Getting bigger better - EraGroup · Getting bigger and better ... Supply of RMC to Eiffel Reality Pvt Ltd. from Sahibabad Plant. Supply for the housing project of Vardhman Gardenia

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Getting bigger and better

C O N T E N T S

CONTENTS

Across

5. Fissure (5)

8. Degenerate (8)

9. Cut short (5)

10. Kerosene (8)

11. Amusing (5)

14. Not many (3)

16. Epidemic (6)

17. In existence (6)

18. Devour (3)

20. Yearns (5)

24. Obvious (8)

25. Imitate (5)

26. Boiling hot (8)

27. Hitches (5)

Down

1. Expert (5)

2. Derision (5)

3. Enlighten (5)

4. Whole (6)

6. Set free (8)

7. Widespread (3-5)

12. Poll (8)

13. Concurring (8)

14. Charge (3)

15. Damp (3)

19. Viewpoint (6)

21. Crazily (5)

22 Start (5)

23. Theatre (5)

CROSSWORD

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Kahlil Gibran

Yesterday is but

today's memory,

tomorrow is

today's dream.

COVER STORY 1

UPDATES 2

LET'S TALK 6

ERA LIFE 8

YOUR SPACE 10

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH 13

FLAVOURS OF THE SEASON 14

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 18

ERA FAMILY WELCOMES YOU 20

C O V E R S T O R Y 1

Times are changing fast. From a relative slowdown, the construction business in the country is back in boom. For the Construction & Contracts Division of Era Infra Engineering Limited, these are exciting times indeed.

While the private sector is also abuzz with a lot of activity, the public sector is virtually zooming to greater heights in terms of project volume and size. Riding on the back of its robust strengths & expertise and extensive experience, the Construction & Contracts Division has garnered a sizeable chunk of the growing business.

A key large-sized project bagged by the Division is the construction of Soochna Bhawan, Phase-V at CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The project from Prasar Bharti (Broadcasting Corporation of India) is of 24-month duration.

The project scope includes construction of Pocket A,D,F,H,I,L,M,K (G+11Storeys), Pocket-C (Above 4th Floor), Pocket D (11Storeys) and Basement for Pocket D,F,G,H,I,J,L,M,N, including water supply, Sanitary installation, drainage and internal electrification.

Another major, large-scale project that has been recently awarded to the Division by the Steel Authority of India Ltd. The project involves Structural Work for setting up Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) & Continuous Casting Shop (CCP) (Pkg 033 B) at Bhilai Steel Plant, Chhattisgarh. The contract duration is 24 months.

Both these projects have elevated the Construction & Contracts Division to a new scale of growth and pave the way for further enhancement of the Division's business.

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and better

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Era's EPC & International projects are moving fast towards their scheduled completion while adhering to the highest standards of quality. A look at the progress so far:

Moving fast

GOING FULL STEAM: Construction work at the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) project in New Delhi is going on in full swing to meet the deadline.

FAST TRACK: This stretch of the Gwalior Bypass is just an indicator of how fast things are moving towards completion of the project.

EXPRESS SPEED: The Hyderabad Expressway project is moving as per the schedule.

BULLDOZING ITS WAY TO COMPLETION: Work at the Bahadurgarh Rohtak expressway has moved to the next level.

Reaping the benefit of its quality focus, the RMC division of Era Infra Engineering Ltd. has garnered several new orders and contractors for prestigious clients. These include:

�Supply of RMC in CPWD (Karni Singh Shooting Range) site for Commonwealth Games.

�Supply of RMC to L&T for Greater-Noida & Pilakhua sites.

�Supply of RMC to Eiffel Reality Pvt Ltd. from Sahibabad Plant.

�Supply for the housing project of Vardhman Gardenia in Murthal.

�Supply to ATS-Greens, housing project in Indrapuram, Ghaziabad.

�Supply to the Pardasi-Group for their housing project in Murthal.

�Supply of RMC to Supertech Ltd. from Greater-Noida Plant.

�Supply of RMC to J.P Ltd. for Taj Express Highway from Greater-Noida Plant.

Quality pays

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Dialling success

The Equipment Management of Era Infra is continuously crossing new levels of success. Continuing its growth trajectory, the division has now bagged three highly prestigious orders.

�10 Transit Mixers on rental to DIAL (Delhi International Airport Limited) project. This is one of biggest orders received by EMD from DIAL.

�Crawler Tractor Dozer on rentals to be deployed at Zirakpur Parvanoo for NHAI project.

�Transit Mixers to be deployed at Raipur Thermal Power Plant.

Era Buildsys Ltd. continues to be on the upswing, with a large number of new, prestigious orders to enhance its order book. Among the key orders received by EBSL recently are:

�Shangdong TIEJUN Electric Power Engineering Co. Ltd, at Adani Power Plant site, Gujarat

�Two orders from Surya Roshni Ltd. at Mallanpur and Bhuj sites

�Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay

�NTPC, Mauda

�L&T, Hazira

�Supply contract from Thermax Ltd. (for power plant being constructed for Essar Construction Ltd.)

Building the order book

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Scaling new levels of progress

Era Landmarks Ltd., which is fast emerging as one of India's leading real estate developers with a pan India focus, has notched up another two steps in its road to further progress.

The launch of Era Divine Floors at Palwal, Haryana, marked a significant milestone in Era Landmarks' growth odyssey. The project, landscaped in lush greens despite being located adjacent to the busy National Highway -2, underlines Era Landmarks' focus on providing the best of all amenities and facilities to its customers.

Sector 5,

In yet another major development, Era Landmarks kickstarted the allotment for its Aspen Garden project in Meerut. The project opens up a new way of life for the people of this small town of Uttar Pradesh. The opening witnessed an enthusiastic response from interested buyers.

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That is exactly what many are tempted to do at the Hindustan Shopping Festival that has been going on at Era Mall, Meerut, since September 25, 2009. The festival, partnered by Hindustan newspaper, will continue to woo the people of Meerut and surrounding areas till October 24, 2009.

Marked by thematic decorations and lit up by the flavour of Diwali on the 6th and 7th October, 2009, the Festival has evoked a massive response so far from visitors.

Couple of Mahindra Two Wheelers placed in the Mall atrium, a Lucky Draw to be held in the third week of October as well as spot prizes for the visitors are some of the attractions of the Festival. A dance troupe performance and presence of VIP guests will add to the Diwali bonanza for the visitors.

As the event partner, Hindustan carried one announcement advertisement a day before the event began. Another announcement on the day of the draw and a post-event coverage of the Mall will also be carried by the paper.

A stupendous response from the guests made the day for the participants at the final competition of the Nach Baliye Dance school. The terrace of Era Mall, Meerut, vibrated with life as the participants danced to an enthusiastic response from the guests who had thronged the venue on September 27, 2009.

Commendable performanceEnjoying the moment Putting their best foot forward

Dancing their way to success

Shop till you are dead

This Diwali, brace yourself for some more drama and fun. Three new movie releases, namely ̀ Blue', ̀ All the best' & ̀ Main aur Mrs. Khanna' are all set to make the festival even more exciting for movie buffs.

6 L E T ’ s T A L K

Starting last September, when the signs of world-wide recession became apparent, how tough was your role as a Group CFO to handle the grappling twin problems of liquidity and funding?QYes, the impact of poor liquidity and mismatch of cash flow was there globally and to which India was not an exception. Since we are dealing with nationalized banks consortium, banks have really helped us in funding during this period. Also our order book is of approx. 75% of orders from public sector where liquidity crunch was not that badly affected.ACan you share with us some of the broad measures that were implemented across the Group to tide over such tough times and what was the response of stakeholders to such measures.QOur focus remained on execution of projects at ground level which in any case would give you boost in project execution, monthly billing cycle and controlling cash flows. Our Systems, Processes and Governance was a focused development area. Our quarterly results were also very positive and on annualized basis, our CAGR growth in term of revenue was 76% during last 3 years. Because of this, response of stakeholders was very positive and our stock prices also grew with better rate than Sensex.

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L-R: Nikhil Jain : Manager Finance & Accounts; Yogesh Gupta : Manager Finance; Sanjay Kumar Gupta, VP Finance & Accounts; Joy Saxena, Group CFO; Charanjit Singh, VP Finance & Accounts; Jitendra Kumar, Manager Finance

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TalkThe Corporate Finance Team share their experience of what it takes to not just survive but sustain through the toughest period in known history and emerge even more stronger and sturdier than before. Because tough times don't last, tough people and strategies do.

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Stringent cost cutting was the key mantra across the latter part of 2008 until now, how differently did Era go about it and how was the same communicated to members, keeping in mind the sensitivity of the issue.QWe exercised cost cutting in every part of expenses and overhead controls including business class air travel, consumption of stationery, electricity usage, control on conveyance and other related expenses. Rationalization in salary structure was introduced at senior level and I am happy to inform that each and every member of Era family participated happily without having any sensitivity on the issue.AOperating in an extremely capital-intensive industry wherein the availability of finance is axiomatic to the overall growth of the group as well as its reputation, how did Era deal with this situation. Can you give us a comparative with peers and what helped Era score well in this area.QOur growth in order book from Rs. 5000 Cr. to Rs. 7300 Cr. (year end 2008 to year end 2009) has given us area to work for higher deliveries which accounted for growth in turnover and in Business level. Our growth in terms of equipment bank for various capital items of EMD and RMC plant has given us advantage of earning well from various clients on hiring charges. This also helped us strategically for in-house usage. In recession hit scenario, most of the companies prefer on hiring, outsourcing rather than investing in capital asset. Our investment in past gave us this advantage.

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According to you, has there been a genuine improvement in the state of affairs or is this an artificial surge and things are yet to completely bottom out?QYes, there is definitely a genuine improvement in the state of affairs as far as recession or slow down in economy is concerned.GDP growth rate has been more than 6% and is estimated to close near 7% by the fiscal year end. The Real Estate prices have started moving upwards and industrial production is also increasing that all indicates that we have left bottom behind us.

AGoing ahead, what message would you like to give to all Era members regarding the growth of both the Group as well as that of individual members. What can they expect from brand Era?QMessage to Era family members would be that as a group we are poised for tremendous growth opportunities which may come in future for us, be it in any of the segment of infrastructure growth, contracts, EPC, Equipment and also in terms of manufacturing of pre-engineered structures at our two plants in Pantnagar and Nagpur. Tower manufacturing facility is also under development and real estate projects are witnessing good response from market. Entertainment business will also get revived now and things are looking very positive for our operations in Zambia. With Sky Vision (Educational Society) getting operational for first session from April 09 onwards we'll have multi-faceted and multi-dimensional growth and we are very proud to have disciplined, dedicated manpower and resources available to take the group on newer and higher scales. That will become a new brand Era.

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Concept of Green Building inCivil Engineering Construction

Expected Scenario of Building Construction Industry in India:

Construction Industry in India is largest sector after agriculture, contributes over 7% towards our GDP. The sector is forecast to grow at a pace of about 10% per annum for next 5 years against the world average of 5.5%. Consequent upon the development in Construction Industry demand for residential and non-residential houses, commercial space, shopping malls, hotels, other facilities and modern amenities are increased. In this new demand for over 12 millions homes, 600 shopping malls, 80 million Sq,ft. of office spaces and 200 townships along with airports, hotels, and Schools all slated for construction by 2010. According to a report by Global Reality Consulting Firm, “Cushman and walk field” the PAN India demand for residential proposes may up to 7.5 million units for 2009 to 2013, out of which 85% is expected to be in the mid segment and affordable housing and that for office space 196 million sq.ft.

Necessity of Green Building:

The building in which we live, work and play, protect us from nature's extreme and yet they also reflect the health and environment in countless ways. The design, construction, operation, maintenance, and demolition of building takes enormous amount of energy, water and materials and generate large quantities of wastage in addition to the pollution of air and water. As a multiple effect of the same and “Green House Gases” (GHG) mainly consisting of carbon- dioxide which largely originates from burning of fossil fuel causes the climate changes. The GHG remains in atmosphere for many years which warm the earth and causing the climate change. Green Houses effect means the trapping of heat between the earth and the lower layer of atmosphere. Earlier the heat reflected by earth used to go back in to atmosphere but due to Green House effect the heat is reflected towards the earth. This is a serious problem, because hotter atmosphere means the melting of the polar ice and increasing of the water level of the sea.

The terms such as carbon credits, Kyoto Protocol, CDM mechanism etc.are the Buzzwords, today and related to global warming caused by GHG. Another example of the danger to the mankind is Ozone Holes which caused by damaging ozone layer in the atmosphere by GHG. Ozone layer is as essential for the mankind as is the oxygen required for human life.

Green Building and Conventional building:

In terms of energy production and consumption, 40% of the total energy produced is consumed in buildings. India which has an estimated 18-26 years for the domestic oil reserve and 86% of its oil consumptions being imported, has taken a lead role in promoting green building coming close behind U.S., Australia and Canada.

Green building utilizes the design, material, which is environment friendly. They ensure pollution free environment and reduction in energy bills. Through smart energy management, building management, adoption of solar photovoltaic system, high performance windows and heat resistant paint among others. Green building is steadily increasing its footpath in India with an increase from 6000 SqM green space in 2003 to 304800 SqM expected by the end of 2009. Today varieties of green building projects are coming up in the country. residential complex, exhibition centers, hospitals, educational institutions, laboratory, I.T parks, airports, Govt. buildings, and the agricultural house are some of the examples. It is estimated that the 40% of the energy consumption in a building is on account of heating, ventilation and air conduiting or HVAC. Green buildings have provision for solar protection to prevent heat from the premises during the daytime. This helps in putting less of load on conduiting system to maintain ambient temperature within the premises. Weather sensor helps in optimizing the benefit offered by automated solar protection system. In winter, the natural heat can be allowed in the premises using the same solar shade and for controlling them, depending upon the sun effect and the heat entering in the building thereby helping the heating system perform better. The down sizing of active temperature management system (ACR and Heating) in the green building reduces the overall building cost.

Out of the total consumption of energy in a building approximately 35% is because of use of light in the day time. So the big question is how to reduce this energy consumption ?? The simple answer to reduce the energy consumption

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is solar protection mechanism in green building. It ensures maximum utilization of natural light that result in reduction of consumption of electricity. Indian climate provides us natural light for quite longer duration and if luminosity coming can be controlled then this will be huge source of energy. This mechanism will also protect the premise from the glare and heat in the summer, and maintains the warm during winter. This helps in the increase in the comfort level of users as it enables natural ventilators, natural light and climate control in a natural way. So the overall experience in such building is quite soothing.

Future:

The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) estimates that demand for green building material and equipments will reach US dollar 4 billion per annum by 2010. Going for green is the latest trend among the corporate. In India also green building projects are expected to go up. Steps to be taken by construction equipment suppliers, developers, builders, architect and interim business sectors and the second to educate the end users in a way that they are responsible towards our next generation. Although the initial investment will be 4 - 5% higher than the traditional building but in the long run. The return on investment will be very high. Indian developers are realising this fast and may be with intelligent system and controls, we can manage the environmental constraints favorably to reduce energy system.

Contributed by:S.P. SinghV.P. – Projects Construction and Contracts Division

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Points to PonderBuddha, one day, was on deep thought about the worldly activities and the ways of instilling goodness in human. The following is the text of conversation between him and his disciple.

One of the disciples approached him and said humbly “Oh my teacher! While you are so much concerned about the world and others, why don't you look into the welfare and needs of your own disciples also”.

Buddha: OK…Tell me how I can help you?

Disciple: Master, My attire is worn out and is beyond the decency to wear the same. Can I get a new one please?

Buddha found the robe indeed was in a bad condition which needed replacement. He asked the store keeper to give the disciple a new robe to wear on. The disciple thanked Buddha and retired to his room. Though he met his disciple's requirement, Buddha was not all that contended on his decision. He realized he missed out some point. A while after, he realized, what he should have asked the disciple?

He went to his disciple's place and asked him “Is your new attire comfortable? Do you need anything more?”

Disciple: Thank you my Master. The attire is indeed very comfortable. I need nothing more.

Buddha: Having got the new one, what did you do with your old attire?

Disciple: I am using it as my bedspread.

Buddha: Then…hope you have disposed off your bed spread.

Disciple: No…no…Master. I am using my old bedspread as my window curtain.

Buddha: What about your old curtain?

Disciple: Being used to handle hot utensils in the kitchen

Buddha: Oh…I see…Can you tell me what they did with the old cloth they used in Kitchen?

Disciple: They are being used to wash the floor.

Buddha: Then, the old rug being used to wash the floor…????

Disciple: Master, since they were torn off so much, we could not find any better use, but to use as a twig in the oil lamp, which is right now lit in your study room….

Buddha smiled in contentment and left for his room.

Moral: If not to this degree of utilization, can we at least attempt to find the best use of all our resources at home and at office….?? It becomes imperative in the critical time of Recession

FocusAn ambitious and restless shishya was getting impatient with his guru's style of teaching one lesson at a time. He wanted to learn everything quickly and reap the rewards of this learning quickly. He finally expressed his desire to complete his course quickly and move to the next phase of his life. The guru nodded his head and told him to come to him early next morning.

Next morning when the student arrived, he found the guru waiting for him near the chicken coop. He then let the chickens free and asked the student to catch them all in the next one hour. The student ran about trying to catch one and then the other and finally at the end of his hour got exhausted and sat down dejected as he had not been able to catch any.

Then the guru told him, now I ask you to catch only the one with the ribbon round its neck. The student got up and despite all the other chickens running around him just went after the ribboned one and caught it with time to spare!. The guru smiled and said "Focus is not our ability to stay attached to the 'one' but also the discipline to avoid the distractions of the 'ninety nine".

But does this story apply to us in the age of multitasking? There are many things that we want to achieve in our life, but the trick is to focus on the single most important goal at that time and work towards achieving it instead of running after many things at the same time and probably getting too exhausted to do justice to each.

Prioritise and Focus on one thing at a time - then there will be time for all the other things as well.... and if you do it right... you may still have time to spare!!

Contributed by:Raj SharmaAVP – HR, Era Corporate

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Life's Lessons

Every one knows about Alexander Graham Bell who invented phones, but he never made a call to his family because his wife and daughter were deaf.

That's Life - "Live for others".

The worst in life is "Attachment", it hurts when you lose it. The best thing in Life is "Loneliness" because it teaches you everything and when you lose it you get everything.

Life is not about the people who act true to your face rather its about the people who remain true behind your back.

If an egg is broken by outside force - a life ends. If an egg breaks from within - a life begins. Great things always begin from within.

Its better to lose your Ego to the one you Love than to lose the one you Love - because of Ego.

A relationship doesn't shine by just shaking hands in good times but it blossoms by holding firmly in critical situations.

Heated Gold becomes Ornaments, Beaten Copper becomes Wires, Depleted Stone becomes a Statue. More the pain, More the gain.

When you trust someone trust him completely without any doubt. At the end you would get one of the two - either a lesson for your life or a very good person.

Contributed by:Prakash Kumar Dixit

Senior Manager - HREra Buildsys Limited

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"Celebrating Era Day"

By Supriya Kumar

Mr. Manish Kumar Verma Sr. Accountant, Era Cinemas

Mayamandir, Ajmer

Mr. Pankaj SwamyDeputy Manager - Operations

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTHEMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

14 F L A V O U R S O F T H E S E A S O N

The Diwali or Deepavali festival marks the victory of good over evil. The Sanskrit word “Deepavali” means “an array of lights” and signifies the victory of brightness over darkness. As the knowledge of Sanskrit diminished, the name was popularly modified to Diwali, especially in northern India.

On Diwali, the goddess Laxmi, a symbol of prosperity, is worshipped. People wear new clothes, share sweets and light firecrackers. The North Indian business community usually starts their financial new year on Diwali and new account books are opened on this day.

Hindus find cause to celebrate this festival for different reasons.

In the North, Diwali celebrates the return of Lord Rama, King of Ayodhya, with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana from a 14-year exile and a war in which he vanquished the demon king Ravana. It is believed that the people lit oil lamps all along the way to light the royal family's path in the darkness. In North India, the festival is held on “Amavasya” (or “moonless night”), the final day of the Vikram calendar. The following day marks the beginning of the North Indian New Year.

In South India, Diwali festival often commemorates the conquering of the Asura Naraka, a powerful king of Assam, who imprisoned tens of thousands of inhabitants. It was Krishna who finally subdued Naraka and freed the prisoners. It is celebrated in the Tamil month of aipasi (thula month) 'naraka chaturdasi' thithi, preceding amavasai. The preparations begin the day before, when the oven is cleaned, smeared with lime, four or five kumkum dots are applied, and then it is filled with water for the next day's oil bath. The house is washed and decorated with kolam (rangoli) patterns with kavi (red oxide). In the pooja room, betel leaves, betel nuts, plaintain fruits, flowers, sandal paste, kumkum, gingelly oil, turmeric powder, scented powder are kept. Crackers and new dresses are placed in a plate after smearing a little kumkum or sandal paste.

The celebration of the five-day long festival, Diwali, begins on Aswayuja Bahula Chaturdashi and concludes on Kartika Shudha Vijaya. The first day of this festival begins with 'Dhan Trayodashi' or 'Dhanteras'. After the Dhanvantari Trayodashi the second day of Diwali is 'Narak Chaturdashi', which is popular as 'Chhoti Diwali'. The third day of Diwali, which is also called 'Badi Diwali' is the main day of celebrations of the festival of Diwali. People perform Lakshmi Pujan (worship of divine Goddess Lakshmi) on this day and offer prayers to her to bless them with wealth and prosperity. The fourth day of Diwali is devoted to Govardhan Pooja (worship of Lord Govardhan Parvat). The fifth day of the Diwali is Bhai Dooj, the time to honor the brother-sister relationship.

Vikram Bhalla

CMG - Management Trainee

Era Landmarks Limited

Diwali - that auspicious time of the year

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Diwali Recipes

Ingredients Method�3 cups Cashew powder �Make sugar syrup of almost 2 thread

consistency. �2 cups Sugar �Then dissolve cashew powder in the solution

and make the whole solution thick. �0.5-cup Water �Spread the mixture on the plate and cover it

with chandi Warq. Let it cool for 1 hour.�Chandi Warq �Cut barfi into pieces

Kaju katli

Ingredients:�

�¾ cup desi ghee�½ cup curd�¼ tsp. soda bicarb�¼ tsp. cardamom powder�Oil for frying�1 ½ cup sugar�Lemon juice Method�Sieve together flour, and soda. Add

cardamom powder. �Add and mix in ghee thoroughly. �Add curd and mix in one direction

only.�Make stiff dough, add a tbsp. of

tepid water if required. �Keep aside covered in a cool place

or fridge for 1-2 hours

3 cups Maida�

diameter. �Press to flatten a bit, and make depression in

center with thumb. �Heat ghee/oil well in frying pan, cool a bit,

then add the flatten balls.�Return to slow flame. Do not invert until one

side is pinkish. �Invert carefully with knife, and fry other side

similarly. �Prepare sugar syrup (chashni) of 1 thread

consistency with sugar, water and lemon juice.

�Put the fried balls in the sugar syrup and allow to soak for 5 minutes.

�Remove the balushahis from the syrup and keep on a perforated plate to drain excess syrup. Let it cool for a while.

Make small rounds balls about 3” in

Balushahi

Ingredients: �

�¼ tsp slaked lime �3 cups sugar� few drops yellow food color�1 cup dried coconutMethod�Peel and deseed the pumpkin. �Scoop out balls from the pumpkin

by using a melon scoop.�Prick each pumpkin ball with a

fork at close intervals. �Rub the slaked lime on the

pumpkin balls and keep aside for 5 minutes.

2 kg. White pumpkin

Angoori Petha

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keep aside.�In a heavy bottomed pan, mix the sugar and

yellow food color with 2 cups of water and �Bring to a boil. �Remove any impurities floating on the surface,

using a slotted spoon.�Put the pumpkin balls and cook on a high

flame for 10 to 15 minutes. �Take out from the fire. Cool completely.�Drain from the sugar syrup and roll the petha

balls in dried coconut.

Wash the pumpkin balls thoroughly. Drain and

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Contributed by:Mani Mathur Legal Officer

Era Landmarks Limited

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Contributed by :Teeka Ram

Asstt. Revenue Officer - B.D.Era Landmarks Limited

F L A V O U R S O F T H E S E A S O N

Vishwakarma Puja DayLord Vishwakarma is said to be the architect of the universe. 17th September is celebrated as Vishwakarma day in across the India to worship lord Vishwakarma. Vishwakarma puja is observed on the kanya sankranti day which comes after the ganesh puja. The puranas says that he did the construction of dwaraka, where lord Krishna was the ruler and the maya sabha of the pandavas. He also made the weapon 'vjra' from the bones of sage 'dadhichi' for lord Indra. He is also known as the divine carpenter and is mentioned in the Rig Veda as deva shilpi (Architect of gods).The forth upa-veda was revealed by Vishwakarma and holds the position of authority of the sixty four mechanical arts.

Since the puranic age Vishwakarma is said to be Divine engineer. In Mahabharata and harivamsa he is said to be the son of vasu prabhassa and yoga siddha is described as the lord of arts.

Era is celebrating Vishwakarma puja at all sites/ plants spread across the country from 17th September 2009 by all Artisans, smiths, mechanics, welders and construction/ industrial workers to pray for a good future. Workers of all kind pray for safe working conditions and also for success in their field. People conduct poojas in the factories and Construction/ industrial areas, often on the shop floor/ construction sites/ projects. It is a custom of the workmen/ craftsmen to worship their tool in his name and they refrain from working with their tools on this day.

In modern sense, the legend of Lord Vishwakarma can be said to signify spirit of constructive creation, technological excellence and mankind's thrust for superior quality and reliability in all his efforts. Workmen/craftsmen worshiping Lord Vishwakarma on Vishwakarma Jayanti perhaps symbolizes this very notion of application of human intelligence for overall betterment of all the living beings on this earth.

September 17 every year is celebrated as Vishwakarma Puja — a resolution time for workers and craftsmen to increase productivity and gain divine inspiration for creating novel products.

Contributed by:-Rajendra KandpalAsstt Manager – ISO & EHSQEra Corporate

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A Sketching competition was organized by Team HR, Era Buildsys Ltd. on 26.9.09 and the winners were:-

Ms. Bhawna VermaOfficer - HR (First Prize)

Ms. Shikha MishraAsstt Engineer - Design (Second Prize)

Sketching competition

F L A V O U R S O F T H E S E A S O N

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Happy

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Happy

Birthday

Parul Gandhi 04-October

Ashwini Kumar 06-October

Charan Singh 10-October

Deepak Kumar 10-October

Narayanan Ramaswamy 10-October

Mahanti Chowdapur 12-October

Nikhil Jain 21-October

Nirbhay Singh 01-October

Ram Sharan 01-October

Rajbeer Singh 01-October

Ram Kumar Choudhary 01-October

Manish Kumar 01-October

Shashi Shekhar 01-October

Harendra Singh 01-October

Amit Rana 01-October

Dharmendra Singh 01-October

Om Prakash Singh 02-October

Sanjeev Aage 02-October

Parul Singh 02-October

Priyambada Yadav 02-October

Triloki Nath Singh 02-October

Saroj Singh 02-October

Diwan Jee Yadav 02-October

Shailendra Singh 02-October

Pratap Kumar Nayak 03-October

Sandeep Kushwaha 03-October

Manoj Kumar Mishra 03-October

Sanjay Kumar Sinha 04-October

Shashank Sachdeva 04-October

Mahkar Singh 04-October

Jhabu Lal Yadav 05-October

Shyam Kumar Sharma 05-October

Bedatrayee Saha 05-October

Devender Yadav 05-October

Sushil Dev Pandey 05-October

Baldev Singh 05-October

Balika Singh 05-October

Pankaj Kumar 05-October

Rajendra Singh Samant 06-October

Amit Kumar Bansala 06-October

Ramesh Kumar Singh 07-October

Sushil Kumar 07-October

Santosh Kumar Pandey 07-October

Ilius Khan 07-October

Jang Bahadur Singh Yadav 07-October

Saket Kumar Karna 08-October

Vishal Kumar 08-October

Birendra Kumar Bharti 08-October

Ashok Kumar 09-October

Md. Irshad 09-October

Sharad G. Kamble 09-October

Rahul Sharma 09-October

Samya Chakrabarty 09-October

Sudama Sah 09-October

Aniruddha Kumar 10-October

Swati Chopra 10-October

Satish Kumar Singh 10-October

Shatrughan Prasad Singh 10-October

Hoosan Beer Singh 10-October

Anurag Yadav 10-October

Jay Prakash Rai 10-October

Ram Pal Singh 10-October

Vinod Kumar 10-October

Dalvir Singh 10-October

Pawan Kumar Gupta 10-October

Nabab Singh 10-October

Dipesh Gill 11-October

Ashok Yadav 11-October

Navdeep Sajgotra 11-October

R. Vinaya Kumar 11-October

Vijay Vyas 12-October

Chanchal Kumar Sharma 12-October

Mahabir Singh Rawat 13-October

Shiv Shankar Kumar 13-October

Brajesh Kumar Tiwari 13-October

Ratan Singh 13-October

Radhey Shyam Gupta 13-October

Vijai Kumar Srivastava 14-October

Kartik Shandilya 14-October

Ravi Dutt 14-October

Pradeep Kumar Singh 15-October

Bhanu Pratap Singh 15-October

Pramod Kumar Thakur 15-October

Samanta Haldar 15-October

Gitendra Thakur 15-October

Dinesh Kumar Gupta 15-October

Ranjit Kumar 15-October

Ganga Prasad Gupta 15-October

Shrawan Gulabrao Thate 15-October

Nishan Singh 16-October

Yogesh Kumar Wadhwani 17-October

Ram Kinker Kumar 17-October

Tikendra Singh 18-October

Kripal Das 19-October

Raju Kumar Singh 19-October

Veer Pal Singh 20-October

Manoj Kumar 20-October

Diwakar Kumar 20-October

Sanjeev Kumar Singh 20-October

Md. Rafiullah 20-October

Goutam Sinha 20-October

Niranjan Prajapati 22-October

Faval T 22-October

Sushil Pawar 23-October

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Birthday

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Manoj Kumar 01-October

Kotipalli Suresh 01-October

Asheesh Kumar Srivastava 01-October

Satish Singh 02-October

Krishna Singh 02-October

Jaibin Paulose 02-October

Sanjay Kumar 05-October

Jitendra Prasad 05-October

Ranjeet Kumar Jha 06-October

Gyan Prakash Dwivedi 06-October

K. Shreedhar 08-October

Sanjay Kumar Gupta 10-October

Anirudh Kumar Tiwari 15-October

Divakar Singh Chauhan 16-October

Prabhash Kulshrestha 19-October

Sameer Kumar Biswal 19-October

Rohit Kumar Chaturvedi 20-October

Krishna Pal Singh 20-October

Brijesh Singh Yadav 25-October

Sukh Deo Singh 25-October

Ravinder Kumar 25-October

Sunil Gupta 25-October

Rakesh Kumar Kundu 29-October

Srimanta Jana 30-October

Rajendra Singh 31-October

Kuldeep Singh 01-October

Hemant Kumar Gupta 03-October

Balbir Singh 03-October

Sujit Sen 04-October

Sunil Prasad 05-October

Rakesh Kumar Tiwari 09-October

Biswajit Dutta Roy 09-October

Md. Khalique 10-October

Mohinder Singh 15-October

Mohammad Iqbal 15-October

Deep Ranjan Sharan 27-October

R. Saravanan 05

Shailendra Choubey 10

Amit Sahu 10

Mahesh Gupta 11

Jaibind Kumar Singh 12

Anuj Kulshreshtha 13

Pankaj Kumar Jha 15

Rakesh Kumar 15

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-October

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Sachin Bhardwaj 06

Yashika Mahajan 14

Amit Bansal 23

Anuj Kaushik 23

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Karamvir Singh 13-October

Hari Singh Bhati 09-October

Amit Bharana 17-October

Neeraj Kumar Bansal 08

Nilesh Pattaiya 11

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Zakir Ali 04

Sunil Kumar 05

Murari Lal 17

Dhananjay Kumar Tiwari 26

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-October

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-October

Punit Kumar 23-October

Pushpendra Singh Tiwari 23-October

Mayank Kansal 24-October

Harishanker Singh 24-October

Dharmendra Prasad Singh 24-October

Bharat Pandey 25-October

Arun Kumar Shah 25-October

Y. Mangla 25-October

Prabhu Shankar Singh 25-October

Pradeep Kumar 25-October

Kailash Chandra 26-October

Yogendra Kumar Prajapati 26-October

Anil Kumar 26-October

Barun Kanti Chaudhary 26-October

Ashok Kumar Goel 26-October

Bharat Singh 27-October

Sunil Lohar 28-October

Arvind Kumar 28-October

Atul Srivastava 31-October

Abdul Malik 31-October

Manish Kumar Srivastava 31-October

Pavan Murty 16

Nitesh Agrawal 17

Durgesh Kumar Kushwaha 20

Sidarth Kansal 22

Saurabh Sanyal 22

G. Rama Rao 23

Sanjeev Shukla 26

Mukesh Kumar 29

Dev Kumar Verma 30

Rajeev Singh 30

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Shilpa Sharma

Banani Uppal

Narayanan Ramaswamy

Indrasen Kumar Sinha

Trainee - finance

Software Developer

Assistant Vice President - Procurement

Senior Officer

Aloke Saha

Vaibhav Rana

Barun Kanti Chaudhary

Mukesh Kumar Singh

Deepak Kumar Pal

Prakher Kumar Bajpai

Gagan Tyagi

Kamendra Singh

Yogesh Kumar

Vrijendra Kumar Malviya

Inder Pal

Jaswant Singh

Jasvir Mohammad

Chandra Pal Singh

Jagdish Prajapati

Trainee - Stores

Assistant officer - Purchase

Assistant Store Keeper

Sr. Electrician

Trainee Computer Operator

Computer Operator

Graduate Engineer Trainee

Junior Engineer

Graduate Engineer Trainee - Mechanical

Site Engineer

Site Engineer

Site Engineer - Billing

Jr. Supervisor

Jr. Supervisor

Dy. Project Manager

Baradakanta Rout

Devendra Singh

Raghvendra Dixit

Narinder Kumar

Vijai Kumar Srivastava

Birendra Kumar Bharti

Rajendra Kumar Burman

Pradipta Kumar Jena

Prem Prakash Verma

Ravikant Tyagi

Shiv Shankar Kumar

Md. Rafiullah

Md. Qumruzzaman

Vikash Anand

Jai Sanker Pandey

Naveen Kumar Pandit

Sandeep Kumar Singh

Vinod Kumar Shukla

Ashok Kumar Mall

Ankur Khajuria

Prem Shanker Rai

Pravin Kumar

Supervisor - Survey

Sr. Assistant - Taxation

Time Keeper

Diploma Engineer Trainee

Dy. Project Manager

Site Engineer - Bridge

Assistant Engineer - Mechanical

Surveyor

Assistant Engineer - Electrical

Supervisor

Manager - Projects

Junior Engineer - Q.C.

Diploma Engineer Trainee

Trainee Safety

Batching Plant Operator

Electrician

Material Receiver

Material Receiver

Foreman

Assistant Engineer - Electrical

Dy. Project Manager

Asstt. Foreman

Brijendra Kumar Singh

Mohit Kumar

Gaurav Pratap Singh Tomar

Ashish Arora

Rajeshwar Prasad

Chowaram Tandekar

Navneet Sharma

Seema Sharma

Mukesh Kumar Sharma

Prem Parkash

Shishpal Singh

Kishor Das Mahant

Mukesh Singh Tomar

Shiv Kumar Yadav

Manoj Kumar Maurya

Arvind Kumar

Devinder Kumar Mehta

Ajay Kumar Dubey

Bidhan Soor

Nitai Bir

Ratna Kumar V. C.

Qopakumar K. V.

Supervisor

Graduate Engineer Trainee - Billing

Assistant Engineer - Services

Asstt. Engineer - Q.C. (Mechanical)

Graduate Engineer Trainee - Mechanical

Diploma Engineer Trainee - Mechanical

Front office Executive

Site Engineer - Electrical

Project Advisor

Vice President

Jr. Supervisor

Safety Supervisor

Computer Operator

Graduate Engineer Trainee - Mechanical

Material Receiver

Manager - Purchase

Assistant Time Keeper

Scraper Operator

Batching Plant Operator

Batching Plant Operator

Safety officer

Project Engineer - Billing

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Devendra Singh

Shivendra Singh

Ashwani Kumar

Jagdish Kaur Ramana

Ashwani Budhwar

Mahfooz Alam

Ravi Gopal

Rohit Wason

Manoj Kumar Mishra

Md. Nayeem

Supervisor

Site Engineer

Assistant Engineer - Q.C.

Trainee

Junior Engineer - Mechanical

Electrician

Auto Cad Operator

Diploma Engineer Trainee

Computer Operator

Safety Supervisor

Roshan Singh

Sujit Sen

Somnath Mandal

Jitendra Bisht

Neeraj Kumar Joshi

Sr. Rig Operator

Site Engineer

Supervisor

Diploma Engineer Trainee

Diploma Engineer Trainee

Satpal Singh

Upendera Kumar

Chandan Singh Bisht

Computer Operator - EDP

Trainee - Finance & Accounts

Store Executive - Marketing

Nilesh Pattaiya

Bibhudutta Jena

Prakash Chandra Tripathi

Kamlendra Jha

Raghvendra Pratap Singh

Computer Operator

Graduate Engineer - Trainee

Manager - Business Development

Assistant Manager - Accounts

Graduate Engineer - Trainee

Brijesh Singh Yadav

Madhu Sudan Rout

Rajesh Tripathi

Bailodu Jenna

Sanjay Kumar Singh

Mohar Pal Singh

Brij Mohan Joshi

Govind Kumar

Computer Operator

Assistant Engineer

Jr. officer - Safety

Foreman

Material Receiver

Supervisor

Trainee Supervisor

Site Engineer - Q.C.

Rohit Agarwal

Amit Kumar Chhabra

Sureya Singh Pal

Abhay Kumar

Bangaru Arun Kumar

Manish Gupta

Raghubeer Singh Bangari

Pavan Murty

Rahul Gopalrao Dhopte

Sidarth Kansal

Prashant Singh

Saurabh Sanyal

Rajesh Kumar

Prashant Kawte

Nitin Nirwan

Manoj Agarwal

Jajati Keshari Naik

Ashu Verma

Pramod Kumar Singh

Rajeev Singh

Engineer - Erection

Production Engineer

Supervisor - Production

Assistant officer - Security

Engineer - Q.C.

Officer Shipping

Production Engineer

Officer Purchase

Dy. Manager - Marketing & Sales

Assistant Manager - BOD

Assistant Engineer

Assistant Vice President - Erection

Draughtsman

Sr. Engineer

Draughtsman

D.G.M. production

HR Officer

D.G.M. - Marketing

Senior Engineer

Asstt. Manager - PPC

Sunil Kumar DasAssistant Manager

Kapil Kumar

Sanjiv Singh

Bijoy Banik

Pradeep

Rahul Vidhudi

Gurcharan

Amit Verma

Kan Singh Gaur

Mrinalika Sharma

Dharmi Chand Verma

Customer Service Associate

Sr. Customer Service Associate

Team Leader

Customer Service Associate

Customer Service Associate

Projectinist

Customer Service Associate

Customer Service Associate

Customer Service Associate

Customer Service Associate

Surender Kumar

Yogendra Singh NegiSupervisor

Diploma Engineer Trainee

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