – Getting from Here to There’. Benaifer Reporter, HR Head, eBay was the moderator for this session. The next session was an interactive and fun session on ‘Creating Your Own Personal Brand’. Suchita Patel, Founder, Excel 360, elaborated on ‘Actions speak louder than words, and we can create specific responses with specific choices. By understanding and utilizing this mode of communication, women can use it to a great advantage in the day-to-day world of work’. This session was moderated by Renuka Kamath, Professor-Marketing, S P Jain Institute of Management & Research. The Valedictory Address ‘Women, Work and The Will to Lead’ was delivered by Jaya Row, Founder, Vendanta Vision, and Founder Managing Trustee of Vendanta Trust. She enlightened the audience on ‘Achieving our true potential – HOW?’ BMA Vice President Suresh Mhatre proposed the Vote of Thanks. The conference ended with a grand finale – A Musical Tribute to Women Celebrating the promise towards a ‘Brighter World@Work’. We thank Mr Mukund Kamat, Vice President, Kohinoor Hotels, for inviting the ladies of the Kohinoor Corporate Communications Team for this conference. CIA Students Invited By ABP News Network For Vishwa Vijeta C ricket India Academy (CIA) students were invited by ABP News Network to be a part of Vishwa Vijeta, a show based on the Cricket World Cup 2015, which was then in progress. CIA students interacted with Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar. The participants who attended the show were Pranit Mukherjee, Yashodhan Das, Jai Vanvari, Zakariya Sayed, Vishal Singh and Hamdam Sayed. All the participants interacted with Shoaib Akhtar asking him questions about different aspects of the World Cup varying from performance of the Indian team, how players should tackle playing under pressure to the importance of a captain’s role in bringing out the best in his team members and leading from the front. Shoaib Akhtar was truly impressed by the CIA students. During the last leg of the show, he invited Pranit Mukherjee to act as a cricket expert on the show. He threw a question at him to stump him How will you face a short-pitched delivery from Shoaib Akhtar directed towards the body? - To this, Pranit nonchalantly replied without the slightest hesitation that would hit him for six! Contributed by The SEDIL Team ‘The Top Guns of Ozar Nashik’ T he Air Force base at Ozar Nashik is where the best of the best get trained to refine their elite flying skills. In the midst of this, 20 IT Engineers were flown to Ozar Nashik Air Force Station from different parts of India for training. Three qualified Faculty Trainers with Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI), Nashik Branch, (two of them are working full time) helped the Ozar Air Force base to organize this program. The training program was on ‘PHP and Web Designing’ which was completed on 20 February. The key highlight of the program was the designing, launching and administration of website management. The main contents of the course were Java scripting, programming concepts like Ajax, HTML, PHP functioning and Word Press. This event from KTI’s perspective was the first of its kind residential training program conducted in the Defence segment at the client’s location. KTI Vice President Chandrakant Ghag and Indian Air Force Wing Commander Pravin Kumar were present for the awarding of certificates to the participants. A special appreciation and felicitation ceremony was organized for the two KTI faculty members Suryakant Ahirrao and Pratima Pagere who were instrumental in delivering this course. Contributed by KTI Corporate Communications Desk (CCD) Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N ‘Women Empowerment’ – An Initiative by Kohinoor Technical Institute, Baramati Branch K ohinoor Technical Institute (KTI), Baramati Branch, in association with the Kalyani Community Centre, a social division of Bharat Forge Limited, organized a full day workshop on Service and Safety of Home Appliances for Women on 26 February. The workshop began with a welcome note by Sarita Savadi, Relationship Officer of Kalyani Community Centre, followed by the keynote address by KTI Baramati Branch Manager Makarand Dabir. The main objective of the program was to create self-employment opportunities in Electronics and Electrical services. A total of 34 housewives and womenfolk from Mahila Bachat Group participated in this workshop. KB And KIS Organize Self-Defence Workshop To Evoke The Power Within They were acquainted with various home appliances and various kinds of defects encountered in the electrical and electronics equipment purchased by consumers. The ladies were trained on servicing household items like mixer grinder, water heater, table fan and iron-box. The workshop gave the women a chance to experiment hands-on with the home appliances giving them clear cut knowledge on the testing methods for defective appliances and how to replace the coils in the appliances. The workshop received enthusiastic response from the participants and was well appreciated by the housewives and womenfolk from the Mahila Bachat Group. Contributed by KTI CCD New Initiative at KTI on Employee Engagement Program ‘B e Prepared’ as the Scout Motto says – As a business whose primary asset is the talent and expertise of the people, Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI) is committed to programs that equip our employees better to meet the challenges of a shifting business and technology landscape and deliver on our tough but exciting goal of reaching `500 crores by the year 2020 to serve customers, grow our business and lead fulfilling careers. As KTI’s CEO, Sameer Joshi extensively elaborated in his first employee address earlier this year on having an open and transparent communication. To take this thought further, he unveiled a brand new concept through the ‘Employee Connect’ Forum on 10 March titled ‘Coffee with CEO’. ‘Coffee with CEO’ is a new employee engagement initiative started by the CEO of KTI to promote one on one interaction with the staff across the KTI organization. It is also a management tool to acknowledge and appreciate employee achievement and meritocracy. Selection of the staff for this initiative is done in one of the following ways: a) Exceptional Performance by an employee in the prior month (Actual Performance exceeding Targets or a Special Contribution or an Innovative Idea). b) The CEO shall pick one employee through a ‘Special Draw’ as and when he travels to the branches. The Star of the Opening Session on 10 March was a hard-core Kohinoor loyalist and a lady with experience of 32 years, our very own Area Manager of Kurla and Boisar Branch Prema Sakpal who joined Kohinoor as a faculty member for the Telephone Operator course and climbed up the corporate ladder to become Area Manager. Her selection was made because she went far beyond her original given target fee collections for the month of February of `4 lakhs and achieved 50 percent more - `6 lakhs 6 During one of the branch visits made by the CEO to Kurla Branch, he was informed that Kurla Branch had taken a stretched fee collection target of `5 lakhs as against their original target of `4 lakhs. The CEO challenged the team and raised the fee collection target from `5 lakhs to `6 lakhs. She reasoned in her mind that she had two ways to bridge this gap and ensure she does not cut a sorry face in the eyes of the CEO: 1. Collect maximum amount from fees that were overdue 2. Give her Kurla Team an additional stretched target of `1 lakh from fresh admissions What actually transpired on the ground was mindboggling. The team worked in overdrive mode and closed three full-paid admissions totalling to `1 lakh across Diploma courses in Automobile, Electrical and Mechanical. This success was majorly possible because in prior years, Prema had a span of control of over 4-5 branches and was used to taking on challenges head-on with full confidence. The icing on the cake in this situation is that for the month of March, Kurla branch has doubled its original fee collection target from `3.5 lakhs to `7 lakhs. A proud grandmother to her daughter’s son, Prema Sakpal drives her team with the enthusiasm of a young leader raring to go. She and her team are very confident they will not only meet the enhanced target but also cross it. Contributed by KTI CCD A s a part of the International Women’s Day celebrations a self-defence workshop, with a greater focus on women, was organized for the staff and parents of Kohinoor Blossoms (KB) and Kohinoor International School (KIS), Primary Section. The workshop was conducted by Mehul Vora from ‘Women’s Self-Defence Centre’, an initiative by ‘The Nippon Budo Sogo International India’. The Women’s Self-Defence Centre founded in 2014 at Andheri Sports Complex is a joint initiative by Aditya Thackeray, Akshay Kumar and Mehul Vora. In today’s time, it is imperative that all girls and women are equipped with basic self-defence techniques. Little does anyone know that a woman’s purse is a Pandora’s box filled with articles that can turn into deadly weapons when needed - car keys, credit cards, deodorants, cell phones with hard covers etc. Well attended by 35 parents and 45 staff members from KB and KIS (Primary), each participant went back with an array of simple yet effective techniques that they can easily use if required. Contributed by Sachin Mistry from KBS Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O ‘Rising from the Ashes’ W Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N hat does one do when ‘Juvenile’ or ‘Children’ in the age-group of 14-18 years go down the path of crime? You address it by nipping the issue in the bud. Kohinoor Technical Institute (KTI)-Hadapsar Branch in association with ‘Catalysts for Social Action’, a Not-For-Profit organization and Balvikas Ayuktalaya, Maharashtra State, Pune, commenced a 45 day training program in ‘Two Wheeler Servicing’ between 22 January – 11 March 2015 at Yerwada Jail, Pune, with a vision to improve the lives of 10 bal gunhegar through an advocacy program targeted at creating awareness of matters relating to under-age children leaving the guilty life full of crime and learning a new skill for their own independent future. A chance call from Lucy, Program Manager of ‘Catalyst for Social Action’ to Neeraja Satarkar, Area Manager, Hadapsar Branch culminated into a very fruitful meeting along with C D Sonawane, Branch Manager of Hadapsar Branch and Chief of Balvikas Ayuktalaya, Sharad Khuhade, to conceptualize a program targeted at these young children to make them give up their criminal lifestyle and attitude and help them become good citizens. As a result of the meeting, Sunil Patel, Faculty, Automobile Engineering at KTI Hadapsar Branch formulated a fast-track curriculum and developed a training program on ‘Two-Wheeler Servicing’ for these young children. His ability to equip the children with not only Technical Skills but also Life Skills throughout the course of 45 days has brought him very close to the children. As a result, his counselling has convinced them to give up their criminal attitude. At the time of certificate distribution, they promised that they will become responsible citizens. The children also mentioned that the teachings of their mentor Sunil Patel have changed their outlook towards life and brought new skills to the fore in them which they can utilize as soon as they are freed after their term. Campus interviews and 7 pre-placement offers were arranged by KTI Pune Placement Officer Swati Alhat right after the 45 day course was completed in the presence of Dhone Automobiles General Manager Prabhu and Raj Kumar Shinde from Sai Prem Automobiles. This effectively means that as soon as these children serve their term, they will be authorized to work across both these automobile companies. The Chief Guests, Nitin Gaikwad, Program Manager (Maharashtra State Child Protection Society) and K J Chaudhari, Chief of Balnyaymandal (Dandadhikari) appreciated the efforts taken by Kohinoor Technical Institute Managers and Staffers for conducting this very useful program. A significant part of the motivation for these students came when Vijay Gupte, AGM for Maharashtra visited Yerwada Jail and spoke to the kids and to the Chief Sharad Khuhade. The success of this program is visible from the fact that this same KTI Team has received an approval to conduct a new batch for Mobile Repairing at the same venue, that is, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Udyog Kendra, Bal Sudharak Kendra, Yerwada, Pune. Contributed by KTI CCD Kohinoor Hospital Marks Maharashtra Organ Donation Day 2015 With A Strong Awareness Drive And Solemn Pledge M any human lives are lost every year due to lack of awareness about organ donation. To dispel myths and increase awareness about organ donation, Kohinoor Hospital brought together 100 people who symbolically portrayed and promoted the concept of organ donation with the idea, ‘Live Life And Pass It On’, a day prior to the eve of Maharashtra Organ Donation Day which is observed on 28 March. Kohinoor Hospital transplant patients, recipients and donors, were invited for this event. Consultant nephrologist Dr B R Ramesh Rao was the Chief Guest and veteran actor Ramesh Deo was the Guest of Honour. Dr Rajeev Boudhankar, Vice President, Kohinoor Hospital, and Dr Sachin Gadkari, Head – Medical Services, and the Operations welcomed the honoured guests. Speaking about the initiative, Dr Rajeev Boudhankar said, “An increased level of awareness especially when it comes to cadaver transplants can help save many lives. Looking at the dismal state of the nation due to lack of knowledge that people have about the issue, there is a need to create awareness on organ donation. Many NGOs, government organizations and corporates should come forward to support the noble cause.” An Organ Donation Card of Kohinoor Hospital was launched at Kohinoor Hospital on the occasion. As a part of this event, 100 people i n c l u d i n g renowned actor Ramesh Deo pledged to donate their organs and save lives. People formed a group offering diyas symbolizing the theme ‘Live Life And Pass It On’. All donors and recipients of Kohinoor Hospital transplant surgeries were felicitated to encourage others to follow suit. Echoing his thoughts on the occasion, Dr B R Ramesh Rao said, “It is our social responsibility to take such initiatives to create awareness. There are people who wish to donate their organs but are unaware of the system and the procedures. Through this act, Kohinoor Hospital, wishes to clear their doubts and motivate them to give up their rigid old beliefs and donate their organs.” Chief of Nursing Madhuri Gawas proposed the Vote of Thanks. To reach out to a larger audience, the awareness campaign was extended to Phoenix Mall, Kurla, on the eve of Organ Donation Day. The response and appreciation from general public to support this noble cause was overwhelming making the event a great success. Contributed by Sadhana Patne from Kohinoor Hospital Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N Kohinoor Hospital At IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award Conference 8 ‘Mars Odyssey Immortalized at KTI Deccan Road Branch’ K ohinoor Hospital was represented by Medical Services and Operations Head Dr Sachin Gadkari and Administration Head Dr Indrajit Chakraborty at the prestigious IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award Conference and Award Function held on 19 and 20 March at Y B Chavan Centre, Mumbai. Dr Gadkari and Dr Chakraborty received the IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award Conference Commendation Certificate for Kohinoor Hospital from Chief Guest Vishwanath Anand, five times Chess World Champion. Contributed by Sadhana Patne from Kohinoor Hospital FUN@KOHINOOR March 2015 FUN@KOHINOOR... March 2015 was held on 28 March at Kohinoor Corporate Office, Kohinoor Square and Kohinoor City. One minute fun games and Housie were played by enthusiastic participants. Winners are as below Kohinoor Corporate Office: Blow the Ball: Chandrakant Pingle Housie: Jaldi 5: Mugdha Deshmukh First Line: Mugdha Deshmukh Second Line: Rajesh Sarode Third Line: Melvil Nunis Full Housie: Rajesh Sarode Kohinoor City Blow the ball: Dharmendra Kalambe Multiple of 7: Yatin Karandikar Housie:First Line: Sangita Pawar Second Line: Dyanisha D’mello Third Line: Ramiz Shaikh and Nitin Morkar Full Housie: Alpesh Mohite Kohinoor Square: Blow the Ball: Ankush Gholap Multiple of 7 Tushar Rane, Dipali Palekar and Sushma Gad Housie: Jaldi 5: Pankaj More First Line: Pankaj More Second Line: Sanjay Kumar Third Line: Nilesh Kumthekar Full Housie: Sanjay Kumar Contributed by Rutuja Gadkari from Kohinoor Group P une is called the Fountain Head of Quality Education in India. Because of the availability of numerous educational courses, a significant number of students aspire to come to this city for quality education, not only from surrounding rural areas but from many other states. One such eminent personality, Nitin Ghatpande, Group Director, Power Systems Group, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, a Maharashtrian born in Pune was felicitated at Kohinoor Technical Institute Deccan Gymkhana Road Branch, Pune, for his contribution in successful insertion of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) in Martian Orbit. Uday Tade, who is the Electronics Faculty at Pune DG Branch took the initiative and made special efforts in arranging this event. After an initial recce of the branch, Sandip Kavde, Regional Manager of Pune DG Branch, showed the workshops, laboratories and classrooms to the guests. It was then time to begin the felicitation ceremony of the Special Invitee and Chief Guest Nitin Ghatpande in the Electronics Laboratory. The program began with a brief introduction of the Chief Guest by Uday Tade who narrated stories of late Dr Vikram Sarabhai, founder father of India’s Space Program. Nitin Ghatpande then addressed the students and showed a model of the actual satellite explaining its construction, technicalities and functions. More than 70 students along with other faculty members who were present in the classroom felt a sense of pride listening to the person who designed the Electronics Circuits, Battery and Solar Panel towards the realization of the Spacecraft Power System. India’s maiden Mars Mission Mangalyaan or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will be facing its first outage in June this year. This outage will be caused due to the Sun positioning itself between MOM and Earth, thus preventing signals from reaching Earth. However, the ISRO team is confident that MOM will successfully pass this 16-day blackout period. According to Nitin Ghatpande, the signals sent from MOM during this period will not be able to reach Earth as they will be lost in between while passing through the solar blockade. However, none of this data will be lost, he assured. Contributed by KTI CCD Flash A K O H I N O O R G R O U P P U B L I C A T I O Volume 1 l Issue 4 l April 2015 N 9 Kohinoor Hospital Celebrates Women’s Day With Knowledge And Fitness Training... And More K ohinoor Hospital celebrated International Women’s Day in a unique way by delivering Knowledge and Fitness to all women on this very special day. CPR Training and an Awareness Lecture on Swine Flu was organized on 7 March at the hospital. All female patients and their relatives were invited for this session. Nurse Educator Pallavi Shivalkar demonstrated CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to all patient relatives. Dr Vijayalaxmi Shinde, Consultant Microbiologist educated the audience on ‘Awareness and Prevention of Swine Flu’. The session was very interactive and received a good response from the hospital patient relatives. This was followed by a medical camp arranged in Bhajan Samaj Mandir Campus at Ghatkopar only for females on the D-day, rather W-Day (Women’s Day), 8 March. The hospital received a very good response and almost 250 to 300 ladies took the benefit of this free camp. Head-Pharmacy Balkrishna Pai attended this camp and explained the special feature of Kohinoor Hospital Pharmacy’s free home delivery service for any medicine requirement. Free Gynaecology Screening and a Health talk was also conducted by Dr Anjali Talwalkar for all CISF female employees on W-Day. This session was arranged to create Awareness on Prevention of Cervical Cancer. CISF officials appreciated Kohinoor Hospital’s initiative and gave a very positive feedback. Contributed by Sadhana Patne from Kohinoor Hospital Kohinoor Group Among ET - Best Realty Brands 2015 f the Group. T he Economic Times conducted an extensive survey with IPSOS (global market research company) and enumerated India’s Top Realty Brands after considering parameters of quality of construction, amenities provided, resale value, spacious designs and many more. These results have been collated in a Brand Book which was launched during the ET Best Realty Brands Brand Summit 2015 on the 26 March at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai. Kohinoor Group was felicitated at the event as one of India’s Top Realty Brands for 2015 by acclaimed Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan and Times Conferences Limited (TCL-BCCL) President Deepak Lamba. Vice President (Kohinoor Real Estate) Atul Modak accepted the award on behalf of the Group. Contributed by Rashmi Datta from Kohinoor Square Entrepreneurship For Youngsters – The Best Option K ohinoor Business School (KBS) organized a seminar on ‘Entrepreneurship For Youngsters – The Best Option’ recently. The eminent speakers were Aspi Nariman Katgara, Chief Executive Officer - Prime Investrade Limited and Ex-Managing Director and CEO - The Zoroastrain Co-opertive Bank Ltd. He highlighted the government financing policies for young entrepreneurs and the role of banks and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). Dr R P Gupta, CEO RPG Ventures and Mentor at IIT Mumbai’s Entrepreneurship incubator enlightened the students on how they can go about transforming an idea into a business. Pradeep Vasant Gupte, Partner–Deepkamal Printing and Packaging Pvt Ltd spoke on the various difficulties faced by new entrepreneurs, need for strength of minds, will and tenacity to see the venture through. Vaishali Gandhi Shah, Founder Trustee – Srujna, a social venture, spoke on the importance and need of social entrepreneurship. She feels that all entrepreneurs can be social entrepreneurs. Divyesh Panchal, Partner-Justunjunk, a young first generation entrepreneur, connected well with the KBS management students and stressed on how becoming an entrepreneur is not a cakewalk. He explained the paradigm required for entrepreneurship and elaborated on the prototype of people who should not think about entrepreneurship. Contributed by Sachin Mistry from KBS The editiorial team heartily thanks all the contributors for this issue. Keep up the good work! Please keep mailing your contributions and suggestions for Kohinoor Times to [email protected] Published By : Hotel Airport Kohinoor Pvt Ltd, Kohinoor Corporate House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Dadar (West), Mumbai - 400 028 Email : [email protected] Editor-in-Chief : Ullhas B Kulkarni Executive Editor : Makarand Vagaskar Editor : Mugdha Deshmukh Principal Correspondent : Amruta Kokate - Kanade Design : Kohinoor Design Cell. Web : www.kohinoorgroup.co.in For private circulation only. The editors and Kohinoor Group do not necessarily subscribe to personal views expressed in this publication. Copyright © 2015 Hotel Airport Kohinoor Pvt Ltd
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