The Sanmar group annual day was celebrated on September 22, 2000, with ‘CHANGE’, the theme of the day. The business session of the group day started with Professor S Ramachander, Director, Academy for Management Excellence (ACME), who is working with the group on strategy, people and process-related issues, explaining the day’s agenda.
Prof S Ramachander, Director, ACME at our Group Annual Day.
P Viswanathan, N Kumar, N Sankar, M N Radha krishnan and B Natraj engrossed in a group discussion on the book ‘Who moved my Cheese?’
He highlighted the need for change, the need to share experiences, to discover new ways of doing things, the need to learn from self and from one another. Prof Ramachander was the facilitator. N Sankar presented the performance of the group for the last financial year and the projections for the current financial year. This was followed by a detailed presentation by each of the Managing Directors of the four core businesses viz., Chemicals, Speciality Chemicals, Shipping and Engineering on the current status, a brief SWOT analysis of their business and an overview of the strategy and the key focus areas.
N Sankar giving away exceptional performance awards.
At the end of the business session, Prof S Ramachander summarised the day’s proceedings in the following manner:
Change with stability
Growth with optimism
Global market place
Culture – the glue that binds the group
High degree of professionalism evident
Down to earth approach – in depth knowledge
Raring to go
Clear, logical, transparent thinking
Strategic thinking
The dinner hosted by Chandra Sankar and Sankar was at Hotel Park Sheraton, the venue for the morning session too. The entire place was transformed by a Gujarati theme – artifacts and designs from Gujarat and it was now time for fun. The spouses of the managers joined in the celebration. There was much merry making with games such as ‘Kaun Banega Giftpati’, and ‘String a Song’. There were songs by the talented and the not so talented(!) – amidst an informal atmosphere of merry making. Long service awards were presented to nine senior management employees who had completed ten years of service with the group. The newcomers to the group were welcomed along with their spouses. Many won different prizes for doing well in the games. Some lucky ones won prizes by draw of lots! Well, it was time for dinner and the fun filled evening came to an end.
N Sankar giving away exceptional performance
awards.