The Sanmar Group Annual Day was held on 21 November 2012 at Hotel Sheraton Park, Chennai.
The major highlights of the event included presentations made by guest speakers L Ganesh, Chairman, Rane Group and Viswanathan Anand, World Chess champion.
L Ganesh’s speech on “Sustaining Business Excellence through TQM” threw light on the pursuit and achievement of excellence through total quality management at Rane. Viswanathan Anand drew a classic comparison between the game of chess and management.
Vijay Sankar’s presentation on ‘Business Overview and Challenges’ of The Sanmar Group from 2007-2013 captured the high points of the various Sanmar businesses and their status in a nutshell. He stressed the importance of the Sanmar culture of execution and dwelt at length on the role of a leader. “Success is no longer measured over the years. It’s a daily thing”, he said.
An Audio Visual covering the various competitions of Sanmartini 2012 was screened.
The Group Annual Dinner which preceded the Day function was held on 20 November 2012 at Hotel Sheraton Park. This was the time for recognition of top performing employees and long service awards. Games and quiz competitions were held with Sanmarites and their families taking time off to bond with one another.
During the debate sessions on 21 November B Natraj and Sarada Jagan stressed the theme of ‘Management process and Ethics’.
(L to r): B Natraj, V Narayanan, Vijay Sankar, Viswanathan Anand, N Sankar, L Ganesh, MN Radhakrishnan and PS Jayaraman
Employees of the year
V Ramesh, JK Menon, N Dayakar Reddy and R Sugavanan receiving their awards from N Sankar.
Safety Awards
Victor Asir, Flowserve Sanmar, Karapakkam receiving the award for non - process category from MK Sharma, J Sridhar, Chemplast Sanmar, Cuddalore receiving the award for process category from V Narayanan and Capt B Muralee, MT Sanmar Sonnet, receiving the award for Shipping from MK Sharma.
Long Service Awardees